Europe April 26, 2016 Turkey's ruling party denies plans to scrap secularism Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party has denied it has plans to change the nation's secular constitution into a religious one.
Europe April 26, 2016 Thousands celebrate Orthodox Palm Sunday in Romania Holding palm fronds and flowers, thousands of Romanians took part in processions and services as they celebrated Orthodox Palm Sunday.
GLOBAL ECONOMY April 26, 2016 2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh Police in Bangladesh say unidentified assailants have stabbed two men to death, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
RELIGION April 26, 2016 Indians take to Buddhist chanting to alleviate urban stress The bank executive, the book publisher and the social worker had one thing in common: Their hectic lives in the crowded Indian capital had become so chaotic and stressful, they've turned to chanting Buddhist mantras in search of calm.
TERRORISM April 25, 2016 Islamic extremists behead Western hostage in Philippines Islamic extremists in the Philippines beheaded one of three Western hostages taken captive months ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Monday.
Europe April 25, 2016 French cardinal admits mistakes in child sex abuse cases A French cardinal said his diocese has made "some mistakes" in the management and nomination of certain priests amid allegations that he had covered up child sex abuse cases.
GLOBAL ECONOMY April 25, 2016 Activists: Car bomb kills 6 in Syrian capital An activist-run monitoring group says a car bomb has exploded in a suburb of Damascus that his home to one of the holiest Shiite shrines in Syria, killing six people.
RELIGION April 25, 2016 Israel tells Jordan it is acting responsibly at major shrine Jordan has urged Israel to keep Israeli "settlers" from a Muslim-run shrine that also ranks as Judaism's holiest site.
RELIGION April 25, 2016 Pakistan police say Sikh lawmaker killed by political rival Pakistani police have arrested six suspects in the killing of a Sikh lawmaker and are denying a Taliban claim of responsibility, saying a rival within the Sikh community hired assassins to carry out the shooting.
Asia April 25, 2016 Editor of Bangladesh's first gay rights magazine stabbed to death Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh's capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners.