RELIGION July 4, 2016 Pakistan: 'Honor' killings grow more brutal, draw backlash Parveen Rafiq screamed from her rooftop, "I have killed my daughter.
GLOBAL ECONOMY July 4, 2016 Bangladesh hunts for hostage crisis clues, denies IS role Security officials were searching Sunday for clues and criminal masterminds who might have set in motion the bloody hostage crisis that left 28 dead, including six attackers and 20 of the hostages, in the diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital.
RELIGION July 3, 2016 Pope says mind of predecessor Benedict is still 'perfect' Pope Francis says his predecessor as pontiff is having trouble getting around, but remains sharp of mind and memory.
RELIGION July 3, 2016 Jordan runner says Ramadan fast boosts his mental strength After 16 hours without food or water, Moath al-Khawaldeh laces up pink training shoes and begins working up a sweat sprinting across a track in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
Europe July 3, 2016 Turkish ship carrying aid to Gaza reaches Israeli port Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency says a ship carrying over 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip has reached the Israeli port of Ashdod.
RELIGION July 3, 2016 Muslim women campaign to end instant divorce in India Just hours after Shagufta Sayyd was married, her new husband told her he was having a relationship with another woman.
Europe July 3, 2016 Commandos storm Dhaka restaurant; 6 attackers dead, 13 safe Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant where heavily armed militants held dozens of people hostage Saturday morning, killing at least six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners at the end of the 10-hour standoff.
GLOBAL ECONOMY July 3, 2016 Recent attacks blamed on radical Islamists in Bangladesh Gunmen have stormed a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Dhaka, taking hostages while engaging security forces in a gunbattle that has left two officers dead, authorities say.
Judaism July 2, 2016 World reacts to the death of Elie Wiesel Reaction to the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, author of "Night," who died Saturday at the age of 87: "The state of Israel and the Jewish people express sorrow over the death of Elie Wiesel.