Relative calm returns to contentious Jerusalem holy site
By DANIEL ESTRIN A contentious Jerusalem holy site was calm Wednesday after three days of clashes between Muslims and Israeli forces at the hilltop compound and following a spurt of…
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India Muslims condemn Islamic State, calling it ‘un-Islamic’
By NIRMALA GEORGE More than 1,000 Muslim clerics in India have ratified a religious ruling that condemns the Islamic State and calls the extremist group’s actions “un-Islamic,” a top Indian…
Severe crackdown in China on church crosses draws backlash
By DIDI TANG About a dozen Catholics wept and sang hymns outside their church as a man climbed to the top of the building and sliced off its steel cross…
APNewsBreak: Tunisia beach killer trained with museum gunmen
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA The young college student that murdered 38 tourists in a Tunisian seaside resort was in a jihadi training camp in western Libya at the same time…
US looking into whether hostage was kept by IS leader
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and KEN DILANIAN U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating the possibility that the Islamic State militant leader killed Friday was the captor of American hostage Kayla Mueller…
Iraq launches operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Backed by allied Shiite, Sunni and Iranian fighters, Iraqi security forces launched a large-scale military operation Monday to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown from the Islamic State extremist…
Activists say Islamic State releases 19 Syrian Christians
By RYAN LUCAS on Sunday who were among the more than 220 people the militants took captive in northeastern Syria last week, activists and a local leader said. The news…
AP Exclusive: High civilian death toll in Gaza house strikes
By KARIN LAUB, FARES AKRAM and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH The youngest to die was a 4-day-old girl, the oldest a 92-year-old man. They were among at least 844 Palestinians killed as…