Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs
KARTARPUR, Pakistan — The prime ministers of India and Pakistan inaugurated Saturday a visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India, allowin...
Hopes of young Lebanese to escape sectarianism put to test
BEIRUT — Singer Tania Saleh grew up amid a civil war that robbed her of her childhood, of her friends and neighbors and of the Lebanon she so loved. F...
Church looted by vandals as protests rage in Chile’s capital
SANTIAGO, Chile — Hooded protesters looted a Roman Catholic church Friday near the main gathering site for three weeks of mass protests against Chile'...
US Latinos are no longer majority-Catholic, here’s why
LOS ANGELES — Emmanuel Perez was about 15 years old when he decided the Catholic faith was not for him.
Iraqi spiritual leader warns of ‘great risks’ from protests
BAGHDAD — Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric urged political leaders Friday to find a way out of the current cycle of anti-government protests and a sub...
Mexico farm town buries 3 of 9 slain Americans
LA MORA, Mexico — As Mexican soldiers stood guard, a mother and two sons were laid to rest in hand-hewn pine coffins in a single grave dug out of the ...
Erdogan: Turkey captured slain IS leader al-Baghdadi’s wife
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdog...
Former military insider tries to rally Egypt’s opposition
BARCELONA, Spain — A self-exiled businessman who claims to know the secrets of Egypt's ruling military says he is marshaling political groups to try t...
Kansas City votes to remove King’s name from historic street
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved removing Dr. Martin Luther King's name from one of the city's most historic b...
The Latest: 5 kids are stable after surviving Mexico attack
MEXICO CITY — The Latest on the slaying of U.S. citizens in northern Mexico (all times local):
US victims in Mexico attack from Mormon offshoot community
MEXICO CITY — The nine women and children killed by drug cartel gunmen in northern Mexico lived in a remote farming community where residents with dua...
AP Explains: Iran’s nuclear facility deep inside a mountain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's Fordo nuclear facility sits deep inside a mountain, with just one structure visible from space.
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
BEIRUT — In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a sh...
Turkey says it captured slain IS leader’s sister in Syria
BEIRUT — Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkis...
FBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in temple bomb plot
DENVER — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Mo...
The Latest: Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle elected new speaker
LONDON — The Latest on the election to select a new U.K. House of Commons speaker (all times local):
Radical Pakistani cleric continues sit-in; PM won’t resign
ISLAMABAD — A radical Pakistani cleric, who galvanized tens of thousands of followers to march on Islamabad, met Monday with opposition politicians an...
At least 5 protesters killed in new round of clashes in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Anti-government protesters crossed a major bridge in Baghdad on Monday, approaching the prime minister's office and the headquarters of Iraq...
Iraqi protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala
BAGHDAD — Dozens of Iraqi protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, scaling the concrete barriers ringin...
Teacher accused of segregating students on political beliefs
FOUR OAKS, N.C. — North Carolina school officials are investigating a Spanish teacher who has been accused of segregating students based on their reli...
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13
ISTANBUL — A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
Trump fires up religious critics with job for televangelist
WASHINGTON — The ascension of Paula White as an official member of Donald Trump's White House highlights how closely the president is relying on his i...
Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet
BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of Iraqis massed in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday in the biggest demonstrations since anti-government protests erupted...
In nod to protests, Iraq president calls for new voting law
BAGHDAD — Iraq's president on Thursday called for the drafting of a new election law and said he would approve early elections once it is enacted, bow...
Rocket attack kills Iraqi soldier, adding to growing unrest
BAGHDAD — Two rockets were fired into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, killing one Iraqi soldier and adding to the violence gripping the c...
Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate
PARIS — When a French official disrupted a regional council meeting to demand that a Muslim woman accompanying a group of schoolchildren be ordered to...
Ex-CIA agent convicted in kidnap skips Italian justice
MILAN — The only American to serve a sentence in the CIA-organized kidnap of a Muslim cleric in Italy has skipped the country, her lawyer confirmed Tu...
Jimmy Carter to teach Sunday school despite broken pelvis
PLAINS, Ga. — It's going to take more than a fractured pelvis to prevent Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist and the nation's oldest former president, fr...
Masked gunmen attack protesters in Iraq holy city; 18 killed
BAGHDAD — Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, securi...
Not over yet: New US Syria mission after al-Baghdadi’s death
WASHINGTON — Pivoting from the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group's leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria's oil fi...