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Jason Hamacher has spent almost a decade on a project to preserve the sacred music of Syria’s embattled religious minorities, for which he credits lousy cell reception and an overactive imagination.
Read MoreA video emerged Sunday in which ISIS-affiliated extremists beheaded 21 Egyptian Christian hostages, raising worldwide shock and outrage.
Read MoreAl-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based branch of the jihadi organization, has released a report detailing its attacks for the first three months of 1436, the current year in the Islamic calendar.
Read MoreIn a press conference on Tuesday, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints said they would support nationwide anti-discrimination laws for LGBT people — so long as those laws also respected religious liberty.
Read MoreGen. Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has announced a “research and essay competition” at the National Defense University to honor Saudi Arabia’s recently-deceased King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.
Read MoreTexans, lawmakers and “friends of Afghanistan” gathered Wednesday evening on Capitol Hill to honor Cold War-era mavericks Charlie Wilson and Gustav “Gust” Avrakotos, both dead, together with the very much still-alive Joanne Herring.
Read MoreTens of thousands participated in the annual March for Life in Washington on Thursday, commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.
Read MoreAfter two years of trying to schedule a meeting, the wife of a Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran finally met with President Obama on Wednesday.
Read MoreMere hours after President Barack Obama promised to veto any new congressional sanctions on Iran, Speaker of the House John Boehner struck back, saying Wednesday he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress.
Read MoreSpeaking aboard his flight from the Philippines to Rome on Monday, Pope Francis confirmed rumors that he would travel to the United States in September.
Read MoreHeader photo: inscription in the Alhambra, Spain. Taken by me; all rights reserved.
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