Religious minorities in Indonesia pushing back against Islamic hard-liners, violence

Religious minorities in Indonesia push back

Israel says it will not accept any Palestinian conditions for resuming peace negotiations

Israel: No conditions for talks with Palestinians

Backing right to build mosque not endorsement: Obama

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has clarified that his defence of Muslims’ right to build an Islamic complex near New York’s Ground Zero site of 9/11 attack, was not an endorsement of the controversial proposal.

Detroit’s Bishop Charles Ellis named to head 1.5 million-member Pentecostal Assemblies

Detroit Bishop Ellis heads Pentecostal Assemblies

In sign of West Bank calm, Israel dismantles protective concrete barrier in Jerusalem

In sign of calm, Israel removes gunfire barrier

GOP senator suggests Obama remarks on mosque in NY will be considered by voters this fall

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

30,000 evacuated from Catholic pilgrimage site at Lourdes in France after bomb threat

Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes

Tweeting Dalai Lama says voices for Tibetan independence growing stronger

DHARAMSALA - With over 600,000 people, including hundreds of Chinese, following him on networking site Twitter, the Dalai Lama has said the non-resolution of the Tibet issue is making the voices of those seeking independence of Tibet from China grow stronger.

Turkey: Orthodox Christians gather for rare Mass at ancient site after government approval

Turkey: patriarch holds historic Mass

MACKA, Turkey — Orthodox Christians are holding a rare Mass at an ancient monastery in Turkey after the government allowed worship there once a year in a gradual loosening of restrictions on religious expression.