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Israeli Arab named as suspect in Tel Aviv bar shooting
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said security forces were searching for "a needle in a haystack".
Former Central African Republic PM leads in presidential vote
Many voters hope the election will end years of violence between Muslims and Christians.
Vatican accord with Palestine has come into effect
The Vatican signed its first treaty with the "State of Palestine" last June when it called for moves to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backed a two-state solution.
Iranian protesters storm Saudi embassy after execution of prominent Shi'ite cleric
The Shi'ite Muslim country reacted with fury to the execution of Nimr al-Nimr with 46 others.
Turkey's President cites Germany under Hitler as example of effective government
In a recent press conference, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used Germany under the leadership of the murderous dictator as an example to push for a presidential system of government while maintaining the unitary structure of the state.
Germany revives Hitler's ghost with book reprints, calls for teaching 'lies' of Nazism in schools
German teachers and lawmakers are also calling for inclusion of excerpts from the republished version of "Mein Kampf" in the country's school curriculum.
Christian healthcare workers to be forced to perform abortions
A lawsuit has been filed by American Civil Liberties Union against Trinity Health be forcing Catholic Health Care workers to perform abortions. The case is on going in the state of Michigan.
Media only see religion in terms of fanaticism, says broadcaster Adrian Chiles
A practising Roman Catholic, Adrian Chiles took a tour of Mediterranean for the two-part My Mediterranean series, which starts on Sunday.
Obama plans to outflank hostile Congress with unilateral gun control moves
Obama said yesterday he has received "too many letters from parents, and teachers, and kids, to sit around and do nothing".
Terrified families emerge from ruins of liberated Ramadi
The city is the first retaken by Iraq's army since it collapsed in the path of the militants' advance 18 months ago.
Six dead as gunmen attack Indian air base near Pakistan border
The attack is an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Prominent Shi'ite cleric among 47 executed by Saudi Arabia on terrorism charges
The punishments are an apparent message that the conservative Islamic kingdom will brook no violent dissent.
More American teens risk mental defects, addiction due to increased marijuana use
A recent survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) revealed a seemingly pleasant but alarming finding: for the first time ever, more high school students are using marijuana daily compared to cigarettes.
U.S.-led coalition kills ISIS leader linked to Paris terror attacks; 9 other senior jihadists killed in airstrikes
Charaffe al Mouadan, a Syrian-based member of the Islamic State (ISIS) who authorities claimed had direct link to the ringleader of the Paris bomb attacks, was killed in an airstrike in Syria a day before Christmas, U.S officials said.
U.S. slams Iran for firing rockets that landed near its aircraft carrier, calls action 'highly provocative'
The U.S military on Monday slammed Iran's firing of rockets 1, 500 yards from ships including American aircraft carrier in the Straits of Hormuz, denouncing it as "highly provocative.
Many U.S. abortion clinic workers quitting industry and becoming pro-life advocates, group says
Nearly 200 employees in abortion clinics have left the industry, thanks to the efforts of one pro-life group, according to a former Planned Parenthood clinic director in Texas.