• Report: '60 Percent of Syrian Rebels Are Islamist Extremists, 15 Groups Ready To Succeed ISIS'

  About 60 percent of rebel fighters in Syria hold an Islamist extremist ideology, British think-tank Centre on Religion and Geopolitics announced Monday in a new report entitled "If the Castle Falls: Ideology and Objectives of the Syrian Rebellion." About a third of them hold the same ideology as the Islamic State. The current focus on a military defeat of ISIS does not consider the other groups in Syria, and around the world, with exactly the same global ideology and ambition, states the report.

  

• Major Drug Supplier Responsible For 40 Percent of Medicine Sold to U.S. Faces FDA Ban, If Sun Pharma's India Violations Aren't Fixed

  India’s largest drugmaker and huge supplier to the U.S. market, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, received a warning letter from U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials for violating manufacturing standards at its Halol plant in western India. Sun Pharma is estimated to supply 40 percent of the medicines sold in the United States. FDA inspectors first identified issues at the plant during September 2014.

  

• Jimmy Carter Reveals Grandson's Death at Sunday School Class Hours After It Occurred

  The 28-year-old grandson of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. Carter, 91, made the announcement Sunday during his regular Sunday school lecture at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., after apologizing for being late.

  

• Alzheimer’s Research May Receive Record-Setting Funding Increase To $350 Million in Proposed 2016 Government Budget

  Alzheimer’s research may receive a record-setting increase in funding of $350 million within the $1.1 trillion spending deal Congress reached Tuesday night for fiscal 2016. If the overall budget is approved by the White House, it will increase government spending on the disease by more than 50 percent, reports The Washington Post.

  

• Christmas Prayer: Everyone Can 'Pray the Way' to Christmas Joy

  Christmas delight may not come readily, naturally or automatically for all people. But, award-winning writer, editor and speaker Bob Hostetler said he believes everyone can "pray their way" to Christmas joy. He was the co-founding pastor of Cobblestone Community Church in Oxford, Ohio. He shares three suggestive prayer types for this holiday season.