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Chris Hassaan Francke is annoyed that “F*ck ISIS Punch,” which comes with an optional bacon garnish, is his most famous invention.
Read MoreA short video co-produced with colleague Erica Wenig.
Read MoreA report issued by the State Department Thursday repeatedly refers to sex reassignment surgery in Iran as “gender-confirmation surgery.”
Read MoreDocuments published Friday by Wikileaks show that Osama bin Laden's son Abdullah tried unsuccessfully to obtain a death certificate for his father's 2011 death.
Read MoreA series of written and video interviews with the Greek Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo, Syria.
Read MorePrint, broadcast and Internet news have all had a bad week for identifying Arabs by name.
Read MoreA major study on religion in the U.S. released Thursday has Christians at 70.6 percent, a drop from 78.4 percent when the survey was last conducted in 2007.
Read MoreIslamic State militants in Raqqa, the group’s operations center in Syria, are succumbing to the flesh-eating parasitic disease leishmaniasis.
Read MoreAmong the historical precedents set by Thursday’s announcement of a tentative basis for a nuclear deal with Iran, government-run television stations in the country broadcast President Barack Obama’s address from the White House in full.
Read MoreJust days after 21 Christians’ beheading in Libya swept through headlines, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church announced on Saturday that they would join its official calendar of saints.
Read MoreHeader photo: inscription in the Alhambra, Spain. Taken by me; all rights reserved.
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