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Pontiff addresses the EU parliament in Strasbourg.

Boy was due to receive confirmation in church which holds the body of priest killed by father.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei previously said on Twitter that Iran should 'eliminate Israel'.

BREAKING: Isis has apparently executed 12 of its own foreign fighters accused of wanting to return home.

Israeli security agency to monitor social media for links to potential Palestinian attacks.

Asia Bibi was sentenced to death in 2010 for making derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad.

Charlie Winter from Quilliam talks through the five crucial steps involved in de-radicalising Islamic extremists in the UK

Shrapnel from the blast hurt nearby carnival goers in the town of M'Lang.

Khalid Mahmood says Foreign Office's official figure of 500 fighters is an 'underestimation'.

Abu Abdullah al Habashi, 21, and Abu Dharda, 20, were two of 500 Britons believed to have joined Isis fighters.

Almost 150 of the estimated 5,000 kidnapped girls have returned to their families in Kurdish-controlled areas in recent weeks, say activists

Israel's reaction to summer killings was hasty and extreme. Now a more measured strategy is required.

Photo report: two Palestinians with a meat cleaver and a gun kill four Jews in a Jerusalem synagogue.

Cumbers was shot dead in 2004 while filming a BBC report about al-Qaeda.

Rise in terrorist attacks is mainly due to Isis, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and the Taliban.

Many Muslims believe dogs are impure and should not be kept as pets

Pontiff announces he will attend the World Meeting of Families in September.

Three Femen protestors dragged away from St. Peter's Square after staging topless protest

The prayer is aimed at fostering a better acceptance between Muslims and Christians worldwide.

French DJ Bob Sinclar and Italian 'singing nun' Sister Cristina Scuccia will also take the stage

IBTimes profiles the latest deadly group to emerge from the Middle East's crucible of hate.

Believers offer their relatives' skulls coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol in Bolivia.

Producers say the calendar aims to 'counteract negative and outdated influences of Orthodox Church leadership'

Rulings by judges designed to 'protect Islam' risk isolating country from wider world, critics say

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says visits to Jerusalem hilltop compound provoke Palestinians into violence

Haneen Zoabi was filmed confronting Israeli soldiers who blocked visitor access to the holy site to prevent further rioting.

Monsignor Carrasco de Paula, head of the Holy See bioethics body, criticised US activist's death.

Millions of Shi'ite Muslims mark Ashura, commemorating the slaying of Prophet Muhammad's grandson.

Tareena Shakil fled Britain with 14-month-old son Zaheem to become Jihadi bride in Raqqa, Syria.