GLOBAL ECONOMY April 26, 2017 Who speaks for Islam and reform? Debate heats up in Egypt It was a startling collision of religion and politics.
Islam April 26, 2017 China bans Muslim names including 'Jihad,' 'Mohammad' China this month banned a series of Islamic names – including “Mohammad” and “Jihad” – in an attempt to help “curb” the “religious fervor” that has become prevalent in the Communist country’s western region of Xinjiang.
Europe April 25, 2017 UN hosts aid-pledging conference for beleaguered Yemen The United Nations secretary-general and high-ranking government officials from dozens of countries are meeting to drum up funds for war-torn Yemen, considered the world's greatest humanitarian crisis.
Europe April 25, 2017 Court awards 3M euros to Hungary church stripped of status The European Court of Human Rights has awarded 3 million euros ($3.3 million) in damages to a small Hungarian Methodist church stripped of its recognized status in 2012.
Europe April 25, 2017 LVMH to consolidate hold on Dior in multibillion-euro deal The French magnate behind LVMH moved to incorporate Christian Dior into his luxury goods empire in a 12 billion-euro ($13 billion) deal.
RELIGION April 25, 2017 Official: Roadside bomb kills 9 people in northwest Pakistan A Pakistani local government official says a roadside bombing has hit a minivan in the country's northwestern tribal region, killing nine people.
Europe April 25, 2017 Pope tells Egypt ahead of visit he comes as peace messenger Pope Francis has told the Egyptian people he is coming to Cairo this week as a friend and a "messenger of peace." In a videotaped message released on Tuesday, Francis also says he hopes the pilgrimage will "be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East." Twin bombings of Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday this month killed 44 people.
Europe April 25, 2017 Pope pays to rent beach space for disabled youths The papal almsgiver has made a donation, in the name of Pope Francis, to cover the annual rent for a beach area near Rome used by disabled youths.
Europe April 25, 2017 UKIP seeks ban on face-covering veils, new Muslim schools Britain's anti-EU U.K. Independence Party says it will promote social integration by banning face-covering veils and barring the opening of new Islamic schools.
Judaism April 24, 2017 Rabbi Lau's Yom Hashoah lesson: Do not stand idly by while others-even your enemies-bleed Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) 2017 finds Jews deeply worried.