VIDEO June 1, 2017 Pregnant Christian teen Maddi Runkles banned from graduation School defends punishment
RELIGION June 1, 2017 Saudi media report car bomb explosion in Shiite neighborhood State-linked Saudi news websites are reporting that a car bomb has exploded in a restive town in the country's Eastern Province, which is heavily populated by minority Shiites.
Vatican June 1, 2017 Vatican talks marriage, communion under Pope Francis 'You must have the clear will to not sin in the next opportunity,' Gerhard Cardinal Muller told Raymond Arroyo
World June 1, 2017 Indian Christians arrested for allegedly seeking conversion of Hindu youth Indian authorities have charged 10 Christians, a minority long targeted by Hindu nationalists for their faith, with violating conversion laws by taking the children of Christian parents to a Christian summer camp, despite the fact that the parents wanted their children to attend the camp, India Today reported.
Middle East June 1, 2017 Egypt attack: Why are Coptic Christians being targeted? Masked gunman opened fire on a bus in Egypt that was carrying Coptic Christians to a monastery on Friday, killing at least 26 people, including children, and wounding 25, officials said.
Afghanistan June 1, 2017 Taliban using rape, blackmail to recruit young terrorists Tucked deep inside the compound of Afghanistan's paramount foreign and domestic intelligence agency is a detention facility that houses the country's most hardened accused terrorists. It's a quiet place of old pale buildings, few windows and layers upon layers of security.
RELIGION June 1, 2017 Danes again ponder repeal of blasphemy law A case of a man charged under Denmark's little-used blasphemy law for setting a Quran on fire and posting a video of it online has raises the question again: Should Danes scrap the law which makes it a crime to insult God? Lawmakers in this predominantly Lutheran, albeit secular, country have several times debated whether to repeal the two-line legislation.
TERRORISM June 1, 2017 The Latest: Australia stands by Afghanistan after attack The Latest on the rush-hour explosion that struck the Afghan capital, Kabul (all times local): 10:10 a.m.