November 24, 2016 US Navy serves up turkey alongside sorties on Thanksgiving While millions of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with family and home-cooked meals, the 5,200 sailors aboard the USS Eisenhower are busy launching fighter jets to strike Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria.
November 24, 2016 Indonesians protest at Myanmar embassy over Rohingya cause Hundreds of Indonesians angered over the persecution of Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar have protested outside the Myanmar Embassy in the Indonesian capital.
November 23, 2016 Libya arrests wife of top former al-Qaida-linked leader A Libyan anti-terrorism security force says authorities have arrested a wife of the one-eyed militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, once considered the most dangerous man in the Sahara and formerly a top al-Qaida figure in North Africa.
November 23, 2016 Ex-legionnaire named by US as key figure in Paris attacks A former French Legionnaire who rose through the ranks of the Islamic State extremist group has been named by the U.S. as a key figure in the Nov. 13, 2015, attacks in Paris and those in Brussels and the leader of a 300-strong brigade of foreign jihadis.
November 23, 2016 Lebanon's new president attends parade for Independence Day Lebanon's newly elected president is attending a military parade in central Beirut, the first such celebration in two years, to mark the country's Independence Day.
November 23, 2016 Thailand to charge Buddhist sect chief with money laundering State prosecutors in Thailand say they intend to indict the head of a powerful Buddhist sect on charges of money laundering and related crimes.
November 23, 2016 Erdogan: European Parliament vote on Turkey has 'no value' Turkey's president says an upcoming vote in the European Parliament on whether to freeze membership talks with Turkey is of no "value" to his country.
November 23, 2016 British archdiocese launches 'Sindr' for those needing to confess urgent sin A Roman Catholic Church archdiocese in the United Kingdom is urging anyone who needs to confess an urgent sin to download their new app.
November 22, 2016 Dalai Lama says 'I have no worries' about Trump's election Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he has "no worries" about Donald Trump's election as U.S. president and expects the businessman will align his policies with global realities.
November 22, 2016 Egypt court overturns Islamist ex-president's life sentence An Egyptian appeals court has struck down a life sentence and ordered the retrial of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi on charges of conspiring with foreign militant groups, including the Palestinian Hamas.
