A teacher in California has resigned after he received backlash and death threats over a letter he wrote to a school paper that expressed his Christian stance on homosexuality and marriage.

Local state officials and institutions in Sri Lanka support violence against Christians and other religious minorities, a Colombo-based think tank has found after analyzing data gathered by a Christian group over two decades.

An Anglican church in Perth, Australia, has opened its doors for Muslims' Friday prayers for Ramadan in what is seen as the first time that Christians and Muslims will spend time together during the holy month of fasting.