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March 30, 2016

Myanmar lifts 4-year curfew in state after communal violence

Myanmar's outgoing government has lifted a nearly four-year curfew in the western state of Rakhine, where clashes between the minority Rohingya Muslims and majority Buddhists left more than 200 people dead, mostly Muslims.

March 30, 2016

Syria's Assad thanks UN chief for comments on taking Palmyra

Syria's state-run news agency says President Bashar Assad has sent a message to the U.N.

March 30, 2016

The Latest: Islamists end rally outside Pakistani parliament

The Latest on radical Islamists who have been protesting for the last four days outside Pakistan's parliament (all times local): 8:15 p.m.

March 30, 2016

Police search Lyon diocese in sex abuse cover-up probe

French investigators have searched Catholic church offices in Lyon amid allegations that a renowned cardinal and others had covered up a priest's sexual abuse of boy scouts.

March 29, 2016

58 alleged members of doomsday cult expelled from Montenegro

Montenegro authorities have deported 58 foreigners, including 43 Russians, associated with a religious cult.

March 28, 2016

ISIS reportedly planning attack targeting Jewish children in Turkey

Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) have advanced plans to murder Jewish children in Turkey, targeting kindergartens, schools and youth centres, Sky News can reveal.

March 28, 2016

AP Explains: Violence against Christians in Pakistan

The suicide bombing in the city of Lahore on Easter underscores how Pakistan's Christian minority has become an easy target for the country's Islamic militants, although Muslims also were among the victims.

March 28, 2016

ISIS reportedly planning imminent attack on Jewish schools in Turkey

Terrorists from the so-called Islamic State have advanced plans to murder Jewish children in Turkey, targeting kindergartens and schools and youth centres, Sky News can reveal exclusively.

March 28, 2016

Egypt retires 31 judges for opposing Islamist's ouster

Egypt's state-run news agency says the top judicial disciplinary council has rejected appeals by 31 judges who were forced into early retirement for rejecting the military overthrow of an Islamist president.

March 28, 2016

As Pakistan mourns, prime minister vows to defeat militants

In an emotional televised address, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have been carrying out attacks like the Easter bombing that targeted Christians and killed 72 people.