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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Sunday that he could try a rarely-used political tactic to pass a nuclear deal with the United States: a direct referendum with the voters.
Read MorePope Francis appointed 20 new cardinals on Sunday, bringing many previously-unrepresented Catholic flocks into the group that will elect his successor.
Read MoreIsrael’s Ministry of Immigrant Absorption has reported that 2014 saw a 10-year high in the number of “olim,” or Jewish immigrants to Israel, with 26,500 Jews moving to the country in the past year.
Read MoreThe Australian government has an elaborate campaign, including a 600-page bureaucratic handbook, to build its international image using koalas.
Read MoreAs a blizzard brought snow to Moscow on Thursday, the usual Central Asian migrant street-cleaners were missing — the latest sign of the Russian economy’s woes.
Read MoreAs Christmas approaches on Thursday for the majority of Christians, persecuted communities continue to demonstrate their survival and resilience.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin expounded on the sinking ruble, the annexation of Crimea and his love life in a three-hour press conference on Thursday.
Read MoreOn his 78th birthday, Pope Francis is being hailed for his role in a diplomatic breakthrough between Cuba and the United States.
Read MorePakistani Taliban gunmen opened fire in a public school on Tuesday in the city of Peshawar, killing over 130 schoolchildren, and making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Pakistan’s history.
Read MoreIt took over a year, but the United States now has an ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom.
Read MoreHeader photo: inscription in the Alhambra, Spain. Taken by me; all rights reserved.
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