New York opens its first medical marijuana clinics
New York's first medical marijuana dispensaries are opening their doors on Thursday, as the state launches one of the most conservative programs of its kind in the United States.Read More
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No drop in asylum seekers reaching Germany, Berlin says
Germany has seen no drop in the number of people arriving and seeking asylum despite EU efforts to confront a migration crisis, the deputy interior minister said on Wednesday, blaming a lack of controls at Europe's borders.Read More
Illinois college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.Read More
China says couples will not need approval to have two children
China will not require prospective parents to obtain approval to have two children under the new "two-child policy", in what appears to be a further relaxation of reproductive controls in the world's most populous country.Read More
New York governor's order on homeless deepens chill with city mayor
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has called an order by Governor Andrew Cuomo to force homeless people indoors when temperatures drop below freezing a redundant mandate that the city already meets.Read More
France prepares tribute to Charlie Hebdo, Jewish shop victims
France this week commemorates the victims of last year's Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket with eulogies, memorial plaques and another cartoon lampooning religion.Read More
Arrests, security fears dampen New Year spirit in Europe
Shaken by a year of militant attacks, Europeans will ring in 2016 in subdued fashion on Friday, with soldiers on the streets of Paris.Read More
Erdogan vows no respite in Turkey's war on Kurdish militants
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday vowed no let-up in a military campaign which he said had killed more than 3,000 mostly Kurdish militants this year.Read More
U.S. police get little training to handle crises with mentally ill
Most U.S. police receive little or no training on how best to handle crises involving the mentally ill despite the growing frequency of such encounters and the fatal results in a number of recent cases.Read More
Christians don't have to affirm transgenderism, but they can’t express that view at work: tribunal
Archaeology discovery: Medieval Christian prayer beads found on Holy Island
Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals
Over 50 killed in 'vile and satanic' attack at Nigerian church on Pentecost Sunday
Ukrainian Orthodox Church severs ties with Moscow over Patriarch Kirill's support for Putin's war
Islamic State kills 20 Nigerian Christians as revenge for US airstrike
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UNC excavation crew in Galilee region of Israel uncover first known depictions of biblical heroines
An excavation team in Israel has discovered the first known depiction of two biblical heroines from the Old Testament.
Franklin Graham asks Putin and Zelenskyy for a Holy Week ceasefire amid Ukraine invasion
As more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree on a ceasefire during the 10 days of Easter observances.
Pastor, 3 others killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria: reports
Suspected Fulani herdsmen shot to death four people, including a pastor and two women in two separate attacks in Benue State on Tuesday, according to Nigerian media reports.