US, Pakistani officials in strained talks over Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD -- U.S. and Pakistani officials held difficult talks on Friday in Pakistan's capital amid a worsening relationship between Washington ...
Tag: Religion and politics
‘Anti-feminist’ vandals in Israel deface images of women
JERUSALEM -- The joyful glint in Peggy Parnass' eyes is so sharp it can be seen from the walls of ...
Pope to Orban’s Hungary: Open your arms to everyone
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Pope Francis urged Hungary on Sunday to “extend its arms towards everyone,” in a veiled critique of ...
Firebrand Myanmar monk Wirathu released from prison
A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar notorious for his anti-Muslim remarks has been freed from prison after charges that he ...
Taliban resume some flights, press assault on final holdout
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have resumed some domestic passenger flights to and from Kabul, as the religious militia’s fighters step up ...
Church: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility
A Sri Lankan Roman Catholic leader says the government must win back the confidence of the church before the two ...
Xinjiang genocide conference aims to up pressure on China
Leading scholars and lawyers are joining politicians and human rights groups in Britain for the first large-scale conference to discuss ...
Pope inadvertently quotes Putin to chide West’s Afghan war
Pope Francis criticized the West’s recent involvement in Afghanistan as an outsider’s attempt to impose democracy — although he did ...
Hezbollah hammered with criticism amid Lebanon’s crises
BEIRUT -- Driving back to base after firing rockets toward Israeli positions from a border area last month, a group ...
Taliban destroy statue of foe, stoking fear over their rule
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban have blown up the statue of a Shiite militia leader who fought against them during ...
