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The laws of physics as the world’s greatest scientists understand them appear to have been broken as an experiment has shown subatomic particles traveling at speeds greater than the speed of light.

London has seen its worst rioting in years, as north London’s Tottenham neighborhood erupted in violence overnight with 500 rioters settings cars and buildings on fire. The riots, sparked by the shooting of a local man by police, also saw looting and policemen being attacked.

World-renowned evangelist and Biblical scholar John Stott died Wednesday at 3.15 p.m. local time in London (10.15 a.m. EST), according to John Stott Ministries President Benjamin Homan.

Prince William plunged his Sea King helicopter into a lake in Canada today as he took part in a “waterbird” emergency landing training exercise as wife Kate Middleton looked on.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is celebrating Independence Day after dominating the U.S. box office with takings of $116.4 million over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Prince William and Kate Middleton joined a Sunday morning prayer service with 200 sailors on board the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal as they continued their royal tour today.

Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, were met by protesters Saturday in the French-speaking province of Quebec as they visited a children's hospital.

China’s state-controlled Catholic Church has announced Friday its plans to ordain at least 40 new bishops to help satisfy demand of dozens of China’s dioceses that currently are bishop-less.

The affectionately named “Vicar of Baghdad”, Canon Andrew White, has been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious International First Freedom Award for his extraordinary commitment to peace-keeping and religious freedom in Iraq.

More than 500 Muslims have been given prison sentences in Ethiopia for violent attacks against Christians that left one dead, and 69 churches burned to the ground, reports International Christian Concern (ICC).

President Obama is rumored to have made his decision on a plan for withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and is expected to lay out the timetable Wednesday evening. Unconfirmed reports are saying Obama will announce the withdrawal of up to 10,000 U.S. troops by the end of this year.

More than 500,000 residents have been forced to evacuate as continued torrential rain in central and southern China has caused some of the worst flooding seen on the region in over 50 years.

A child laborer is involved in a work-related accident, illness or trauma every single minute, a new report released by the U.N. International Labor Organization Friday reveals.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has rebuked the British coalition government, saying that it is committing Britain to “radical, long-term policies for which no one voted.”

Al-Qaida’s number two has issued a chilling warning to the West saying that Osama bin Laden will continue to “terrify” the U.S. and its allies from beyond the grave.

An international interfaith conference has revealed that 105,000 Christians are being killed every year simply because of their faith.

Billboards have emerged across Sydney, Australia, carrying the slogan “Jesus: a prophet of Islam.” The advertising campaign is being run by Islamic group “MyPeace,” which has said that the purpose of the campaign is to encourage interfaith relations between Christians and Muslims.

Leading Ecumenicals from around the world have asked for forgiveness for Christianity’s history of being complicit in violence, injustice, racism and discrimination.