October 6, 2016 Norway seeks to ban Islamic full-face veils in schools Norway’s education minister on Wednesday said the country sought to ban Islamic “full-face” veils in schools and universities, AFP reported.
October 6, 2016 Tourist jailed for 3 months in Myanmar for silencing sermon A Myanmar court has sentenced a Dutch citizen to three months in prison for interfering with a religious observance by unplugging an amplifier blasting a late-night Buddhist sermon near his hotel in Mandalay, the country's cultural capital.
October 6, 2016 Pakistan toughens penalty for 'honor' killers Pakistani lawmakers have passed a law that stiffens the penalty for convicted "honor" killers and closes a loophole that often allowed them to go free.
October 5, 2016 4 Catholic evangelists killed in Mexico Four young men found slain on a roadside have been identified as members of Catholic evangelism group, authorities in western Mexico said.
October 5, 2016 Pope Francis implores sports leaders to curtail corruption Pope Francis implored sports leaders on Wednesday to do a better job of keeping corruption off the playing field.
October 5, 2016 Pope, Anglican leader celebrate 50 years of dialogue Pope Francis is pushing through with an unusually high-powered month of outreach to other Christians, celebrating 50 years of Catholic dialogue with the Anglican Church in between important visits to Orthodox and Lutheran leaders.
October 5, 2016 World's oldest man celebrates bar mitzvah, 100 years late The world's oldest man has celebrated his bar mitzvah — 100 years late.
October 5, 2016 German minister says plight of stranded Syrians 'a scandal' Germany's development minister says it's "a scandal" that more than 70,000 displaced Syrians are going hungry and thirsty in a remote desert area on the border with Jordan as the world looks on.
October 4, 2016 Attack on bus carrying Shiites in Pakistan kills 4 women Pakistani police say gunmen have killed four women in an attack on a bus carrying members of the country's Shiite minority in the southwestern city of Quetta.
October 4, 2016 Duterte visits synagogue to apologize for Hitler remark Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte visited a synagogue in the Manila metropolis Tuesday to personally apologize to the Jewish community for making a "terribly wrong" comparison between his anti-drug campaign and Hitler and the Holocaust in a recent speech.
