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Pope Francis has lunch with gay, transgender inmates
Pope Francis spent time with about 90 inmates at the Giuseppe Salvia Detention Center in Poggiorale, Italy on Saturday.
India: 600 violent attacks on Christians and Muslims since May
More than 40 people have been killed in 600 violent attacks on Christians and Muslims in India since Narendra Modi came to power, a new report shows.
Singapore churches pay tribute to country's founding father Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore's first prime minister has died aged 91.
Pakistan: Christian leaders ask for forgiveness after protest lynchings
Violence erupted after the Taliban bombed two churches in Lahore last week.
Yemen: Houthis seize strategic city
Houthi fighters opposed to Yemen's president took over the central city of Taiz in an escalation of a power struggle diplomats say risks drawing in neighbouring oil giant Saudi Arabia and its main regional rival Iran.
Syrian insurgents 'mimicking ruthlessness' of army
Insurgent groups in Syria have carried out scores of indiscriminate attacks that have killed and maimed civilians in violation of the laws of war, a Human Rights Watch report said on Monday.
Tunisia arrests more than 20 in crackdown after Bardo museum attack
Suspected militants have been detained after the attack that killed 23 people.
Obama says Netanyahu's rejection of Palestinian state makes it 'hard to find a path' to peace
US-Israeli relationships are in the deep freeze after the Prime Minister's vow.
Franklin Graham branded 'crude, insensitive and paternalistic' for Facebook comments on police shootings
An open letter from evangelical leaders urges Graham to rethink.
Obama calls for release of jailed Pastor Saeed Abedini
The US president used the Iranian Nowruz holiday to appeal for him and other US citizens to be freed.
China: church demolition campaign is over, bishop claims
The Chinese government has allegedly called for an end to a policy that resulted in the demolition of hundreds of churches in Zhejiang province.
Retreating Boko Haram fighters leave a pile of bodies behind in Nigerian town
At least 70 people, many with their throats slit, have been found.
US fears Islamic State is increasing its presence in Libya
Leaders of the Islamist militia are recruiting fighters there.
20 doctors and nurses kidnapped by ISIS-affiliated extremists
Officials reported Monday that 20 doctors and nurses in Sirte, Libya were kidnapped by 30 militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS).
ISIS claims responsibility for attack at Yemen mosques
The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks at two mosques in Yemen that left at least 77 people dead on Friday.
New York school under fire after reciting Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic
A New York school issued an apology this week after the Pledge of Allegiance was recited over the intercom in Arabic.