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June 3, 2016

Police stop truck carrying 2 tiger skins from Thai temple

Thai police say they stopped a truck carrying two tiger skins and other animal parts as it was leaving a Buddhist temple where monks have been accused of being involved in illegal wildlife trafficking.

June 3, 2016

Iran says no Iranian pilgrims at next hajj, blames Riyadh

Iran has officially announced it won't be sending pilgrims to the hajj this year and is blaming Saudi Arabia, claiming the kingdom has failed to provide adequate security for the pilgrims.

June 2, 2016

Bodies of 40 tiger cubs found in Thai temple freezer

A Thai national parks official says authorities have found 40 dead tiger cubs in a freezer at a Buddhist temple that operated as an admission-charging zoo.

June 2, 2016

UN expert condemns church access limits in Cyprus' north

A United Nations cultural rights expert has condemned an attempt by Turkish Cypriot authorities to limit access to churches in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus.

June 2, 2016

24 guilty in trial for 2002 religious riots in western India

An Indian court has convicted 24 suspects, 11 of them for murder, for their part in religious riots in 2002 in western India.

June 2, 2016

Tajikistan court jails 2 opposition leaders for life

A court in Tajikistan has sentenced two leaders of the Central Asian nation's banned Islamic opposition party to life imprisonment over an alleged attempted coup.

June 2, 2016

China says Muslim practices to be protected during Ramadan

Officials from China's traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang say they will not interfere with fasting and other standard religious activities during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

June 2, 2016

Pope presses case for mercy with Holy Year priestly retreat

Pope Francis is pressing his case for the Catholic Church to be more a place of mercy than moralizing with a three-day retreat for priests from around the world aimed at encouraging them to show "infinite mercy" with their flocks.

June 2, 2016

Turkey says its strikes have killed 14 IS militants in Syria

Turkey's state-run news agency says airstrikes and Turkish artillery fire against the Islamic State group in Syria have killed 14 militants.

June 1, 2016

American Jews warn Israeli leader of looming 'rupture'

American Jewish leaders have told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they are deeply disappointed over Israel's failure to carry out a historic agreement to allow non-Orthodox Jewish prayers at a Jerusalem holy site.