Hong Kong Activists Denied Permit To Go To Beijing
HONG KONG (AP) — Three Hong Kong students who have led protests for greater democracy in the former British colony were denied in their attempt Saturday to go to Beijing to meet with top Chinese...
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This Week In Pictures: Faith In Practice Around The World, November 9 - 15
Humans express their faith in a multitude of ways. These photos capture the diversity within faith practices that happen in our world in the span of just one week. Sofia, Bulgaria: November 11...
View ArticleHow Defectors Sneak News Out Of North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Video secretly taken in North Korea shows public executions by firing squad. The country is said to begin a currency revaluation that turns disastrous. Leader Kim Jong Un is...
View ArticleLISTEN: No, Religion Does Not Cause All Wars - A Conversation With Karen...
Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. The show is hosted...
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Brazil Jury Sentences 3 For Killing, Eating Victims
SAO PAULO (AP) — A jury in northeastern Brazil delivered sentences of 20-23 years in prison for three people convicted of killing two women, eating parts of their bodies and using some of their flesh...
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Dutch Police Arrest 60 At Black Pete Festival
AMSTERDAM, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Police arrested 60 people on Saturday as protesters clashed at a traditional Dutch festival for children which critics say is racist, but that many locals defend as...
View ArticleReagan, Bush Also Acted Without Congress To Shield Immigrants From Deportation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's anticipated order that would shield millions of immigrants now living illegally in the U.S. from deportation is not without precedent. Two of the last three...
View ArticleWhat Is Fueling Rising Tensions In Jerusalem?
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we look at the uptick in violence in Jerusalem. Tensions in Jerusalem have been boiling for...
View ArticleSpaceship That Landed On Comet Goes Dark
(Reuters) - A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down on Saturday after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said....
View ArticleUkraine Suspends State Services In Rebel-Held East
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president has approved measures to suspend the provision of government services to eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatist forces. Petro Poroshenko's...
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Happy Saturday! Here Are Photos Of The Most Powerful People In The World...
Fulfilling every stereotype of we have of Australia, the 2014 G20 summit kicked off by allowing world leaders to cuddle some koalas. Here's Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime...
View ArticleWhat Muslim Hashtag Activism Actually Accomplishes In Spite Of Trolls
(RNS) ISIS terrorist rampages, waves of anti-Muslim hate speech and fear-mongering Islamophobia are inspiring an outburst of online activism in the form of Twitter hashtags. The question is: Does it...
View ArticleWork Starts In Ukraine To Collect Wreckage Of Flight MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger...
View Article'Your Blood Tested Positive for Ebola. I Am Sorry.'
This was originally published on GatesNotes.com Once in a while, you read something that's so compelling, you want to share it with everyone you can. Dr. Ada Igonoh's story had that effect on me. Dr....
View ArticleU.S. Hospital: Surgeon With Ebola 'Extremely Ill'
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was in extremely critical condition Sunday at a Nebraska hospital, his doctors said. Dr. Martin Salia, who was diagnosed...
View ArticleNew Video Shows The Fiery Aftermath Of Downed Flight MH17
HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over rebel-held eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press has obtained video that shows how close the burning passenger...
View ArticleWhite House: Video Showing Peter Kassig Killing Is Authentic
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says a review of a new Islamic State video confirms the death of U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig. That announcement came Sunday as President Barack Obama flew...
View ArticleRomney: Don't Rule Out Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Islamic State
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney on Sunday said the United States must remain open to sending U.S. troops to battle the Islamic State, something President Barack Obama has repeatedly assured the public will...
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The India Sterilization Tragedy; Highlighting the Need for Better Choices,...
Co-Authored by Prashant Yadav, PhD* Earlier this week 13 women died in Chhattisgarh in central India. They died after undergoing sterilization in a high-volume, low-cost "mass production" type campaign...
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A Message From the People of Egypt's South Sinai
By: Ben Hoffler On the walls of an unfinished palace on Jebel Abbas Basha Ramadan, a Bedouin man from St Katherine, sits by the fire. He's wearing a faded green army jacket and a mauve shemagh,...
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