RELIGION December 8, 2016 Iraqi official: Anti-IS airstrike killed, wounded civilians Iraq's parliament speaker says an airstrike targeting an Islamic State-held town in western Iraq near the Syrian border has killed and wounded "dozens" of civilians.
Europe December 8, 2016 Pope recalls poor families as Rome holiday shopping begins Pope Francis has recalled struggling families, the jobless and those forced to take "undignified" work as Rome's holiday season begins.
RELIGION December 8, 2016 The Latest: Australia offers help with Aceh quake response The Latest on a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that hit Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday (all times local): ___ 3:50 p.m.
Europe December 8, 2016 NATO commander says 150 Turkish officers gone since coup NATO's top military officer says that around 150 Turkish officers have been recalled or retired from the alliance's high command in response to the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July.
Europe December 7, 2016 Argentina prosecutor: priests abused at least 22 children An investigating prosecutor in Argentina says that at least 22 children were sexually abused by two priests at a school for youths with hearing disabilities in northwestern Mendoza province.
US December 7, 2016 AP Explains: What next after the downfall of IS in Sirte? The Islamic State group this week lost the city of Sirte, its only foothold in Libya, essentially ending its ambition to expand its self-styled "caliphate" into the North African nation, at least for now.
Europe December 7, 2016 Pope insists opening on civilly divorced has church backing Pope Francis is insisting that his opening to letting civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion has the backing of the majority of the world's bishops.
Vatican December 7, 2016 Pope Francis calls spreading fake news a sin Pope Francis, who in the past has not shied away from offering his opinion about U.S. politics, said in an interview that “spreading disinformation” is probably “the greatest damage that the media can do.”
Europe December 7, 2016 Germany: 3 teens go on trial over bombing a Sikh temple Three teenagers have gone on trial in Germany over an explosion at a Sikh temple in the western city of Essen.
Europe December 6, 2016 Merkel's call for burqa ban in Germany draws backlash German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled support Tuesday for a nationwide ban on full-face veils worn mainly by Muslim women – a move that had an American Islamic advocacy group crying foul, claiming it impedes freedom and increases “Islamophobia.”