World July 5, 2017 Israel slams UNESCO vote that calls it 'occupying power' Israel has protested a UNESCO vote that called it an "occupying power" in Jerusalem's Old City that includes sites sacred to the Jews, Christians and Muslims.
RELIGION July 5, 2017 Iranians to take part in hajj despite tensions with Saudis Iran will allow its citizens to take part in this year's hajj pilgrimage despite soaring tensions with archrival Saudi Arabia.
World July 4, 2017 Orthodox Jewish grade school in UK fails inspection for refusal to teach about sexual orientation An orthodox Jewish girls’ elementary school in London has failed inspection for the third time because it refuses to teach students about homosexuality and gender reassignment.
RELIGION July 4, 2017 Mob in western Myanmar kills Rohingya despite police guards A mob in Myanmar's western Rakhine State has killed a member of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority who had been on a police-guarded trip from the displacement camp where he lives to the city that many Rohingya were forced to flee five years ago.
RELIGION July 4, 2017 Egyptian parliament approves extending state of emergency Egypt's parliament has approved a presidential decision to extend the state of emergency nationwide for another three months.
RELIGION July 4, 2017 Philippine court upholds martial law as siege's end seen The Philippines' top court has upheld President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the southern third of the country, dismissing petitions to nullify it.
RELIGION July 3, 2017 Police in Brazil arrest another ally of President Temer Police in Brazil have arrested a close ally of embattled President Michel Temer for alleged obstruction of justice.
World July 3, 2017 ISIS gunned down pregnant women, babies, former Navy SEAL recalls Iraqi forces, supported from the air by the U.S.-led coalition, on Thursday closed in on the once ISIS “caliphate” of Mosul.
RELIGION July 3, 2017 Kosovar to do community work for raising Islamic State flag A Kosovo court has sentenced an Albanian citizen who had put a flag of the Islamic State group at a crossroad in the capital Pristina to 180 hours of community labor.
RELIGION July 3, 2017 Egypt arrests daughter, son-in-law of Islamist leader Egyptian security forces have arrested the daughter and son-in-law of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, who is in exile in Qatar.