By NATALIYA VASILYEVA A U.S.-based Muslim cleric on Thursday condemned the killing of Russia’s envoy to Turkey and rejected accusations that his movement was behind the attack. Ambassador Andrei Karlov…
By ASHRAF KHALIL AND MAGGIE MICHAEL A video purporting to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christian hostages was released Sunday by militants in Libya affiliated with the Islamic State…
By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUZAN FRASER Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians demanded an end to the persecution of religious minorities in Syria and Iraq…
By SYLVIA HUI Recent editions of Britain’s Daily Express and Daily Mail newspapers, featuring headlines about immigration, are photographed in London, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. For months, Britain’s tabloids have…
By LEE KEATH A Syrian acolyte girl listens to the sermon, during prayers for nuns held by rebels, at the Greek Orthodox Mariamiya Church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8,…
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Vatican Pope Pope Francis delivers his…
By HAMZA HENDAWI Egyptian security forces detain one of the protesters demonstrating against the government in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Police on Sunday used…
By HAMZA HENDAWI In this Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 photo, Coptic monks and altar boys worship in Mar Girgis, or St. George, Monastery, south of the ancient city of Luxor,…
