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Crossing the line: Should scientists create pig-human hybrids?
Scientists hope they can create a pig-human hybrid in which a pig has a human heart, or kidneys, or pancreas â at least, human enough to be transplanted without rejection.

ISIS burns 19 Yazidi women to death for refusing to have sex with militants
Islamic State militants have burned to death 19 young Yazidi women in Mosul for refusing to have sex with jihadists, ARA News reports.

Christian converts pretend to fast during Ramadan to avoid persecution
Living in constant fear of persecution for their faith, Christians in Southeast Asia will pretend to observe Ramadan this month.

Christian asylum seekers denied entry to UK if they cannot recite ten commandments
Christian asylum seekers are being rejected from the UK if they cannot recite all ten commandments.

Does this YouTube video show a demon-possessed woman?
"I'm going, she's going to hell!" she says. "This girl doesn't exist now. It doesn't exist."

Nun who saved Jews during WW2 canonised by Pope Francis
Pope Francis has canonised a nun who is recognised by world Jewry as "Righteous Among the Nations" because of the Jewish lives she saved during the genocide of the Nazi Holocaust.

Ramadan around the world: In pictures
Muslims all across the world are in the last preparations for Islam's holiest month â Ramadan.

Harambe the Gorilla gets six times more media coverage than Christians beheaded by ISIS
The death of Hamabe the gorilla has been given six times more coverage on major US TV networks than the Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS last year, new research has shown.

Plans to register and inspect churches 'profoundly misconceived', warn evangelical charities
The Welsh government faces pressure to abandon plans that would force church youth groups to register and outlaw "unregistered churches".

Donald Trump is a 'lost person' who needs Christ, says Russell Moore
Donald Trump must "repent of sin" and turn to faith in Christ, the head of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has said.

From joyful to angry: 5 psalms to pray according to the season you are in
Whether you're jumping for joy because of the blessings God has bestowed upon you, or you're scared about the future, you'll find words that are worthy to praise and petition Him in the book of Psalms. From joyful to angry, here are five different Psalms to suit five different moods.

5 things Muslims do over Ramadan
What are some of the traditions and customs that go with the Islamic month of Ramadan?

Victory for Bodnariu family, reunited with their children
The five children of the Marius and Ruth Bodnariu are to be reunited with them following a decision by Norway's Barnevernet or child welfare service.

Fallujah: Children among the dead as civilians drown trying to flee ISIS stronghold
At least two children drowned while trying to flee the Islamic State stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, alongside their mother and a man.

Bangladesh: Militants hack Christian man to death in grocery store after church
Sunil Gomes was attacked at his grocery store after the morning service in his home in the village of Bonpara.

Father says Swedish government evicting his family in public housing to give way for Muslim migrants
A father and his two teenage sons in the Swedish city of Lidingö were left dumbfounded after the Swedish government allegedly ordered them to leave their home by August this year to make way for asylum seekers from the Middle East.