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Controversies 1 day ago

Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest

A far-right opposition Dutch lawmaker, who for years has lived under round-the-clock protection because of death threats sparked by his fierce anti-Islam rhetoric, canceled a planned Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest Thursday, following concerns of extreme threat.

RELIGION 29 mins ago

Pope decries "emergency" of plastics blighting world's seas

Pope Francis on Saturday called for concrete action to combat the "emergency" of plastics littering seas and oceans, lamenting the lack of effective regulation to protect the world'...

World 47 mins ago

US ambassador: Victims in Amsterdam stabbing are Americans

Two people wounded in a knife attack at the Dutch capital's busy main railway station on Friday are both American citizens who were visiting the Netherlands, the U.S. ambassador ...

World 55 mins ago

Palestinians condemn US ending funding for UN refugee agency

The U.S. decision to end its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees and their descendants is "an attack on the rights of the Palestinian people," ...

World 5 hrs ago

At Gaza protests, medical workers face great danger

Each Friday, volunteer medic Asmaa Qudih goes through a tense ritual: She prays, kisses her mother's hand and packs a bag with medical supplies as she heads off to work at the ...

World 8 hrs ago

Lula da Silva barred from running for Brazil's presidency

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been barred from Brazil's October presidential election by the country's electoral court despite easily leading in the polls — a ...

World 12 hrs ago

Brazil court deciding on fate of da Silva's presidential bid

Brazil's top electoral court on Friday began debating whether jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva — the campaign front-runner — will be able to run in October's ...

World 12 hrs ago

Whereabouts of 2 former Colombian rebels unknown

Authorities said Friday that two former rebel leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have abandoned their camps, raising fears they could abandon a fragile peace ...

World 14 hrs ago

IS supporter gets 30 years for plot to kill British leader

A supporter of the Islamic State group who plotted to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May received a prison sentence of at least 30 years Friday from a judge who called him "a ...

World 15 hrs ago

Amsterdam police study possible terror motive for stabbings

Police investigators in Amsterdam included an extremist attack as a possible motive for the stabbings of two people at a busy railway station Friday as authorities in the Dutch ...

POLITICS 15 hrs ago

US cuts nearly $300 million in aid for Palestinian refugees

The Trump administration announced Friday that it is cutting nearly $300 million in planned funding for a United Nations Agency that aids Palestinian refugees after finding the ...

TERRORISM 15 hrs ago

The Latest: Terror studied as possible motive for stabbings

The Latest on stabbings at Amsterdam's main train station (all times local): 10 p.m. Amsterdam city officials say a man who was shot by police after two people were stabbed at the ...

World 16 hrs ago

General: Rise in Rio police killings not sign of failed plan

Rio de Janeiro's public security secretary said Friday that a rise in killings during police operations was a sign that authorities were more aggressively confronting crime, and ...