religious issues

PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local: 8:30 p.m. The Eiffel...

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Flanked by Vatican bodyguards in flak jackets and machine-gun-toting U.N. peacekeepers, Pope Francis plunged S...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gambia's president advocated banning female genital mutilation, giving hope to human rights activists who are urging Gambia to a...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris and the heightened security in Europe (All times local): ___ 1:00 a.m. When Belgian authorit...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Much about Abdelhamid Abaaoud's path to armed Islamic radicalism remains mysterious. In the words of Koen Geens, the Belgian justice m...

PARIS (AP) — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): ___ 3 a.m. President Barack Obama says he's taking a wait-and-see approach ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Fran Townsend was counterterrorism adviser to President George W. Bush, she says, her worst nightmare was that the al Qaida net...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of a...

LONDON (AP) — The leader of a Maoist cult went on trial in London on Thursday accused of imprisoning and sexually assaulting his followers and abusing...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church officials have issued a rule change that says members in same-sex marriages can be kicked out and their children m...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In the past two years, Nathan Kitchen has revealed to his five children that he's gay, gone through a divorce with his wife and ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interiors of two mosques at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site will be exempt from monitoring by security cameras, Jordan's king...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Ahmad Chalabi, a prominent Iraqi politician who became a Pentagon favorite when he helped convince the Bush administration to overthrow...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Over a seven-decade career in politics, Shimon Peres has helped guide Israel through wars and existential threats. But now, with the ...

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen Amer...

DENVER (AP) — Cities trying to limit panhandling in downtowns and tourist areas are facing a new legal hurdle because of a recent Supreme Court ruling...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty years after Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist opposed to his negotiations with the Palestinians, Isra...

HOUSTON (AP) — After a drawn-out showdown between Houston's popular lesbian mayor and a coalition of conservative pastors, voters in the nation's four...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost cer...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt granted government workers a half-day off on Monday in an attempt to boost low turnout in the first legislative elections since a c...