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August 22, 2016

Texas judge under fire for offering prayer in the courtroom

Attorneys have complained

August 20, 2016

Kerry heading to Africa for talks on counterterrorism

Secretary of State John Kerry is arriving in Africa on Monday for talks in Kenya and Nigeria on countering terrorism.

August 20, 2016

Iraqi in Polish jail for paint trace on luggage, father says

Ahead of a visit last month to Poland by the pope, with security extremely high, Polish police arrested an Iraqi man for possessing "trace amounts" of an explosive.

August 20, 2016

Fundamentalists gain ground in Algeria as war memory fades

Mosques are going up, women are covering up, and shops selling alcoholic beverages are shutting down in a changing Algeria where, slowly but surely, Muslim fundamentalists are gaining ground.

August 20, 2016

AP EXPLAINS: Why Kashmir has been torn by decadeslong strife

When news spread in early July that Indian troops had killed a charismatic commander of Indian-controlled Kashmir's biggest rebel group, the public response was spontaneous and immense.

August 19, 2016

How can Biblical truths help inform political selections?

What's at stake for people of faith?

August 19, 2016

Powerful Shiite cleric unhappy with Iraq's new ministers

A powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric has expressed discontent with the country's new ministers appointed this week, after months of political wrangling.

August 19, 2016

Conservative ministers push partial face veil ban in Germany

Security officials from German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc on Friday proposed a ban on wearing the burqa and other face-covering veils in public schools, courts, while driving and in other situations.

August 18, 2016

Cambodians ask spirits to help recover statues from river

People in a Cambodian village have held a ceremony asking spirits to help recover Buddhist statues that their ancestral tales say were buried in a nearby river.

August 18, 2016

Pope taps American to head new Vatican office for families

Pope Francis has named an American, Dallas Bishop Kevin Farrell, to head the new Vatican office for families and laity.