June 26, 2016 Kuwait mosque hit by IS suicide bomb reopens as fears remain The wood paneling bearing Quranic verses gleams inside the Imam Sadiq Mosque and the carpeting is soft underfoot for worshippers who come to pray in what is one of Kuwait's oldest Shiite mosques — and the site of the country's worst militant attack in modern history.
June 25, 2016 Iran's leader slams Bahrain's treatment of Shiite cleric Iran's supreme leader has accused Bahrain's Sunni-led government of "blatant foolishness and insanity" for stripping a prominent Shiite cleric of his citizenship.
June 25, 2016 Pope is bringing message of peace for Armenia _ and beyond Pope Francis is bringing a message of peace and solidarity to Armenia as it marks the centennial of the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians that Francis himself has called a "genocide." But he may sidestep the politically charged word as he broadens his concern about current atrocities against Christians across the region and beyond.
June 25, 2016 Pope prays at Armenia memorial after denouncing 'genocide' Pope Francis heads to Armenia's genocide memorial on Saturday for a prayer service, fresh from his ad-libbed declaration that the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians a century ago was a planned "genocide." Francis is due to lay a floral wreath at the memorial and greet descendants of the Armenian orphans who were taken in by Pope Pius XI in the 1920s and housed at his summer residence south of Rome.
June 25, 2016 Pro-EU Scots, Northern Irish eye UK escape after Brexit vote The United Kingdom's stunning vote to depart the European Union could end in the breakup of the U.K. itself.
June 25, 2016 Indonesia tries to steer convicted militants to new lives In the heart of Solo city, not far from the Islamic boarding school founded by the radical cleric who inspired the 2002 Bali bombings, the staff of an unremarkable-looking restaurant prepare for another day serving the humble staples of the Indonesian diet to hungry locals.
June 24, 2016 Protest in front Shiite sheikh's home shows Bahrain dissent Hundreds of people are protesting outside the home of a Shiite sheikh, a mark of growing unrest in Bahrain sparked by the government's new crackdown on opposition groups.
June 24, 2016 7 Indonesian tugboat crewmen abducted in Philippines Suspected militants in the southern Philippines boarded an Indonesian tugboat and abducted seven of 13 crew members in a third such attack in the volatile region, the Indonesian foreign minister said Friday.
June 24, 2016 Pope praises Armenia's Christian past, but avoids 'genocide' Pope Francis hailed Armenia's steadfast Christian heritage on Friday as he arrived in the former Soviet republic for a three-day visit to commemorate the centenary of the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians that the pope himself has called a "genocide."
June 23, 2016 Rev. A.R. Bernard on 2016 candidates and issues of faith Trump, Clinton courting Christian vote
