TUNIS- Tunisia turned away on Friday eight Muslim preachers who had come from the Gulf to deliver sermons across the country, the interior ministry said on its Facebook page. "The ministry... has...
LONDON- The British parliament's upper house Tuesday voted down a bid to kill off a bill to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales, moving it a step closer to becoming law. Following two days of...
VATICAN CITY, Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere - Pope Francis on Sunday created the first saints of his reign, canonising some 800 Italian martyrs who refused to convert to Islam in the 15th century, as...
SEOUL- South Korea on Saturday reopened its landmark Namdaemun gate to the public, five years after the historic jewel in central Seoul was burned down in an arson attack that shocked the nation. The...
LONDON, Guy Jackson- Veteran TV and radio presenter Stuart Hall admitted 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine, prosecutors said on Thursday, in the latest blow to Britain's...
LONDON, Alice Ritchie- Kathy Trevelyan pushes the bland mixture of gloopy rice and cubes of unidentifiable vegetables around the plate with her fork, contemplating five days of eating only this for...
SHTULA, Israel, Jonah Mandel- The army jeep rolls to a halt and Lieutenant Colonel Magdi Mazarib hops off the back to take a closer look at the dirt path running along Israel's border fence with...
LOS ANGELES- The youngest son of prominent US evangelical preacher Rick Warren has committed suicide after a long struggle with mental illness, the pastor's church said Saturday. Matthew Warren, 27,...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories- A law banning same sex schooling in the Gaza Strip has entered into force, education minister for Hamas, which rules the Palestinian territory, said on Monday. The...
CHICAGO, Mira Oberman- The largely rural but newly oil-rich US state of North Dakota on Tuesday outlawed most abortions in a move to challenge federal laws protecting a woman's right to terminate a...