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Islamic State teenager said to be UK's youngest suicide bomber
A 17-year-old who left northern England to join Islamic State was reported to have become Britain's youngest suicide bomber when he blew himself up in a car in northern Iraq.
Kay Warren shares about early years of 'marital hell' as she and Rick renew their vows
The founders of Saddleback Church renewed their vows this weekend just before their 40th anniversary but Kay also shared about the challenges they faced in their early years.
Abolish religious assemblies in schools, says new report
Religious assemblies in schools should be abolished, a new report says today.
David Cameron on Magna Carta: Reputation of human rights 'distorted and devalued' in Britain
Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday that the principles of liberty, justice and democracy enshrined in the Magna Carta underpin his plan to overhaul human rights laws.
Sudan president Omar al-Bashir barred from leaving South Africa
A South African judge barred Sudan's indicted president from leaving the country on Sunday, in a deepening rift between Africa and the West over what Pretoria called anti-poor country bias in the International Criminal Court.
'Hello Earth': Comet lander Philae wakes up after months of hibernation
As if waking up from a long, deep slumber, the world's first ever comet lander has once again made contact with its team back on Earth after months of hibernation.
Senior Islamist militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar 'killed' in US air strike in Libya
A veteran Islamist militant, blamed for masterminding an Algerian gas field attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in a US air strike inside Libya, Libya's recognised government said on Sunday.
In post-gender Europe, lines between men and women are being blurred
Europe is shaping up to be a post-gender world, but in some progressive countries, the movement is pushing the gender boundaries into blurring the lines between men and women.
New human species may develop if space colonisation happens, experts say
Astronomy professor Chris Impey from the University of Arizona believes that human beings will morph into another species once they leave the familiar environment of the Earth where they used to live in.
'I trusted God,' rescued Texas teen says after 15 hours lost at sea aboard paddle-less kayak
A teen from Texas on a missionary work was rescued off the coast of Honduras Thursday morning after missing aboard a kayak for 15 hours
US tries 'lily pad' strategy against ISIS, sends more military advisers to Iraq
The US government has finally figured a way to defeat the terrorist campaign of the Islamic State in the Middle East-- and that is to reuse the "lily pad" strategy that did not work against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Robber returns wallet, cell phone after victim says prayer out loud
The power of prayer has prompted a man to return the wallet and cell phone to a hotel worker he robbed at gunpoint in Euclid, Ohio.
Mexico's Supreme Court deems same-sex marriage ban 'unconstitutional'
Mexico's highest court has ruled that it is unconstitutional for states to prohibit same-sex couples from being married.
New Michigan law allows faith-based adoption agencies to refuse service to gays and lesbians
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday signed into law three bills that will allow faith-based adoption agencies which get state funds to refuse service to gays and lesbians based on their religious beliefs.
Court ruling: School district did not violate US Constitution by hiring Christian school
A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court's decision to rule that a public school district in Tennessee did not violate the US Constitution when it hired a Christian school to provide alternative education to its students.
Elderly women now conceiving babies using new technology
More and more older women are getting the chance to safely bear and even deliver babies through a new procedure that alters their egg cells.