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Iraqi Kurds and Yazidis fight to take back Sinjar town from Islamic State
Kurdish and Yazidi fighters battled to take the strategic northern Iraqi town of Sinjar back from Islamic State on Sunday after breaking a months-long siege of the mountain above it.
Australian mother charged with murder of eight children
An Australian mother has been charged with the murder of eight children, seven of them hers, two days after their bodies were found in a home in the city of Cairns.
India: Hindu leader vows to continue conversions of Muslims and Christians
A powerful Hindu leader defies Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue a campaign to convert Muslims and Christians to Hinduism.
Israel bombs Hamas base in Gaza after rocket hits southern Israel
Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas militant base in the Gaza Strip on Friday for the first time since the end of a war in the territory.
Richard Dawkins suggests it's faith that makes people capable of committing evil on the scale of the Taliban and Islamic State
According to Richard Dawkins, the Pakistan school massacre earlier this week shows how religion can lead to great acts of evil.
Texas mum forgives prosecutor after her murder conviction is overturned: 'I can't hold on to that bitterness'
Texas mom forgives prosecutor after her murder conviction is overturned: 'I can't hold on to that bitterness'
Two 12-yr-old girls charged in Slender Man stabbing found competent to stand trialÂ
Two 12-yr-old girls charged in Slender Man stabbing found competent to stand trialÂ
Pope's Latin American brains trust was behind Cuba deal
Argentine Pope Francis and a trio of top Vatican officials who helped broker the historic deal between the United States and Cuba represent an unprecedented brain trust in Latin American affairs at the Holy See.
Dog faces euthanasia at deceased owner's requestÂ
Dog faces euthanasia at deceased owner's requestÂ
Dog, lost at sea, swims 1.5 miles to church to reunite with ownerÂ
Dog, lost at sea, swims 1.5 miles to church to reunite with ownerÂ
Boko Haram suspected in kidnap of 185 just miles away from where nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed 35 people and took at least 185 in the village of Gumburi on Sunday night.
Pakistan: 32 militants killed in ambush
The Pakistani army killed 32 militants in an ambush in a remote valley near the Afghan border, the military said on Friday, and 27 in other clashes, four days after a Taliban massacre of children at a school.
Cuba: how Pope Francis' diplomacy helped end a Cold War conflict
Concerns remain about Cuba's human right record, but Churches argue there is hope for change.
Hundreds trapped by Islamic State freed on Sinjar Mountain
Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.
China: Judge calls for crackdown on terror in Xinjiang
China must crack down "harshly and quickly" on cases involving terror attacks, national security and social stability in its restive region of Xinjiang, the country's top judge said, in comments likely to further worry rights groups and exiles.
CAR: 10,000 child soldiers recruited in conflict
Up to 10,000 children have been recruited by armed groups during the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) despite a U.N.-backed peacekeeping presence, Save the Children said on Thursday.