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2 bombs defused at Cairo airportÂ
Bombs were found across Egypt this week, resulting in one casualty and three people injured.
Mexico: Most dangerous place for Catholic priests
More Catholic priests and leaders were killed in Mexico last year than any other country in the world.
ISIS murder a man for having a 'homosexual affair'
Images have emerged showing a man thrown from a tall building and then stoned to death when he survived the fall.
Houston priest and family found beaten to death
The bodies of Ugandan-born Israel Ahimbisibwe, his wife and their son were found in their flat.
Islamic State open market to sell goods stolen from Christians in Mosul
Jihadis have opened a special market for material stolen from Christian homes and churches.
China: Communist party reaffirms ban on belief in Zhejiang
Officials in China's Zhejiang province have reaffirmed that members of the Communist party (CPC) must categorically reject all religion.
UN inquiry head steps down from Gaza war crimes panel
William Schabas says he wants to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Hindu nationalists are becoming Narendra Modi's enemy within
The religious right-wingers are threatening his economic reforms.
Rebels pound Ukraine army positions as peace talks collapse
US officials say they will consider sending military equipment.
Greece drops calls for debt write-off, denies finance 'showdown' with Brussels
Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is seeking better terms that will allow growth.
Japan vows revenge for ISIS beheadings
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to avenge the deaths of two countrymen killed by extremist Muslim organization the Islamic State (IS) after a new beheading video was released over the weekend.
UK couple married for 70 years say they have never argued, have answer for world peace
A couple from Tiverton, Devon insist that they have never had an argument in their 70 years of marriage, and have a solution for achieving world peace.
'Symbolic moment' as first US all-female mosque is opened
Tired of feeling excluded from worship by strict gender rules, two Muslim women have opened their own mosque, where only women are allowed.
Egypt court sentences 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to death
An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on Monday on charges of killing police officers, part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on Islamists.
Iran: Holocaust cartoon competition launched in Charlie Hebdo backlash
Two Iranian institutions have launched a cartoon competition centred on the theme of Holocaust denial following outrage over those published by Charlie Hebdo.
China says opposed to any countries meeting Dalai Lama
China said on Monday it was opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama "in any form" after the White House said Obama would attend an event in Washington with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader whom Beijing brands a separatist.