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CONFLICTS March 28, 2017

Crackdown creates meat shortage in most populous India state

India's most populous state is running out of meat.

US March 28, 2017

Trump has casino trademark in Jordan but gambling is illegal

The president of the United States holds a trademark in Jordan for a Donald Trump casino, despite the fact that gambling is illegal in the kingdom.

Georgia March 27, 2017

Georgia couple sues to make daughter's surname 'Allah'

A Georgia couple has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the state after it was denied a birth certificate for their infant with the last name they gave her – Allah.

Europe March 27, 2017

With eye toward Trump, Arab leaders to seek consensus

With an eye toward Washington, leaders of a fractured and conflict-ridden Arab world hold their annual summit this week, seeking common positions and possible leverage as President Donald Trump weighs his approach toward the region.

RELIGION March 27, 2017

Despite some tensions, evangelical churches booming in Cuba

Fidel Castro's government sent the Rev. Juan Francisco Naranjo to two years of work camp in the 1960s for preaching the Gospel in a Cuba where atheism was law and the faithful were viewed as suspect.

US March 27, 2017

Mexico's Catholic Church: Work on Trump wall is treason

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico says Mexican companies that express interest in working on a border wall in the United States are betraying their country.

Europe March 27, 2017

Pope's sex abuse board vows to go on without survivor member

Members of Pope Francis' sex abuse advisory board are vowing to press ahead with their work even without abuse survivors on the panel.

Europe March 26, 2017

Pope puts focus on peripheries during Milan pastoral visit

Pope Francis has arrived in Milan on a one-day visit to the world's largest diocese and the home base of his main competition for the papacy, Cardinal Angelo Scola.

US March 26, 2017

Iraq: Speaker voices concern over Mosul airstrike

Iraq's parliament speaker has expressed concern over reports of airstrikes that have allegedly killed more than 100 civilians in western Mosul where U.S.-backed government troops are fighting the Islamic State group.

Europe March 25, 2017

European Union leaders mark past but assess uncertain future

Hurt by Britain's planned exit, European Union leaders are making a pilgrimage to Rome this weekend with the hope that a visit to the cradle of their project of unity can somehow rekindle the vigor of youth.