World June 20, 2017 Egypt says 15 militants killed in North Sinai, Alexandria Egypt's military says its air force has killed 12 "extremely dangerous" militants in airstrikes in northern Sinai, a militant hotspot.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 Report: 3,300 dead since central Congo conflict in August More than 3,300 people have been killed in the volatile Kasai provinces of central Congo since August, according to a document released Tuesday by the Catholic church, as the U.N. called for an international investigation.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 Dried lizard penises from India sold as good luck charms Wildlife investigators from India and Britain say they have uncovered an international fraud in which dried penises of endangered monitor lizards are being sold as a plant root regarded as a good luck charm and used in religious rituals.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 The Latest: 7 still hospitalized after London mosque attack The Latest on the London mosque attack (all times local): 11:50 a.m.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 In world's largest refugee settlement, churches offer hope Scores of thousands fled the violence of South Sudan's civil war with little but their faith.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 Pope honors 'rebel' priests censured for commitment to poor Pope Francis is making a pilgrimage to northern Italy to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.
RELIGION June 20, 2017 German ambassador to China calls for release of bishop Germany's ambassador to China has called on authorities to end the confinement of a Catholic bishop, seen as evidence of the suppression of the church within the officially atheistic country.
RELIGION June 19, 2017 Muslims targeted by violence in wake of IS-claimed attacks The attack on Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque on Monday follows a rising wave of violence and harassment directed against Muslims across Britain and around the world.
World June 19, 2017 More than 180,000 Iraqi civilians killed since 2003, report More than 180,000 Iraqi civilians are documented to have died from 2003 through 2016 as a direct result of the ongoing fighting in the country, according to a new report by LiveStories based on data by Iraq Body Count.
TERRORISM June 19, 2017 Van attack on London Muslims suggests new polarization A driver plowed into a crowd of Muslim worshippers outside a north London mosque early Monday in an attack that police said they were investigating as a terrorist incident.