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Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Magazine runs defiant anti-God front page
The cover of the paper to be released on Wednesday shows a bearded man representing God with blood on his hands.
190 Muslims fired from Colorado meat-packing plant after dispute over prayer time
Nearly 200 Muslim employees were fired from a meat-packing plant in Colorado last week after striking over a prayer dispute.
40,000 young adults give glory to God at Passion 2016
Passion 2016 attracted participants aged 18-25 from across the United States and from dozens of countries around the world.
Remembering TS Eliot: 10 quotes from a great Christian poet
TS Eliot was perhaps the greatest poet writing in English in the 20th century.
Christianity 'squeezed out' of public sector, says top CofE official
William Nye has said that a "secularising spirit" permeates the civil service.
Pathankot attack: Indian forces disarming grenades after booby-trap kills soldier
A militant attack killed seven military personnel and wounded 22.
Obama faces legal pitfalls over gun control
Obama has expressed deep frustration about lax US gun control regulations.
Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran as row over cleric's execution escalates
The rival Middle East powers are at odds over Riyadh's execution of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric.
Majority of Americans say freedom of religion should be protected; Christianity gets highest mark at 82%
A majority of Americans said that it's important to protect freedom of religion for different religious groups with Christianity getting the highest mark.
Muslims-turned-Christians disrupt church Masses, hold street protest in Las Vegas urging Catholics to 'repent'
A group of Muslim-turned-Christians have disrupted Masses in Las Vegas churches in the past few weeks in the December.
Meet Nadine: The human-like robot with personality, moods and emotions
At Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, researchers have developed a human-like robot that can remarkably show personality, mood and emotions. The humanoid, nicknamed "Nadine," was unveiled last week during a new media showcase at the university.
Saudi Arabia enjoys U.S., U.K. support at U.N. rights body despite its execution of 47 people in one day
Despite the global outrage triggered by Riyadh's announcement on Saturday that it executed 47 prisoners, including an influential Shiite cleric, Saudi Arabia is unlikely to face rebuke from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world's top human rights body.
Trump says Clinton and Obama created ISIS, claims that he's predicted the burning of Saudi embassy in Iran
U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is now blaming both President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for the creation and rise of the Islamic State (ISIS).
Armed man enters North Carolina church to do harm but ends up embracing pastor and asking for his prayer
A pastor from North Carolina was just about ready to pounce on a dangerous-looking man who walked into his church wielding a rifle near midnight on New Year's Eve.
The world was supposed to end not once but twice in 2015 â it's OK, those were just some of many failed prophecies
The world should have ended, twice over, in 2015âif the two doomsday predictions last year actually happened.
Syria: Islamic State suicide bombers target Christian restaurants
Residents of the city in Syria's north-eastern province of Hasakah were preparing to celebrate the New Year when the attackers struck at three restaurants.