PARIS, FRANCE- The French government on Tuesday condemned two mayors who said they would only take in Christian refugees, as the country prepares to receive the first tranche of some 24,000 migrants....
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, James Pheby- A Royal Air Force (RAF) drone killed a British jihadist in Syria last month who was planning attacks on Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. The...
BERLIN, GERMANY- Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu on Sunday criticised the "ridiculously small" share of refugees the EU is accepting, labelling the continent the "Christian fortress Europe."...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The fear-tinged portrayal of Islam in literature and the media has become "obsessional," controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq said in an interview published on...
BEYROUTH, LEBANON- At least six regime security personnel were killed in unrest in the heartland of Syria's Druze minority after the assassination of an anti-government cleric, a monitor said on...
FRANKFURT, GERMANY- German media giant Axel Springer and Korean electronics group Samsung said Tuesday they are joining forces in a mobile media partnership. The two companies said they would...
SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA- More than a thousand Russians rallied in Saint Petersburg on Sunday after a century-old bas relief of a mythical demon was destroyed amid fears of increasing religious...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Former CIA chief and retired general David Petraeus wants the United States to consider working with some members of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated organization to tackle the...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States named a senior envoy Friday to work for the safe return of hostages after criticism of its response to the kidnap and murder of Americans held in Syria....
VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE- Pope Francis on Sunday praised a Syriac Catholic bishop who has been beatified in Lebanon, a century after he his beheading by Ottoman forces during a wave of religiously...