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One year on from Islamic State capture, there are no Christians left in Qaraqosh
One year ago, Islamic State militants captured the town of Qaraqosh in Iraq, forcing thousands â many of them Christians â to flee.

Songs of Praise in Calais: Finally the media listens to migrants themselves
BBC TV show: Finally the media gives a voice to the migrants themselves

Pentagon 'strongly suspects' Russia to be behind latest 'sophisticated' cyberattack
Pentagon officials "strongly suspect" that Russia is behind this cyberattack, which affected 4,000 Defense Department employees and civilian personnel.

Ben Seewald joins Planned Parenthood debate, denounces abortion as murder
Ben Seewald, the religious husband of reality star Jessa Duggar of "19 Kids and Counting" have decided to open up a can of worms as he decided to take on the hot issue concerning the incriminating undercover videos released against abortion service provider Planned Parenthood.

Jessa Seewald shows latest pregnancy pic at 27 weeks, 3 days: Is she carrying a girl?
Did Jessa Seewald just tease about the gender of her new baby in her latest pregnancy photo?

Lesbian couple sets own house on fire, and blames it on neighbourâTennessee jury
A federal jury in Tennessee has ruled that a lesbian couple intentionally set their house on fire and then blamed it on their neighbor.

ISIS kidnaps 250 Christians in Syria, thousands more flee
Around 250 Christians have been abducted by Islamic State in a key strategic town near Homs, Syria, a monitor has confirmed.

What does God want from you? How the Republican candidates responded
Five frontrunners were asked what God wanted their priorities to be.

Chinese Christians hold protest on church roof to protect cross
Christian protesters in China have camped out for a month on the roof of their church to stop authorities from taking down its cross

Illegal alien accused of raping, hammering California woman, 64, leading to her death
A 29-year-old undocumented immigrant has been charged with attempted murder after he sexually assaulted a 64-year-old woman in Santa Maria, California late last month and later died.

US accused of poorly treating women and children in immigration detention centres
A formal complaint has been lodged against the Department of Homeland Security with at least 10 migrant mothers accusing the agency of serious neglect and poor treatment of women and children thrown at family detention centers.

Same-sex marriage row: County clerk files countersuit against governor of Kentucky
A Kentucky county clerk has sued Gov. Steve Beshear on Wednesday, accusing him of violating her religious belief when he sent a letter telling all county clerks to issue licenses to same-sex couples after the US Supreme Court upheld gay marriage nationwide. .

More than 200 feared dead in sinking of migrant boat
Hopes faded of finding more survivors on Thursday from a shipwreck in which 200 migrants are feared drowned, as rescue ships were called to the aid of more migrant boats in the same area of the Mediterranean.

Foetus scandal fallout: New Hampshire council cuts Planned Parenthood funds
The Republican-controlled New Hampshire executive council has defunded Planned Parenthood in the state after videos surfaced accusing the reproductive health care provider of selling tissues from aborted fetuses to medical researchers.

It's been quite the adventure, Derick Dillard says of family's Central American ministry
Derick Dillard, the husband of Jill Duggar from "19 Kids and Counting" has just shared the latest update of his family's new ministry in Central America, saying that it has been "quite the adventure" so far.

New York faces new drug threat: Cheap, strength-boosting 'weaponised marijuana'
New York Police District (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton has already warned the public about the rise of this new kind of weed, being referred to at present as synthetic pot and "weaponized marijuana."