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Mass grave, thousands of mines found in Palmyra says Syrian Army

Islamic State's defeat in Palmyra was not only a significant military victory for President Bashar al-Assad, opening up the country's central desert to government forces and their allies.

Number of migrants and refugees entering Germany drops drastically

Austria imposed border restrictions in February, causing a domino effect in Europe that left thousands of people - many fleeing war and violence in Syria and other countries - stranded in Greece.

Priest kidnapped in Yemen NOT dead - 'could be freed soon'

Father Tom Uzhunnalil was captured from the southern Yemeni city of Aden by gunmen. Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government was working to secure the priest's safe return.

Fighting breaks out between Armenia and Azerbaijan over disputed zone

Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, has run its own affairs with heavy military and financial backing from Armenia since a separatist war ended in 1994.

Mississippi Senate passes bill protecting Christians' 'freedom of conscience from government discrimination'

Christians and other faithful living in Mississippi are getting a step closer to being protected against being forced to acknowledge and facilitate gay marriages, thanks to a proposed law on religious freedom passed by the state's senators.

Another warning on global warming: West Antarctic ice sheet could collapse, causing massive sea level rise

Here's another warning of a disastrous future for our planet, if mankind will not address global warming: the West Antartic ice sheet could collapse in the next 250 years, causing massive sea level rise that could inundate and even wipe some areas out of the map.

Franklin Graham lectures Obama on 'real second chance' after president commutes drug convicts' jail terms

Rev. Franklin Graham believes in the power of second chances, but he and United States President Barack Obama seem to have a different understanding of what that truly is.

Pastor Robert Jeffress tells Muslim leader: Muhammad was 'nothing but a bloodthirsty warlord'

Pastor Robert Jeffress of the program Pathway to Victory got into a heated debate with Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom when they appeared in a debate hosted by Fox's Sean Hannity.

Disney joins 'corporate bullies' in 'declaring war' on religious freedom in America

Disney took a stand against Georgia's House Bill 757 and threatened to stop making movies in the state if government leaders refuse to veto the bill, which Gov. Nathan Deal eventually did.

More companies pull ads from 'Jill and Jessa: Counting On,' say they don't want to 'offend our consumers'

TLC's new Duggar family show "Jill and Jessa: Counting On," which is a spin-off of the series "19 Kids and Counting," is facing even more setbacks as companies continue to pull their ads from the show out of fear of upsetting their customers.

Melissa Joan Hart says she's 'getting grief' for playing good Christian woman in 'God's Not Dead 2'

Christian actress Melissa Joan Hart is often at the receiving end of criticisms, but she does not mind the flak she is receiving now for portraying teacher Grace Wesley in "God's Not Dead 2" because the movie is "taking the conversation about faith in the public forum to a new level."

Ken Ham offers advice to Christians now that the West is losing religious freedom

Answers in Genesis founder Ken Ham finds it unbelievable how prison chaplain Reverend Barry Trayhorn, a Pentecostal minister from the U.K., was forced to resign from his job as a gardener and prevented from volunteering in prison after he used 1 Corinthians 6 to teach about God's love and forgiveness to inmates.

Justin Bieber shares picture of himself praying with Kanye West and Puff Daddy