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Gunmen kill 26 in attack on Christians in Egypt
Gunmen attacked buses and a truck taking a group of Coptic Christians to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 25 others, witnesses and the Health Ministry said.
Britain deploys troops after Manchester attack, threat level raised to 'critical'
Prime Minister Theresa May announced late on Tuesday that the threat level was now considered 'critical', meaning an attack may be imminent.
Pop stars tweet prayers after several killed in explosion at Ariana Grande concert in UK
Katy Perry and Cher were among the pop stars sharing their prayers and condolences in the wake of a blast at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester on Monday night.
Trump to attempt relationship 'reset' with Islam in speech today
President Trump will talk up the positive aspects of the religion after frequently attacking Muslims on the campaign trail last year and trying to ban many from the United States.
The cyber warfare cell that worries the West â North Korea's Unit 180
North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
Royal sister-in-law Pippa takes spotlight in star-studded British wedding
Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, was married in a small English country church on Saturday surrounded by royals and celebrities. Prince Harry's US girlfriend Meghan Markle was not there.
Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia as James Comey firestorm continues in US
Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, looking to shift attention from a spiraling political firestorm over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey last week.
Trump accused of 'obstruction of justice' after revelation he asked FBI director to drop Russia investigation
The explosive new development on Tuesday followed a week of tumult at the White House after Trump fired Comey and then discussed sensitive national security information about Islamic State with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians at Oval Office meeting, officials claim
President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia's foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation, two US officials said on Monday.
'God willing, this is the final phase': ISIS on brink of defeat in Mosul
US-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into the last pocket of Mosul controlled by Islamic State militants on Sunday as the battle for the city approaches an end after seven months of gruelling urban combat.
North Korea causes fury with ballistic missile test
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons program, days after a new leader in its old rival South Korea came to power pledging to engage it in dialogue.
Pope canonises Fatima visionaries, giving Church new child saints
Pope Francis gave the Catholic Church two of its youngest saints on Saturday, canonising shepherd siblings believed to have seen the Madonna 100 years ago in a Portuguese town that is now a major pilgrimage site.
Hackers use stolen NSA tool in global cyberattack
A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, disrupting Britain's health system and global shipper FedEx.
Trump under fire after sacking FBI director James Comey, White House denies political motivation
The Republican president said he fired Comey, the top US law enforcement official, over his handling of an election-year email scandal involving then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
'God's love is radically inclusive': Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass
For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.
Boko Haram militants release 82 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls in prisoner exchange
Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok three years ago in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday.