RELIGION April 12, 2017 China lashes out at India for arranging Dalai Lama visit China has lashed out at India for hosting the Dalai Lama near their disputed border, warning that the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit has touched on the political foundation of the Asian giants' relationship.
Europe April 12, 2017 Hungarian top court repeals village's ban on mosques, burkas Hungary's Constitutional Court has repealed a ban by a village led by a far-right mayor on the construction of mosques and headscarves like burkas and chadors worn by Muslim women.
GLOBAL ECONOMY April 12, 2017 Egypt's leader juggles insurgency, economy The deadly bombings of two churches have left Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi grappling with the question of how to defeat a tenacious Islamic State insurgency that three years of warfare have failed to crush.
isis April 11, 2017 Judith Miller: Trump, Egypt and the future The Palm Sunday bombings of Coptic churches in Egypt are a tragedy for Egyptian Christians, the Middle East’s oldest and largest Christian community and for all Egyptians who oppose the Islamic State’s intolerance and terror.
RELIGION April 11, 2017 Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter after ISIS attacks Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning for 45 Coptic Christians killed this week in twin bombings of churches in two cities during Palm Sunday ceremonies.
RELIGION April 11, 2017 China punishes official for not daring to smoke near Muslims A local government in China's restive Xinjiang region has punished an official for not smoking in front of Muslim elders, seeing that as a sign he was insufficiently committed to the region's fight against religious extremism.
Europe April 11, 2017 Critics of Turkey's president across Europe tell of threats Ercan Karakoyun looks twice over his shoulder when he leaves his Berlin home to make sure nobody is following him.
Vatican April 11, 2017 Pope Francis opens free laundromat for homeless Pope Francis has opened a new laundromat for the homeless to wash and dry their clothing.
RELIGION April 11, 2017 AP Explains: Who are Egypt's Coptic Christians? They trace their founding to the voyage to Alexandria of St. Mark, the apostle of Jesus and New Testament author.
GLOBAL ECONOMY April 11, 2017 Egypt's Christians bury dead after IS church bombings Egyptian Christians are burying their dead a day after at least 44 people were killed in twin suicide bombings at Palm Sunday services in two separate cities.