November 20, 2016 IS in Egypt beheads Sinai clerics mistaken for priests The Islamic State affiliate in Egypt says it has beheaded two men that it mistakenly described in a statement as priests, but were later identified by locals as leading religious figures from among Sinai's Bedouins.
November 20, 2016 Europe's 1st cathedral in a decade inaugurated in Norway Norway's Roman Catholics have inaugurated a new cathedral — the first in Europe in a decade officials say — as the predominantly Lutheran country sees the number of Catholics swell mainly because of immigration, chiefly from Poland and the Philippines.
November 19, 2016 Afghan cave dwellers brace against a shifting landscape Marzia and her husband Qadeer thought themselves lucky when they moved into a 1,700-year-old Buddhist cave hand-carved into the side of a mountain in Afghanistan's central highlands — it was clean and dry, warm in the winter, cool in the summer, and there was plenty of work on the local farms.
November 18, 2016 Egypt lawyer, family: Police tortured street vendor to death An Egyptian lawyer and the victim's family are accusing the country's police of beating and torturing to death a street vendor while in custody — the latest in a string of cases that have triggered criticism of police brutality and outrage on social media.
November 18, 2016 China demands Mongolia scrap visit by Dalai Lama China is demanding that its northern neighbor, Mongolia, scrap a visit by the Dalai Lama, labeling the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist who seeks to alienate Chinese-controlled Tibet from Beijing.
November 18, 2016 Dalai Lama to visit Mongolia, possibly sparking China anger Mongolian Buddhists say the Dalai Lama will visit the landlocked Asian nation this week, potentially sparking an angry response from China.
November 17, 2016 US cardinal sees challenging 4 years with Trump on refugees Pope Francis' surprise pick for cardinal, American Archbishop Joseph Tobin, says the U.S. church has four difficult years ahead as it insists on providing a refuge to migrants and refugees during a Donald Trump administration.
November 17, 2016 Tourist who claimed she was raped in Dubai is charged with extramarital sex A British tourist allegedly raped by two men in Dubai faces jail after cops accused her of sex outside marriage.
November 17, 2016 Israeli proposal to quiet call to prayer draws Muslims' ire A proposal to make mosques reduce the loudspeaker volume of their call to prayer has sparked an uproar among Israel's Muslims, underscoring their fraught relationship with the country's Jewish majority.
