Chicago black pastors shun mayor's annual King breakfast
A group of black pastors boycotted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel'sannual Martin Luther King breakfast on Friday, over his handling of police killings.
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German town bars asylum seekers from pool after harassment complaints
A western German town has barred adult male asylum seekers from its public indoor swimming pool after receiving complaints that some women were sexually harassed there.
Islamic State militants attack Jakarta in first strike at Indonesia
Islamic State said it was behind an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday that brought the radical group's violence to the world's most populous Muslim country for the first time.
Liberia declared Ebola-free, signaling end to West African epidemic
Liberia was declared free of the Ebola virus by global health experts on Thursday, a milestone that signaled an end to an epidemic in West Africa that has killed more than 11,300 people.
Iran frees U.S. sailors swiftly as diplomacy smoothes waters
Iran freed ten U.S. sailors on Wednesday a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves shortly before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord.
U.N. report allowing for Iran sanctions relief may come on Friday
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog is likely to confirm on Friday that Iranhas curtailed its nuclear program as agreed with world powers, paving the way for sanctions to be lifted, Iran and a diplomatic source said.
Obama knocks Trump, voices optimism
President Barack Obama took aim on Tuesday at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and accused critics of playing into the hands of Islamic State in a speech meant to cement his legacy and set a positive tone for his final year in office.
Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
A suicide bomber thought to be from Syria killed at least 10 people, many of them German tourists, in Istanbul's historic heart on Tuesday, an attack senior security officials said was probably planned by Islamic State.
As Anglicans meet, spiritual leader says schism would be failure
A schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexual rights and women clerics would be a failure but not a disaster, the spiritual head of Anglicans said
Aid convoy enters besieged, starving Syrian town
An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands are trapped and the United Nations says people are reported to have died of starvation.
Islamic State member executes his mother in Syria
An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group.
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Sight & Sound’s ‘David’ showcases a king's sincere heart to pursue God
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Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals
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Secular intolerance of Christians' views is leading to self-censorship, report warns
Secular intolerance has a “chilling effect” on Christians who are having to practice “various forms of self-censorship” as they're finding it difficult to express their faith freely in society, according to a new report detailing accounts from four countries.
Over 50 killed in 'vile and satanic' attack at Nigerian church on Pentecost Sunday
Gunmen suspected to be Islamic Fulani herdsmen barged into a Catholic Church in southwestern Nigeria, opened fire and detonated explosives while the congregation was celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday, killing at least 50 worshipers, including women and children. It's feared that some Christians were also abducted after the attack.
Leah Sharibu held captive over 1,500 days in Nigeria, but family advocates haven't lost hope
For more than 1,500 days, Nigerian Christian teenager Leah Sharibu has been held captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group as Christians continue to be the target of attacks in the West African nation.