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A Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech battle that went to the Supreme Court has been taken down after briefly flying outside Boston City Hall

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s government has closed seven radio stations this week owned by the Roman Catholic church, as well as two other outlets serving the largely rural northern area with a history of opposition

A Lebanese archbishop who carried more than $460,000 from Israel to Lebanon is at the center of the latest sectarian brawl in crisis-hit Lebanon

Egyptian authorities have released seven people, including a journalist and a researcher who were serving prison sentences on terror-related charges

Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has been acquitted in a corruption trial, the second he has faced since a scandal surrounding him brought down the country’s government in 2019

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a right to abortion, it sparked legal changes and court challenges in states nationwide

A flashy preacher pal of New York City’s mayor was robbed of more than $1 million worth of jewelry by armed bandits who crashed his Brooklyn church service, just as he was sermonizing about keeping faith in the face of grave adversity, police say

The alleged assassin of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be detained until late November for mental evaluation so prosecutors can determine whether to formally press charges and send him to trial for murder

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is criticizing Greece for allegedly violating the terms of a settlement that has governed relations between the rivals for nearly a century

President Joe Biden says he’s clear-eyed about challenges in the Middle East and the United States intends to stay engaged in the region. Speaking Saturday in Saudi Arabia at a