RELIGION January 5, 2018 Red Square, Bangkok temple among ice festival sculptures Ice sculptures of Moscow's Red Square and Bangkok's Temple of the Emerald Buddha are among landmarks featured in the world's largest ice festival.
RELIGION January 5, 2018 Keen Islamic prayer activists bring a new dawn to Gaza In recent weeks, Gaza residents have been jolted awake in the dead of night to a raucous mixture of Quranic phrases, Islamic supplications and prayers delivered by loudspeakers to their doorsteps.
RELIGION January 4, 2018 Turkish religious body slammed for suggesting children as young as 9 could marry A suggestion by Turkey's state religious affairs body that girls as young as 9 could marry has sparked an outcry, including calls for an inquiry and the dismantling of the scandal-tainted organization.
RELIGION January 4, 2018 Yemen: Rebel-run court sentences Baha'i man to death A rebel-controlled Yemeni court has sentenced a local Baha'i man to death on charges of disseminating the beliefs of his faith and spying for Israel.
RELIGION January 4, 2018 Iran's regional enemies watch unrest, searching for leverage Iran's most fervent regional foes, Saudi Arabia and Israel, are both eagerly looking for signs of vulnerability and imminent change in their nemesis amid the past week of protests across the country.
RELIGION January 4, 2018 Brazilian women break taboo to talk about illegal abortions The doctor was late.
RELIGION January 3, 2018 Suicide bombing in mosque in northern Nigeria kills 10 Residents say a suicide bomber entered a mosque in a northern Nigerian town and detonated his explosives, killing at least 10 people during early morning prayers.
RELIGION January 2, 2018 Gunmen kill 17 at church service in Nigeria's River State A Nigerian official says gunmen shot dead at least 17 worshippers who had attended a church service to usher in the new year.
RELIGION January 2, 2018 AP PHOTOS: Hindus in India and Nepal mark auspicious day Some 200,000 Hindu pilgrims arrived at the confluence of two major Indian rivers Tuesday on the first major bathing day of a 45-day annual ritual known as the Magh Mela.
RELIGION January 1, 2018 Egypt: Gunman attacks liquor store, killing 2 Christians Egyptian security officials say a gunman has killed two Coptic Christian brothers in an attack on a liquor store in Giza province, just days after nine people were killed in an attack on a church and store in Cairo.