August 31, 2016 El Salvador judge orders ex-attorney general remain in jail A judge in El Salvador has ordered that the country's former attorney general remain in jail on new charges that he divulged intercepted telephone conversations in prosecuting a Roman Catholic priest from Spain in 2014.
August 30, 2016 What next? Opaque Uzbekistan faces transition anxieties Whether Uzbekistan's president is at death's door or has already passed through is unclear, but that may not be the greatest uncertainty facing the country — it's what comes after his death.
August 30, 2016 Germany's Cologne Cathedral gets new St. John Paul II relic Cologne's famous cathedral will soon be getting a new relic of a saint, with the gift of a drop of Pope St. John Paul II's blood from Krakow Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
August 30, 2016 France's burkini ban a 'stupid reaction' to terror, UN human rights office claims The U.N. human rights office says local bans in France on burkini swimwear amount to "a grave and illegal breach of fundamental freedoms" and a "stupid reaction" to recent extremist attacks.
August 30, 2016 France meets Muslim leaders, experts after burkini row France's Interior minister has gathered leaders of the country's Muslim community, experts and lawmakers to mend relations between Islam and the French state undermined by the burkinis dispute.
August 30, 2016 Egypt opens Gaza border crossing for Muslim pilgrimage Hamas says Egypt has opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days, allowing hundreds of Muslim faithful to travel for a yearly pilgrimage.
August 29, 2016 Kerry in Bangladesh for security talks amid terror concerns U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Monday for Bangladesh to step up efforts to fight extremist violence and protect and promote human rights amid increasing concern about terrorism in the South Asian nation in the wake of a series of militant attacks.
August 29, 2016 The Latest: Bishop: Pope in Rome jolted awake by the quake The Latest on Italy's devastating earthquake (all times local): 5:05 p.m.
