Europe November 25, 2016 French police hunt masked attacker who fatally stabbed woman Some 100 police officers are searching for a gunman suspected of stabbing an elderly woman to death in a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France.
Europe November 25, 2016 Norwegian church denounces Luther's anti-Jewish writings Norway's state Lutheran Church has condemned the anti-Jewish legacy of Martin Luther, the 16th century German theologian who started the Protestant Reformation.
RELIGION November 25, 2016 Thousands in Bangladesh protest deaths of Myanmar's Rohingya Thousands of Bangladeshis have protested the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, taking to the streets of the capital in front of a national mosque.
RELIGION November 25, 2016 Hate graffiti, knife found at Israeli reform synagogue Israeli police are investigating hate graffiti that was sprawled on the walls of a reform synagogue in the city of Raanana and death threats addressed to some reform leaders.
RELIGION November 25, 2016 Egypt reduces sentence for poet accused of religion contempt An Egyptian appeals court has reduced the sentence against a poet accused of contempt of Islam to a six-month suspended prison term.
Europe November 25, 2016 Membership in Catholic, Muslim communities surges in Norway Norway's official statistics agency says the country's Roman Catholic and Muslim communities have added tens of thousands of members in recent years while the state Lutheran Church is declining.
RELIGION November 24, 2016 In fight for Mosul, an effort to bridge divide with Sunnis The Mosul district of Gogjali was captured from the Islamic State group weeks ago.
RELIGION November 24, 2016 US Navy serves up turkey alongside sorties on Thanksgiving While millions of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with family and home-cooked meals, the 5,200 sailors aboard the USS Eisenhower are busy launching fighter jets to strike Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria.
RELIGION November 24, 2016 Indonesians protest at Myanmar embassy over Rohingya cause Hundreds of Indonesians angered over the persecution of Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar have protested outside the Myanmar Embassy in the Indonesian capital.
GLOBAL ECONOMY November 23, 2016 Libya arrests wife of top former al-Qaida-linked leader A Libyan anti-terrorism security force says authorities have arrested a wife of the one-eyed militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, once considered the most dangerous man in the Sahara and formerly a top al-Qaida figure in North Africa.