October 28, 2016 EU official: Cyprus accord 'game changer' for bloc, region The European Union's foreign policy chief says a deal reunifying ethnically divided Cyprus would be a "game changer" for the bloc and the Middle East.
October 28, 2016 Pope heads to Sweden, where Catholics thrive after 500 years After the Protestant Reformation five centuries ago, Sweden became a grim place for Roman Catholics: Those who rejected the new Lutheran faith were punished with deportation or death.
October 28, 2016 Dutch populist Geert Wilders to boycott hate speech trial Firebrand Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says he will not attend court next week to face hate speech charges, calling the case against him "a political trial." Prosecutors have charged Wilders, leader of the populist Dutch Freedom Party, with insulting a group based on their race and inciting hatred and discrimination.
October 27, 2016 Turkey issues warrants for 73 pilots linked to Gulen Turkey's state-run news agency says 73 military pilots are to be detained as part of the ongoing investigation into the movement allegedly responsible for the failed coup on July 15.
October 27, 2016 Egypt squeezed between need for reforms and fear of backlash Inside the glitzy Nile Ritz-Carlton hotel off Tahrir Square, Cairo's business elite were eager to put years of tumult and lost opportunities behind them.
October 26, 2016 Strict new rules for Catholics regarding cremation Vatican says ashes cannot be scattered
October 26, 2016 Vatican, Argentine church to open "dirty war" archives The Vatican and Argentina's Catholic Church say they have finished cataloguing their archives from the country's brutal "dirty war" and will make them available to victims who have long accused the church of complicity with the military dictatorship.
October 26, 2016 Family of alleged ISIS bomb plotter sues Germany after apparent suicide The family of an alleged ISIS bomb plotter who authorities said killed himself after his arrest in Germany is suing the government because suicide is “forbidden in Islam” and family members believe police killed him.
October 26, 2016 Top Vatican cardinal questioned over sex abuse allegations Australian police have flown to Rome to interview a top Vatican cardinal about allegations of sexual assault dating back decades.
October 26, 2016 Egypt upheld life sentence for Muslim Brotherhood leader An Egyptian court has upheld life sentences against the top leader of the country's now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group and 36 others, including former ministers, in murder and violence charges, and upheld death sentences against 10 others tried in absentia.
