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Just like in the movies, NASA working on spacecraft for asteroid defence
Just like in the movies, NASA working on spacecraft for asteroid defence

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is nevertheless looking for real-life ways to save the world from asteroids, and the first idea to do this: creating a spacecraft to ram straight into an approaching asteroid.

Indonesia: 10 churches to be shut, yielding to hardline Muslim demands
Indonesia: 10 churches to be shut, yielding to hardline Muslim demands

Authorities in Aceh, Indonesia have shut down several churches days after churches were burned down by a mob of extremist Muslims.

Westboro Baptist Church to picket \'hypocrite\' Kim Davis over remarriage
Westboro Baptist Church to picket 'hypocrite' Kim Davis over remarriage

Westboro Baptist Church, a fundamentalist Christian group which aggressively protests homosexuality, has announced its latest target: Kim Davis.

Conservative evangelicals celebrate election of \'living out\' leaders to CofE synod
Conservative evangelicals celebrate election of 'living out' leaders to CofE synod

All three Living Out leaders admit to same-sex attraction but live out a lifestyle in which they consciously "help Christian brothers and sisters who experience same-sex attraction stay faithful to biblical teaching."

Christians criticise South African Church for allowing gay marriages, ordination of openly homosexual ministers
Christians criticise South African Church for allowing gay marriages, ordination of openly homosexual ministers

The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa is drawing sharp criticisms from Christians and Roman Catholics for its recent decision to recognize gay marriages, and to allow the ordination of openly homosexual ministers without requiring them to be celibate.

Jill and Derick Dillard offer refunds after their mission work is criticised
Jill and Derick Dillard offer refunds after their mission work is criticised

Jill and Derick Dillard, of Duggar family fame, are offering refunds to fans who have donated to fund their missionary work in Central America.

UK to block passports of under-18s at risk of embracing terrorism
UK to block passports of under-18s at risk of embracing terrorism

The Government has today launched its new counter-terror strategy in an attempt to "confront and defeat" all forms of extremism, the Prime Minister's office announced.

Pope Francis proclaims new saints, calls for humble Church leadership
Pope Francis proclaims new saints, calls for humble Church leadership

Pope Francis, proclaiming four new Catholic saints who lived simple and generous lives, told priests and bishops on Sunday that service, and not careerism, was the way to exercise authority in the Church.

Hole as big as \'50 Earths\' forms in sun\'s outer layer, triggering ultrafast solar wind  that\'s causing brighter auroras
Hole as big as '50 Earths' forms in sun's outer layer, triggering ultrafast solar wind that's causing brighter auroras

The gap in the sun's magnetic field has triggered an ultrafast solar wind or what is known to be a "geomagnetic storm," which in turn has been causing much longer and brighter auroras over the northernmost reaches of the Earth.

Asylum seeker\'s rape claims overshadow Australia\'s bid for UN rights body
Asylum seeker's rape claims overshadow Australia's bid for UN rights body

Australia's hardline immigration policies overshadowed the launch of its bid to join the UN Human Rights Council on Monday

UK to block teenagers\' passports to stop them joining militants
UK to block teenagers' passports to stop them joining militants

British parents worried that their 16 and 17-year-old children might travel to Syria or Iraq under the influence of militants will be able to apply to have their passports removed, Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday.

\'Totally unprecedented\': British nurse suffers from Ebola relapse
'Totally unprecedented': British nurse suffers from Ebola relapse

Nurse Pauline Cafferkey is currently under high level isolation at the London Royal Free hospital where she is being "treated for Ebola." Her condition has reportedly been deteriorating.

California\'s new winged killers: 2 species of disease-carrying mosquitoes pose threats
California's new winged killers: 2 species of disease-carrying mosquitoes pose threats

These aggressive mosquitoes are called the Asian Tiger and the Yellow Fever Mosquito, or scientifically known as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, respectively. They are characterized by black-and-white stripes, and their tendency to bite people in the middle of the day.

Rochunga Pudaite, \'God\'s tribesman\' who brought Bible to millions of people, 87
Rochunga Pudaite, 'God's tribesman' who brought Bible to millions of people, 87

Christian evangelist Rochunga Pudaite, also lovingly called "God's tribesman" has passed away in a hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday. He was 87.

Briana Babineaux, the \'Justin Bieber of Gospel music,\' says she gives all glory and honour to God
Briana Babineaux, the 'Justin Bieber of Gospel music,' says she gives all glory and honour to God

Pop culture might have Canadian singer Justin Bieber, but the Christian community also has a singer of equal talent and charisma - Briana Babineaux, more commonly known as Bri.

McDonald\'s urged to stop sponsoring new  gory horror TV show \'Scream Queens\'
McDonald's urged to stop sponsoring new gory horror TV show 'Scream Queens'

The Parents Television Council (PTC) is not happy with fast food chain McDonald's decision to sponsor Ryan Murphy's new television series "Scream Queens" since it promotes gore and violence, not to mention necrophilia.