December 27, 2016 Do American Muslims need to speak out against radical Islam? A fair and balanced discussion
December 27, 2016 Son of Israeli killed in market attack lights Berlin menorah An Israeli man whose mother was killed in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market lighted a candle on a 10-meter (33-foot) menorah at the city's Brandenburg Gate.
December 27, 2016 Thai police put pressure on controversial Buddhist temple Thai police have put more pressure on a controversial Buddhist temple whose leader is wanted for alleged money laundering and related crimes involving millions dollars of embezzled funds.
December 27, 2016 Philippines searches for 18 crewmen of ship sunk by typhoon The Philippine coast guard has pressed the search for 18 missing Filipino crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which spoiled Christmas celebrations in Asia's largest Catholic nation.
December 27, 2016 Turkey cannot confirm IS video of alleged soldiers' killings A government official says Turkey has no information to confirm a video released by the Islamic State group that purportedly shows two Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
December 27, 2016 Indonesia court: Jakarta governor blasphemy trial to proceed An Indonesian court has ruled that the blasphemy trial of the minority Christian governor of the country's capital will proceed.
December 26, 2016 Pope Francis, A Devil-Fearer, Recognizes The International Association Of Exorcists L'Osservatore Romano reported Tuesday that the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy had approved the organization's statutes and recognized the group under canon law.
December 26, 2016 Tainted alcohol kills 12 Christians in Pakistan Pakistani police say 12 Christians died after drinking contaminated homemade alcohol during the Christmas holiday.
December 26, 2016 Scholars fret about fate of 'holy grail' German abbey books It was filthy, cramped and in major disarray, but when art historian Eva Lindqvist Sandgren entered the library in Altomuenster Abbey, off-limits to all but the German monastery's nuns for more than five centuries, she immediately knew she was looking at a major treasure.
December 26, 2016 The Latest: Russia says mass graves found in eastern Aleppo The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 1 p.m.
