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British tributes to Saudi King spark criticism over human rights record

Several British politicians criticised the deference shown to the leader of a country accused of having a poor human rights record.

Boko Haram release 190 captives in northern Nigeria

The militants released about 190 captives, who returned home to Yobe state this weekend, while others were still being held, local and state officials said.

Senior UKIP member defects to Conservative Party

UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir has announced he has left UKIP to join David Cameron's Conservative Party.

India's Hindu nationalists claim to have converted 27 Christians

Amid the growing issue on religious conversion in India, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad announced that 27 Christians have re-converted to Hindu.

Japan condemns apparent IS execution, demands hostage release

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called for the immediate release of the second Japanese journalist held by Islamic State.

Calls for prayer as people of the Holy Land continue to suffer

The worst winter in the Middle East threatens refugees who lack basic supplies to combat the freezing temperature

Catholic priest banned from preaching for speaking at anti-Islam protest

German Catholic priest Father Paul Spaetling has been forbidden from preaching or speak on behalf of the Church after participating in a rally organised by a group associated with the Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA).

China's oldest priest dies at 105

Father Ye Yaomin of Guangzhou, China's oldest priest, was 105 when he passed away Tuesday.

ISIS is raping and selling girls and women as sexual slaves, according to freed Yazidis

Elderly Yazidis who were freed by ISIS report that girls and women continue to suffer from horrifying abuses at the hands of the militant group.

Mike Huckabee: Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling won't be final say

Former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee rejected the "notion of judicial supremacy" this week, claiming that the gay marriage battle is not nearing a close.