World September 27, 2017 7.1 million Venezuelans vote in opposition referendum Venezuela's opposition called for a massive turnout Sunday in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution, a proposal that's escalating tensions in a nation stricken by widespread shortages and more than 100 days of anti-government protests.
World September 27, 2017 Princeton defends American student sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison A U.S. university professor who advised a Chinese-American researcher sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran is defending his former student as innocent of all charges against him.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Islamic leaders boycott Jerusalem site over metal detectors Islamic leaders have called on Muslims to boycott a Jerusalem holy site after Israel set up metal detectors at the entrance gates following a deadly Arab attack there last week.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Philippine rebels: Peace pact 'best antidote' for extremism A leader of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group says a peace accord it's trying to implement with the government is "the best antidote" for violent extremism exemplified by a bloody siege of southern Marawi city by Islamic State group-aligned militants.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Portuguese town council gets to keep 4-century-old Torah A rural town council in Portugal says a court has ruled that a 400-year-old Torah scroll found by accident can remain in public hands, rejecting a businessman's claim that he bought it.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Vatican trial dawns for alleged misuse of hospital donations Other than St. Peter's Basilica, there is hardly better real estate in Vatican City than the sprawling penthouse apartment in the Vatican gardens, where the rooftop terrace has in-your-face views of the dome itself and overlooks the hotel that Pope Francis calls home.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Russian Supreme Court upholds ban on Jehovah's Witnesses Russia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal of its nationwide ban on the Jehovah's Witnesses religious denomination.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Philippines' Duterte asks Congress to extend martial law Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the southern third of the country until the end of the year, saying the rebellion there will not be quelled by July 22, the end of his 60-day martial law proclamation.
RELIGION September 27, 2017 Report: Hundreds of boys abused at German choir school A report says that at least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys' choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and the early 1990s.
World September 27, 2017 Hungary's Orban: Collaboration with Nazis was mistake, sin Hungary's prime minister says his country's collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II was a "mistake" and a "sin" as it failed to protect its Jewish community.