Pope Francis: Fundamentalist terrorism result of 'deviant religion'
Monday, 12 January 2015, 13:34
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis on Monday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers were enslaved by "deviant forms of religion" that...
Pakistani school reopens after Taliban massacre of students
Monday, 12 January 2015, 12:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Pakistani children returned on Monday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents' hands tightly in a poignant symbol of...
Turkey Foreign Minister: French suspect crossed into Syria
Monday, 12 January 2015, 11:39
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Turkey's foreign minister says the common-law wife of one of the perpetrators of the terrorist rampage in France last week crossed into Syria from Turkey on Jan. 8. Mevlut Cavusoglu told the...
Pope Francis to start visit in Sri Lanka amid hopes for peace
Monday, 12 January 2015, 08:38
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Less than a week after its longtime president was surprisingly voted out of office, Sri Lanka welcomes Pope Francis on Tuesday, with the island nation's Catholic minority hoping he can help heal the...
Prosecutor: Paris kosher grocery gunman linked to third shooting
Sunday, 11 January 2015, 14:12
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The shooting of a jogger in a Paris suburb on the same day as the Charlie Hebdo massacre has been linked to the gunman who killed a policewoman and four hostages at a kosher grocery, a...