RELIGION December 19, 2016 Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government A leading Israeli think tank says its survey has found Israelis are increasingly losing faith in their government and most public institutions.
RELIGION December 19, 2016 Indonesia police: Edict against Christmas attire isn't law Indonesian police say they will take action against Islamic groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country's leading Islamic body forbidding Muslims from wearing Christmas attire.
RELIGION December 19, 2016 Myanmar hosts regional meeting to discuss Rohingya crisis Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with regional foreign ministers to tackle growing international criticism of her army's forceful treatment of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, which some critics say constitutes crimes against humanity.
RELIGION December 19, 2016 Holy Land's top Catholic cleric decries Mideast destruction In his first pre-Christmas address, the new top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land has decried the destruction in Syria and Iraq.
RELIGION December 19, 2016 Amnesty warns Myanmar over treatment of Rohingya Amnesty International has warned Myanmar that the actions of its military may constitute crimes against humanity, based on accounts of violence against the country's Muslim Rohingya minority.
Persecutions December 18, 2016 Christmas-time bombing of Coptic Church in Egypt underscores long history of oppression of Christians It was Christmas Eve last year when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attended Mass at St. Mark’s Orthodox Coptic Church—a symbolic olive branch. But in the year since it was offered, extremists on the fringe of the Muslim majority have carried out a number of attacks on the Coptic community, including the bombing of St. Mark’s.
RELIGION December 18, 2016 El Salvador church fires 3 priests for sex abuse El Salvador's Roman Catholic Church has separated three men from the priesthood after they were found guilty by church officials of sexually abusing children.
GLOBAL ECONOMY December 18, 2016 Egypt church attack prompts fears of militant escalation When a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Cairo church a week ago, it marked a bloody escalation by Egypt's jihadi militants, raising fears that an insurgency which for years largely focused on fighting in the Sinai and killing policemen may now turn to unleash attacks on civilians in the country's capital.
VIDEO December 17, 2016 Satanic display erected next to city's Christmas nativity 'Watters' World' travels to Boca Raton
Europe December 17, 2016 Pope contemplates aging on 80th birthday Pope Francis is celebrating an active if low-key 80th birthday, sharing breakfast with eight homeless people before celebrating Mass with cardinals.