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Taliban ambulance bomb kills at least 95, wounds more than 150 in Kabul
A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded about 158 in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint.
2018 iPad Pro rumors: iOS 11. 3 firmware teases Face ID
Strings of code recently discovered from the iOS 11.3 beta subtly hint at an iPad with Face ID, supporting Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo's earlier claims about the biometric tech and TrueDepth Camera system's arrival to the iPad Pro this year.
Evangelicals celebrate Trump's announcement of pathway for Dreamers
Evangelicals leaders are celebrating Donald Trump's announcement of a 'pathway' that could allow hundreds of thousands of people, brought into the US illegally as children, to apply for citizenship.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury accuses Davos elite of 'serious failure' to address poverty
Using GDP as a measure to relieve poverty is an experiment that has failed, world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this are being told by the charity Christian Aid.
German Catholic bishops reject Pope's re-translation of the Lord's Prayer
Catholic bishops in Germany have rejected Pope Francis' controversial suggestion of re-translating the Lord's Prayer. The Pope said in December that the Church should follow the adoption of French Catholics, who render 'lead us not into temptation' as 'do not less us enter into temptation'.
US refugee agency damns Trump's travel ban as 'net loss' that hurt persecuted Christians
World Relief, one of America's largest refugee resettlement agency has given a statement damning to the Trump administration, one year after Trump's infamous 'travel ban' on refugees was effected. The organisation said that needy refugees, including many Christians, had been denied 'a place of refuge and hope' in what was unequivocally a 'net loss' for the US.
Congo Cardinal likens his country to an 'open prison' following deadly crackdown on Church-backed protests
A Cardinal from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has likened his country to an 'open prison' after security forces killed at least six people taking part in Church-backed protests against the president, Joseph Kabila, on Sunday.
Does Ireland have a demon crisis? Priest calls for back-up over 'exponential' rise in demand for exorcisms
Ireland urgently needs more exorcists to tackle the 'exponential' rise in demonic activity, a Catholic priest has said.
Pope Francis: Fake news is from Satan
Pope Francis has criticised fake news, saying it is spawned from the devil and comparing it to the snake in the Garden of Eden.
Pope Francis leads condemnation of latest violent crackdown on Church-backed protests in Congo
Pope Francis today renewed an appeal for an end to violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where security forces have gunned down protesters during pro-democracy demonstrations called by the local Catholic Church.
Setback in Vatican's attempts to improve relations with China as underground bishop refuses to retire
The disagreement marks another setback for the Vatican's attempts to resolve the split between underground Chinese bishops and the government-recognised Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
Militants storm Save the Children office in Afghanistan amid deadly clashes
Four gunmen today stormed an office of the Save the Children charity in the Afghan city of Jalalabad and battled with security forces who surrounded the building, killing at least one person and wounding 11, officials said.
Chinese New Year 2018 - year of the Earth Dog
New Year celebration may be done for most people, but not for Chinese people across the globe. The Chinese New Year celebration or Lunar New Year is scheduled on Feb. 16, Friday, and the year 2018 is the year of the Earth Dog.
Liberia's football star president: 'I have taken an oath before almighty God'
George Weah, former international football star and winner of FIFA's world player of the year, is hailed as a hero in Liberia where he has become the country's 24th president.
Spanish evangelicals report unprecedented growth, now more than 4,000 churches
Evangelical churches in Spain are steadily on the rise, with the traditionally Catholic country seeing 87 new places of worship in the past six months, bringing the unprecedented total number of evangelical premises to 4,045.
Pastor tortured and hung to death in India church, parishioners protesting
Police said that the pastor died due to suicide, but the parishioners are asking for an autopsy and further investigation.