Some 40 bus passengers escaped serious injury after the bus they were travelling plunged into a sinkhole which opened up outside a convent in India.

Funerals have taken place in Egypt one day after Islamic State suicide bombers killed at least 45 people in two attacks targeting churches on Palm Sunday.

Thousands of people paid their last respects to Westminster terror attack victim PC Keith Palmer as his funeral was held at Southwark Cathedral on Monday afternoon.

Prayers and a minute of silence have been held in Sweden after a truck attack in Stockholm on Friday which killed four people.

The pastor of one of Singapore's best-known churches has begged his congregation for forgiveness after a court found it had misused £28 million.

The Church of England has suspended a rector who cheated on his wife using a dating website.

Reports of overspending and dissatisfied staff have led the Church of England to investigate alleged mismanagement of cathedrals.

Egypt's president has called for a three-month state of emergency after suicide bombers struck hours apart at two Coptic churches, killing 44 people.

At least 44 people have been killed and dozens wounded after bomb attacks on two Egyptian churches claimed by the Islamic State group.

Around one in four of people who class themselves as Christians do not believe the resurrection of Jesus took place.

Trustworthy people in the church could accept and sensitively share secrets about where the IRA's "Disappeared" victims are buried, the head of Irish Catholicism said.

At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after bomb attacks on two Egyptian churches claimed by the Islamic State group.

Two men in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province face up to 100 strokes of the cane each after neighbours reported them to Shariah police for having gay sex.

Viewers of Emmerdale were left sobbing as vicar Ashley Thomas died after a long storyline about his stroke-related early onset vascular dementia.