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Amazon Indians say they are being sent death threats over their opposition to illegal logging

Indian tribe members who challenge illegal logging along the Peru-Brazil border are at risk of being killed, tribal leaders have warned.

Live Nativity scene breaks Guinness record

More than 1,000 people dressed as shepherds, wise men, and angels gathered at Rock Canyon Park in Provo, Utah last Monday evening. Their goal? To set a new world record by creating the largest living nativity scene.

Syrian refugees going hungry after UN runs out of money for food aid

Syrian refugees who fled fighting and the Islamic State have another battle on their hands after United Nations funds for their food aid dried up.

Al Qaeda leader in Yemen 'strongly' rejects Islamic State beheadings; suggests they are not kind

An al Qaeda leader in Yemen has suggested in a new online video that the beheading and filming of prisoners is un-Islamic because it does not meet Muslim standards of kindness.

Pastor James 'Tripp' Battle murder suspect confesses; 4-year-old son was at home when Andres 'Andy' Avalos's wife was killed

The main suspect in a killing spree in Florida that left his wife, a church pastor and neighbour dead has reportedly confessed.

Chinese baby survives being buried alive after parents thought premature baby was stillborn

Chinese baby survives being buried alive; parents thought preemie was stillborn

'Keep Christ in Christmas' theme gets pulled from Alabama town parade after atheists complain

"Keep Christ in Christmas" parade theme gets Alabama town in hot water

Mother of three appeals to Facebook to find a kidney

Pope Francis encourages Iraqi Christians to stand firm in their faith: 'You are God's reeds'

DRC: Family burned alive and children beheaded in brutal attack

37 people were killed in another brutal attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, a country expert has told Christian Today.

Christmas tree needles Israeli rabbi

Controversy erupts over Christian symbol in town square.

Pope Francis praises Iraqi Christians for persevering under persecution

Pope Francis described Iraqi Christians as a "rod that bends but does not break" in a video message of encouragement shown in the northern city of Erbil on Saturday.

New Zealand pastor prayed for suicide of gay Christian author

A Baptist pastor says he stands by his email to a gay Christian author who he referred to as a "filthy child molesting fag".

Anti-Semitic incidents on rise in France, attacks have more than doubled

Anti-Semitic threats and incidents have more than doubled so far this year in France, said the interior minister at a rally on Sunday to protest a violent attack on a young Jewish couple.

Analysis: How students are being radicalised by Islamic State

Islamic State doesn't have a strong presence in Afghanistan but, among the student population in particular, desire to join is growing.

200 inmates released in Nigerian prison raid

Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a police spokesman and security sources said.