Iran Hangs Woman Convicted Of Killing Alleged Rapist
DUBAI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite...
View ArticleEbola Cases Top 10,000: WHO
* Bulk of cases in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone * Total includes new cases in Mali, U.S. * WHO warns that Ebola coming closer to Ivory Coast GENEVA, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The death toll from the Ebola...
View ArticleMounting Israeli-Palestinians Tensions Reverberate on the Soccer Pitch
Mounting tension between Israel and Palestinians on the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem have spilt on to Israeli Palestinian soccer pitches in Israel proper as Israel swings towards...
View ArticleKurdish Fighters Recapture Iraqi Town Zumar From ISIS
ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces retook the northern Iraqi town of Zumar and several nearby villages from Islamic State early on Saturday after heavy coalition air strikes against the...
View ArticleThousands Of Women Fighting ISIS On Front Lines In Syria And Iraq
SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Just over a year ago, Afshin Kobani was a teacher. Now, the Kurdish Syrian woman has traded the classroom for the front lines in the battle for Kobani, a town besieged by fighters...
View ArticleOver 100,000 Rohingya Muslims Have Fled Violence In Myanmar: Expert
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A growing sense of desperation is fueling a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar, with the number fleeing by boat since communal violence broke out two years ago...
View Article25 European Banks Fail Stress Test
FRANKFURT, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Twenty five of the euro zone's 130 biggest banks have failed a landmark health check and ended last year with a collective capital shortfall of 25 billion euros, the...
View ArticleU.S. Marines End Afghan Operations, Prepare Withdrawal
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The last U.S. Marines unit and final British combat troops in Afghanistan officially ended their operations on Sunday as they packed up to leave the...
View ArticleBrazil Votes For Next President After A Bitter Campaign
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Dilma Rousseff is counting on Brazilians' gratefulness for a decade of progress to overcome concerns about a sluggish economy as the leftist leader seeks re-election on...
View ArticleThe World Of Vodou: Exhibit Brings To Life A Highly-Misunderstood Religion
The real world of Haitian Vodou is hardly like what Hollywood would have us believe. For one, many depictions of the religion focus on New Orleans-based Voodoo, a related but separate set of...
View ArticleOfficially Atheist China Is Home To This Vibrant Muslim Community
Despite being officially atheist, and historically most closely associated with Buddhism, China has a deep-rooted relationship with Islam, dating as far back as the 7th Century. At least 1.8% of the...
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Eat Like Pope Francis With Swiss Guard's New Pontiff-Inspired Cookbook
VATICAN CITY (RNS) They say you can feast like a king, and now you can eat like a pope after a young chef from the Vatican’s Swiss Guards published a cookbook featuring the favorite recipes of Pope...
View ArticleLebanese Troops Fight Street Battles With Militants In Nation's North
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese army brought tanks and commando forces into the northern city of Tripoli Sunday, where fighting with Muslim militants has intensified and spread to nearby areas....
View ArticleKurds In Kobani Repulse Islamic State Attack On Border Gate
MURSITPINAR, Turkey, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants tried to seize a border post in the Syrian town of Kobani on the Turkish frontier overnight but were repulsed by Kurdish fighters,...
View ArticleTunisians In Historic Vote Spurred By Arab Spring
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians expressed tentative hope for the future as they lined up Sunday to choose their first five-year parliament since they overthrew their dictator in the 2011 revolution...
View Article25 Of Europe's Banks Fail Stress Test
* 25 of 130 banks fail ECB test as of Dec. 2013 * Most have plugged capital hole, just 10 bln euros still needed * Italy in spotlight after nine of its banks fail * Overvalued loans adds further 37...
View ArticleEgypt Jails 23 Young Activists For Protesting
CAIRO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced 23 young activists to three years in jail on Sunday for violating a law that forbids protesting without a permit, judicial sources said. The...
View ArticleUkraine Votes To Overhaul Parliament
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in Ukraine headed to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament, overhauling a legislature tainted by its association with ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. The election...
View ArticleHong Kong Protesters Scrap Vote On What To Do Next
HONG KONG (AP) — The leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests on Sunday canceled a vote on what the next step should be in their monthlong street occupation, saying they hadn't properly consulted...
View ArticleTop U.S. Health Official: Ebola Quarantines May Have Unintended Consequences
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mandatory 21-day quarantines on health care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa, like those put in place by three states, can have the unintended consequence of...
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