RELIGION September 29, 2017 UN meeting on Myanmar spotlights Security Council divisions The U.N. Security Council's first open meeting on Myanmar in eight years highlighted the body's deep divisions: China and Russia supported the Southeast Asian country's government while the U.S., Britain and France demanded an end to ethnic cleansing of its Rohingya Muslim minority.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 AP PHOTOS: Animals decorated and sacrificed in Hindu ritual Hindu believers are celebrating an annual festival in northeastern India with ceremonies offering animal sacrifices to the goddess Durga.
World September 28, 2017 ISIS, private militias threaten Libyan recovery, says former prime minister As officials in the once-economically thriving nation of Libya struggle to revive oil production and establish peace, two major obstacles threaten its recovery: the influx of ISIS terrorists and the rise of transnational organized crime syndicates.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 Pope's deputy urges dialogue after Francis accused of heresy The Vatican's secretary of state has called for greater dialogue within the Roman Catholic Church after a small group of traditionalists accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 Tajikistan bans wailing, hair-tearing at funerals The ex-Soviet Central Asian nation of Tajikistan has imposed limits on how citizens can act at funerals, including bans on black clothes and loud wailing.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood leader gets another life sentence An Egyptian court has sentenced 16 people, including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison on violence-related charges.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 3-year-old girl named Nepal's new living goddess A 3-year-old girl became Nepal's new living goddess Thursday, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Himalayan nation.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 Freed Indian priest returns home from Yemen, meets Modi An Indian Catholic priest has returned to India after being freed from 18 months of captivity in Yemen.
RELIGION September 28, 2017 Australian minister says 'economic refugees' headed for US An Australian government minister says "economic refugees" fleeing poverty rather than persecution are among the first asylum seekers to be resettled in the United States, adding that an Australia-run immigration camp on the Pacific island nation of Nauru has "the world's biggest collection of Armani jeans and handbags."
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Volunteers attacked delivering quake aid in southern Mexico Mexico's Roman Catholic Archdiocese says young people delivering relief supplies to earthquake victims in the southern state of Oaxaca have been attacked and robbed.