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Netanyahu warns Israelis: 'Arm yourself, flames of radical Islam have reached us'
As violence continues throughout Israel, authorities are urging citizens to remain vigilant at all times and to carry weapons, if they have the license, for their own safety.
Pastor shot dead in move 'to terrorise Christians' in east India
A pastor has been shot dead in eastern India as part of an increasing trend of attacks against Christians in India.
Asia Bibi put in solitary confinement over fears she could be murdered in prison
Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi, who is on death row for blasphemy, has been put in solitary confinement over fears that she may be attacked by vigilantes.
Ben Carson reveals Vladimir Putin's Islamic ties: Khamenei, Abbas were his classmates
Russian President Vladimir Putin has deep Islamic connections which he developed way back when he was a college student in Moscow, Republican presidential aspirant Ben Carson recently revealed.
Prayers urged for elderly Christian woman stabbed on bus in Jerusalem
Friends of a woman stabbed in a bus terror attack in Jerusalem are calling for prayers as she recovers from multiple wounds and a punctured lung in hospital.
Top Pakistan court makes landmark ruling: Criticising blasphemy law is not illegal
In what can be considered as a landmark decision, Pakistan's highest court recently ruled that criticizing the country's highly controversial blasphemy law is not in itself illegal.
Calais: 3,500 refugees fear sickness and death as temperatures drop
Refugees camped on France's north coast continued their bids to reach Britain on Thursday as the first autumn winds blew into their sprawl of tents and shanties and EU leaders arrived in Brussels.
UN Security Council to meet on Israeli-Palestinian violence
The United Nations Security Council will hold a special meeting on Friday to discuss the recent spate of violence between Israeland the Palestinians in which 39 people have been killed over the past two weeks.
Palestinians set fire to Joseph's tomb in West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage against Israel, and two weeks of turmoil in the region showed little signs of abating.
More Christians killed, persecuted in Asia, Mideast and Africa in 2014 â US report
The killing and persecution of Christians increased in the Middle East, Africa and Asia last year, with the Islamic State leading the campaign of attacks, the US State Department said in this year's International Religious Freedom Report.
Pakistan: More than 1,400 cases of blasphemy last year
More than 1,400 cases of blasphemy were registered in Pakistan last year, a senior lawyer has claimed, and it is becoming increasingly dangerous for lawyers to defend the accused.
More than a third of Christians have suffered mental health problems
Over 35 per cent of Christians have experienced some form of mental health issue and more than 80 per cent knew a close friend or relative with similar experiences.
Myanmar: Why the world's longest-running conflict might be ending
A peace deal with insurgents in Myanmar is being welcomed by observers.
Many of the kidnapped Chibok girls are still alive, reveals escapee
More than a quarter of the 200 girls abducted from their school in Chibok by Boko Haram are still alive and being kept prisoner in the Lake Chad region of north-eastern Nigeria.
Religious freedom under threat worldwide as abuses increase, US says
Last year saw some of the most "egregious abuses of religious freedom and other human rights," the US State Department concluded in a report released yesterday.
Israeli blockades in East Jerusalem will fuel anger and revenge - Catholic leader
Israeli blockades and checkpoints in Palestinian areas of Jerusalem will not ensure safety, the director general of Caritas Jerusalem has said.