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No hope for survivors in Sri Lanka landslide, over 100 dead
Hopes of finding survivors under the mud and rubble of a landslide in south-central Sri Lanka had run out by first light on Thursday.
Kurdish convoy heads to Syria to take on Islamic State
Peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq are heading towards Kobani to try to help fellow Kurds break an Islamic State siege.
Woman records 10 hours of street harassment in New York; gets rape threats when video goes viral
One woman was secretly filmed walking the streets of New York for 10 hours in a powerful demonstration of the verbal harassment and catcalling the Big Apple's women have to put up with.
North Korea executes members of the ruling Workers' Party by firing squad for watching South Korean TV shows
There are reports in The Telegraph today of senior figures in the North Korean government being executed for watching South Korean soap operas.
Ebola in Sierra Leone: Food aid saving quarantined families from starvation
Christian Aid says food security has become a bigger concern for some people than catching Ebola
Czechs honour 105-year-old British man who rescued hundreds of Jewish children from Holocaust
Sir Nicholas Winton has received the Czech Republic's highest award.
Islamic State fights Syrian army for gas field, killing 30
Islamic State militants in Syria killed at least 30 pro-government fighters in an assault on a gas field that has witnessed some of the bloodiest confrontations between the two sides, a monitoring group said today.
After Washington high school shooting, churches open their doors to offer prayer and support
As the small town of Marysville, Washington state, continues to reel from a fatal high school shooting last Friday, churches are doing all they can to comfort and heal the heartbroken community.
Hungry for justice: new movement calls Christians to fast for the climate
A year of prayer and fasting begins in November.
China to crack down on illegal cults after brutal murder of mother outside McDonald's
China will tighten the law to impose harsher punishments on people participating in illegal cults after a brutal murder earlier in the year.
Canadian soldier killed in Ottawa Parliament attack to be laid to rest
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and hundreds of mourners are expected to pack into a cathedral in industrial Hamilton, Ontario, for the funeral.
Nigeria: Boko Haram militants are targeting Christians and students, says Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch said Boko Haram seems to target students and Christians in particular
Iran: At least 49 Protestant Christians being held by authorities, says United Nations
Dozens of Christians are currently being held by the authorities in Iran and many of them because of their involvement in house churches, the UN reports.
Brittany Maynard: How Christians should think through issues of assisted dying
On Saturday Brittany Maynard, who has terminal brain cancer, will die by her own choice. Mark Woods outlines some of the issues raised by her case, and how we should think them through.
Ancient Christian temples discovered in city of Genghis Khan's descendants
Ruined churches show Christians living alongside Muslims and Shamanists.
City backs down, Idaho wedding chapel won't have to marry same-sex couples
A couple fearing fines and imprisonment can breathe easily.