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The Latest: 'Smallville' actress leaves Brooklyn courthouse
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 4:18pm
The Latest on actress charged in NXIVM case (all times local):
Judge tosses lawsuit by Utah imam involving no-fly listing
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 3:36pm
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Utah Muslim leader who said he was wrongly placed on a government watch list and temporarily blocked from leaving Kenya with his family last summer.
German state orders crosses mounted at government buildings
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:14am
Bavaria's conservative government is ordering Christian crosses to be placed at the entrance of all state administrative buildings.
AP Interview: Chile abuse whistleblower from pariah to VIP
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:06am
The key whistleblower in Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal has arrived in Rome for his audience with Pope Francis and said Tuesday he will urge the pope to get rid of the "toxic" bishops and cardinals who have defamed and discredited abuse survivors around the world.
Assault on woman by Iranian cops sparks headscarves debate
Nasser Karimi and Mohammad Nasiri, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 11:39pm
A grainy video of female officers from Iran's morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only loosely covered her hair has sparked a new public debate on the decades-long requirement for women in the Islamic Republic.
Cyprus regains rare Orthodox Christian mosaic stolen in 70s
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 1:07pm
The head of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church says a rare 6th century mosaic depicting St. Andrew that was taken from a looted church in the country's breakaway north has been returned after four decades.
Pakistani arrested for burning Christian woman to death
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 7:46am
Police in Pakistan have arrested a Muslim man accused of burning a Christian woman to death for refusing his marriage offer, an official said Monday.
Iran police's assault on woman over headscarf stirs debate
Nasser Karimi and Mohammad Nasiri, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 6:58am
A grainy video of female officers from Iran's morality police assaulting a young woman whose headscarf only loosely covered her hair has sparked a new public debate on the decades-long requirement for women in the Islamic Republic.
Pakistan: Gunmen kill 2 Shiites in Quetta
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 22nd - 11:11am
Gunmen killed two Shiites and wounded a third in Quetta on Sunday, the latest in a recent series of attacks on the religious minority, police said.
Nearing end of global tour, LDS Church president visits people of Hong Kong
Sam Penrod, KSL TV | Posted Apr 22nd - 9:46am
The worldwide ministry tour for LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson is winding down. On Saturday he made his second-to-last stop in Hong Kong.
Pope ordains 16 priests, tells them always 'be merciful'
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 22nd - 2:53am
Pope Francis is reminding priests to always be merciful, as he ordained 16 men in a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica.
Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days
Zik Maulana and Andi Jatmiko, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 9:33am
A Rohingya Muslim man among a group of 76 rescued in a wooden boat in Indonesian waters says they were at sea for nine days after leaving Myanmar, where the minority group faces intense persecution, and were hoping to reach Malaysia.
Gunmen kill 15 at Nigeria church, including 2 priests
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:48am
Officials in Nigeria say gunmen have killed 15 people in an early-morning attack on a Catholic church, including two priests.
Ex-pastor convicted of molesting teen gets more jail time
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 8:50am
A former New Jersey church pastor who fled the country after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage boy has been sentenced to more time behind bars.
Group blames Trump for jump in attacks on US Muslims
Terry Spencer, Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 12:45pm
A Muslim civil rights group blasted President Donald Trump and his administration Monday, saying his words and policies led to a sharp increase in attacks and bias against Muslims in 2017.
Landmark mosque in Iraq's Mosul to be rebuilt
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 11:55am
The United Nations' cultural agency, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq have signed an agreement to finance the reconstruction of a landmark mosque in Mosul that was blown up last year by the Islamic State group.
Pope offers gelato to Rome's neediest to mark feast day
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 23rd - 6:03am
Pope Francis is offering up 3,000 servings of gelato to Rome's neediest.
French performers, politicians decry 'new anti-Semitism'
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 22nd - 10:02am
Actor Gerard Depardieu, singer Charles Aznavour and former President Nicolas Sarkozy are among some 300 well-known French people urging national action to counter a "new anti-Semitism" that they blame on rising Islamic radicalism.
Priest shot dead in Mexico marks 2nd clerical murder in week
Peter Orsi, Associated Press | Posted Apr 21st - 2:36pm
A young Roman Catholic priest was shot dead in the west-central Mexican state of Jalisco, becoming the second cleric slain this week in a country said to lead the region in such killings.
