RELIGION November 8, 2017 Watchdog urges Asian summits to address rights crises Human Rights Watch has urged world leaders converging for annual summits in Southeast Asia to address the region's human rights crises led by the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and what it calls the "murderous" anti-drug crackdown in the Philippines.
RELIGION November 8, 2017 AP PHOTOS: Bolivians pay homage to skulls in annual festival Esperanza Mozon asks a marching band to play "Happy Birthday" to the two human skulls she is carrying outside a cemetery chapel in Bolivia's capital.
Christianity November 8, 2017 ISIS victims in Iraq, Christians and Yazidi, desperately need global aid, Vatican says The religious minorities of Iraq and Syria have recounted horrific accounts of their abuse at the hand of ISIS as the Vatican calls on the global community to address the plight of Christians and Yazidi communities and bring them back from the verge of extinction.
RELIGION November 8, 2017 France's Macron, Arab leaders to inaugurate Louvre Abu Dhabi French President Emmanuel Macron will be joining Arab leaders to inaugurate the new Louvre Abu Dhabi in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday evening.
RELIGION November 8, 2017 Jerusalem protests look to preserve ultra-Orthodox lifestyle A string of protests by ultra-Orthodox Jewish activists against Israel's compulsory military service has paralyzed Jerusalem in recent weeks in what their leaders had hoped would be a show of strength by the traditionally insular society.
VIDEO November 7, 2017 Are 'thoughts and prayers' now political? On 'The Ingraham Angle,' Jerry Falwell Jr. talks religious bigotry after the Texas church shooting.
RELIGION November 7, 2017 Pentagon has known of crime reporting lapses for 20 years Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says he has directed the Pentagon's watchdog to examine the circumstances of the Air Force's failure to report the Texas church shooter's domestic violence conviction to the FBI.
RELIGION November 7, 2017 Oxford professor takes leave amid rape allegations Oxford University says prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has taken a leave of absence as the Paris prosecutor's office investigates allegations of rape and sexual assault against him.
RELIGION November 7, 2017 Pope offers condolences for Texas church shooting Pope Francis has sent a telegram to the archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, to express his condolences for the deadly shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.
RELIGION November 7, 2017 Top Indonesia court overturns discriminatory religious law Indonesia's top court has overturned a law that denied recognition and legal rights to followers of indigenous faiths.