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13-yr-old accidentally killed while playing 'cops and robbers'

A game of "cops and robbers" ended in tragedy at a Minnesota home on Sunday.

'Black Jesus' accused of handing out counterfeit money

A man in Bradenton, Florida may be giving away counterfeit money using the moniker "Black Jesus."

Deepak Chopra leads meditation session with Congress

Alternative medicine advocate and physician Deepak Chopra led a meditation session on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

70-yr-old freed after nearly 40 years in prison says real killer will answer in resurrection

Jill Duggar and hubby Derick Dillard celebrate one year since they first met

It might be conservative and trivial for most people to remember but Derick and Jill Duggar celebrates the one-year anniversary of their first meeting.

Tim Hughes announces move from HTB

Tim Hughes is set to lead a church in Birmingham, leaving London's Holy Trinity Brompton, where he has worked for almost a decade.

Catholics may be excluded from jury of Boston bombing trial

Criteria stating that a jury must be able to sentence a suspect to death means that Catholics may be disqualified from the Boston Marathon bombing trial, it has emerged.

Progressive Christian? How Marcus Borg challenged orthodoxy

The renowned liberal theologian, who died last week aged 72, leaves a legacy of controversy.

Litvinenko post-mortem was world's most dangerous ever

Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope London in 2006.

Kenya: Christian radio hijacked by possible terrorists

Verses from the Qur'an were played on Hope FM on Tuesday night, in a suspected radio hijack.

Justin Welby: 'Love often says don't tweet'

Twitter is not the best place to have a row, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Nicky Morgan 'unapologetic' over Christian school Ofsted inspections

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan yesterday said she will "vigorously defend" the drive to instil British values in UK schools, despite controversy over "intrusive" Ofsted questioning.

Faith leaders condemn UK's failure to keep refugee promise

A year on from the UK government's promise of a resettlement scheme for Syrian refugees, just 90 have been offered asylum.

Jordan proposes prisoner swap, fate of Kenji Goto unclear

Jordan said on Wednesday it was willing to hand over an Iraqi woman jailed for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack.

Reprieve for YWAM as Home Office decides its missionaries can stay

The threat of deportation has been lifted for overseas volunteers working for the youth charity.

South Sudan militia free 280 child soldiers

Almost 300 South Sudanese child soldiers surrendered their weapons on Tuesday, in the first step of a planned release of a total of 3,000.