November 22, 2016 Historic site rebuilt in quake-hit Nepal; gov't didn't help A year and a half after a colossal earthquake destroyed hundreds of treasured historic sites across this mountain nation, Nepal on Tuesday celebrated the restoration of the first major one to be rebuilt — an iconic Buddhist monument topped in gold that towers above Kathmandu.
November 22, 2016 Iraqi forces move to retake another Mosul neighborhood A senior Iraqi commander says troops are moving to take another neighborhood in the eastern sector of the northern city of Mosul but are meeting stiff resistance from Islamic State militants.
November 22, 2016 Iraq's ascendant Shiite militias take the fight to Tal Afar A sandstorm is brewing west of the Iraqi city of Mosul, kicked up across a barren landscape by thousands of men and machines headed to war.
November 21, 2016 Turkey slams Israeli bill to reduce volume of call to prayer Turkey's deputy prime minister has criticized as "unacceptable" an Israeli proposal that would make mosques reduce the volume of loudspeakers issuing their call to prayer.
November 21, 2016 Pope Francis allows priests to absolve 'grave sin' of abortion Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God's mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion — women and health workers alike — even while stressing that it is a grave sin in the eyes of the church to "end an innocent life."
November 21, 2016 Pope Francis extends priests' power to forgive abortion Lauren Green reports from New York
November 21, 2016 Pole sentenced to 10 months prison for burning effigy of Jew A Polish court has set a 10-month prison sentence for a man who burned the effigy of an Orthodox Jew at an anti-migrant protest last year.
November 21, 2016 Afghan official: suicide bomber kills 27 in a Shiite mosque An Afghan official says that at least 27 civilians have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the capital, Kabul.
