August 12, 2016 Dead Canada attack suspect prepared martyrdom video A tip from the FBI triggered what Canadian police on Thursday called a "race against time" as police scrambled to identify and locate a balaclava-wearing would-be suicide bomber they feared was on the verge of committing a terror attack in Canada.
August 12, 2016 Canadian police say they thwarted possible terrorist threat Canada's national police force says it has halted a possible terrorist threat, but it is providing few other details.
August 12, 2016 Cannes bans full-body 'burqini' swimsuits from beaches The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons -- a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that only worsens religious tensions.
August 11, 2016 Uproar over Egypt's policy of state-dictated Friday sermons Inside a large mosque in the Nile Delta, an Egyptian cleric looked over his congregation as he climbed the pulpit clutching a piece of paper and began to speak — delivering a 13-minute discourse on the virtues of personal hygiene.
August 11, 2016 US pressed to hold Pakistan responsible for rising religious persecution Thursday is designated “National Minority Day” in Pakistan, but U.S. Christians with roots in the Muslim-dominated, Asian nation say it is hardly a cause for celebration.
August 11, 2016 Saudi tries 14 over Mecca crane collapse that killed 111 The trial of 14 people in Saudi Arabia has begun in connection with a crane collapse in Mecca that killed 111 pilgrims and injured hundreds more days before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage last year.
August 11, 2016 Pope has lunch with Syrian refugees Pope Francis has had lunch with a group of Syrian refugees who were brought to Italy from the Greek island of Lesbos thanks to the pope's intercession.
August 10, 2016 Erdogan says informing on Gulen supporters 'patriotic duty' Turkey's president has called on a group of businessmen to inform authorities about anyone they suspect of being a follower of a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating Turkey's failed July 15 coup.
August 10, 2016 Muslim Woman Devotes Her Life to Helping Christians Displaced by ISIS Many are familiar with "The Vicar of Baghdad," Canon Andrew White, the head of one of the most prominent relief charities helping thousands of Christians displaced by ISIS, but many don't know that much of the work White gets credit for is actually carried out by a Muslim woman.
August 10, 2016 Mountaintop dig finds chilling echo of dark Greek legend Archaeologists in Greece have made a sinister discovery on a southern mountain top dedicated to the ancient god Zeus, which might corroborate one of the darkest Greek legends.
