Italy will receive the most aid - nearly 560 million euros, while Greece is to receive 473 million.

In four different attacks, nine people were killed, six of whom were officials. US consulate and police station have been targeted and  a mine blast took place in Sirnak.

It is thought up to 600 migrants were on the boat. About 400 have been rescued and at least 25 bodies recovered. The European Comission has made a statement.

US aircraft and drones are arriving in Turkish air bases. Experts believe it could be a game-changer in the fight against the insurgents.

According to International Organization for Migration´s data published today, the Central Mediterranean route is the deadliest route for migrants.

Bishop Trevor Willmott calls on Prime Minister to “soften” rhetoric towards the migrants, and deal with the problem in a "non-hostile way".

The folk religion is increasingly shaped by various types of Eastern, New Age, and neo-pagan religiosities, alongside continuous impulses from traditional Christian beliefs.

Government will ask 12,000 firms to prove they do not have trafficked workers in their supply chains. 

One person died and 1,500 were intercepted only last night. African and Asian refugees and migrants wait in Calais for an opportunity to reach the UK.

Autonomous weapons will “appear on the black market and in the hands of terrorists”, warn prominent researchers like Stuart Russell, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking.

Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger published a portrait of Christian politician Marc Jost. 

Anti-trafficking activists will do a route from Morocco to the north of Spain this summer. Thousands of trafficked African women are sexually exploited “in our streets and in our towns”.

David Robertson (Solas Centre for Public Christianity) responds to media scrutiny of new British Liberal Party leader. Read transcription of the BBC2 interview.

The dominant ideology of today’s Europe: growth as our guarantee of existential security in the present and eschatological hope for the future. Christians have an extraordinary message of extraordinary hope at times of crisis. 

The attacks came hours after Turkey agreed to allow the U.S.-led coalition to launch aerial attacks from its. Terrorist attack on Monday caused 32 deaths.

The research also revealed that teenagers pray far more regularly than they read the Bible. They see the church as a place to experience God.

Where faith in the public square is discussed in the United Kingdom, it is approached at best from the perspective of a social scientist doing research on an alien species. At worst, faith positions are attacked as dangerous departures from the neo-liberal consensus.

Are all the questions raised in British media about the Christian faith of the new Liberal Party leader Tim Farron fair? David Robertson, evangelical believer and moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, shares his views in a BBC interview.

Golfer Zach Johnson says his surprise win in this week's Open Golf tournament was partly inspired by his devotion to prayer and the Bible.

Young Christians in Switzerland talk to drivers trapped in the usual traffic jams by an Alpine motorway tunnel.

“It is our privilege to learn from physical and spiritual realities”, says video blogger Anna Patricia Martinez. She aims to find creativity in everyday life.

Member of Angela Merkel’s ruling party CDU breaks discipline. Frank Heinrich argues the identity of Europe cannot only be based on the Euro currency.

Hundreds of young Kurdish activists had gathered in the cultural centre. They planned to go to the Syrian city of Kobane, which is only 10 km away. 

As a ‘polygamous heterosexual’ by nature, I don’t see myself better than my homosexual friends in many areas where I struggle. But this is no excuse for neither me nor you.

“Becoming a Christian was the most massive choice I have ever made”, says Tim Farron. He will conduct the country’s third biggest political party, after Nick Clegg's resignation.