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Christians driven out of Iraq by Islamic State might return home this year, says Vatican diplomat
Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Pope Francis' representative in Iraq, says he is cautiously optimistic.
North Korea attacks 'Escape from Camp 14' defector who retracted testimony
Shin Dong-hyuk's retraction of part of his story discredits a UN report into human rights there, its officials say.
PEGIDA leader resigns after posing as Hitler and calling refugees 'scumbags'
Lutz Bachmann appeared in a newspaper sporting a Hitler moustache and haircut.
Japanese Christian held by Islamic State went back to find his friend
Journalist Kenji Goto was captured when he went back to Syria to rescue Haruna Yukawa.
Stoves and fuels sent to thousands of Syrian refugees amid freezing temperatures and snow in Lebanon
Syrian refugees camped out in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Gaza want nothing more than a ceasefire between Syria and Lebanon forces, as well as respite from the cold and the snow. But while any ceasfire remains uncertain, Christian Aid wasted no time in helping out the thousands of refugees by providing them with stoves and blankets.
North Korean prisoner retracts some details in his bestseller 'Escape from Camp 14'
Shin Dong-Hyuk, the North Korean prison camp survivor who is the subject of the bestselling book 'Escape from Camp 14', has retracted some parts of his story.
Guinea: Three priests beaten and held hostage for 'spreading Ebola'
Three Baptist priests were beaten and held hostage in Guinea after villagers accused them of spreading Ebola.
Former MI6 head: Pope Francis was right to warn of 'punch' for people who insult religion
Sir John Sawers has urged the need for respect for other people's core values.
Boko Haram claims responsibility for Baga massacre, saying 'The Lord told us to'
The leader of Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the recent brutal massacre in Baga in northeast Nigeria and has threatened more violence.
Exorcising Lenin: protesters arrested in Red Square after holy water stunt
Members of the Blue Rider protest group splashed Lenin's tomb with water from a church.
Christians taken hostage in Central African Republic
Anti-balaka militia are demanding the release of a leader captured on Saturday.
Charlie Hebdo attackers urge more 'lone wolf' operations
Al Qaeda in Yemen has called for "individual jihad" against Western targets.
Palestinian stabs 10 on Tel Aviv commuter bus
A West Bank resident attacked the driver and passengers before being shot.
Church vigil to be held for baby set on fire; mother charged with murder
Residents of a township in New Jersey will hold a vigil on Wednesday in memory of a newborn baby girl allegedly burned to death by her mother last week.
Christian mother sees Satanic symbol in school bus tail lights
A Christian mother from Cordova, Tennessee, has taken to social media to air her alarm over a school bus' brake lights that she believes depict a symbol commonly associated with the occult and devil worship.
Woman pleads guilty in exorcism killing of two children
One of two women involved in the killing of two children and attempted killing of two others pleaded guilty to the charges against her in a Maryland courtroom on Friday.