May 31, 2016 Thai authorities carry on removal of tigers from temple Thai authorities say they have removed more of the 137 tigers kept in a Buddhist temple that operated as an admission-charging zoo and is suspected of illegally trafficking in the beasts.
May 31, 2016 Bahrain court more than doubles opposition leader's sentence A Bahraini appeals court has more than doubled the prison term for the country's top Shiite opposition figure who was part of the island nation's 2011 Arab Spring-inspired uprising.
May 31, 2016 EU court adviser: Employers can ban Muslim headscarf A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice says a European Union business may legitimately prohibit an employee from wearing a Muslim headscarf on the job, provided the ban is based on a general company rule prohibiting visible political or religious symbols in the workplace, and not on prejudice against a particular religion.
May 30, 2016 Recording raises questions about Brazil transparency chief Leaked recordings of conversations are causing yet more headaches for Brazil's acting President Michel Temer.
May 30, 2016 Libyan American father and son acquitted in UAE trial Two Libyan Americans detained in the United Arab Emirates since August 2014 have been acquitted of charges they illegally raised funds for a foreign entity.
May 30, 2016 Egyptian court sentences 36 Islamists to life in prison An Egyptian court has convicted and sentenced 36 Islamists, including a top leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to life imprisonment.
May 30, 2016 Egypt leader: Christian woman's attackers will face justice Egypt's president has vowed that those responsible for stripping an elderly Christian woman and parading her naked on the streets will be brought to justice.
May 30, 2016 Roadside bomb in Egypt's Sinai kills 2 police Egypt's state news agency says a roadside bomb has killed two police and wounded three conscripts in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
May 29, 2016 Saudi Arabia slams Iran's role in Iraq as 'unacceptable' Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says Iran must stop meddling in Iraq and that the presence of Iranian military units there is "unacceptable." His comments Sunday come as thousands of Iraqi Shiite militiamen, soldiers and police, backed by Iran, surround the Sunni city of Fallujah ahead of an operation to retake it from the Islamic State group.
May 29, 2016 Pope rules out retiring like his predecessor Pope Francis says he has no intention of quitting the papacy — a possibility opened up by his predecessor Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.
