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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Devin Patrick Kelley. An autopsy released Thursday, June 28, 2018, by the Travis County Medical Examiner's Office, confirmed that Kelley, who killed more than two dozen people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas last year, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP, File)
June 29, 2018 - 6:58 pm

Autopsy confirms Texas church gunman died by suicide

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and also had drugs in his system, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, opened fire during church services on the...
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A woman stands near her relative as he receives treatment at the Jos University teaching hospital in Jos, Nigeria, Monday, June 25, 2018, after clashes in central Nigeria between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers. Dramatic footage from Jos showed angry people waving machetes and sticks and shouting at passing security forces as they weaved around overturned and burning vehicles. (AP Photo)
June 25, 2018 - 3:35 pm

Report: 86 killed in Nigeria as farmers, herders clash

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores of people died in central Nigeria during vicious weekend clashes between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report citing police saying 86 people were killed. By some accounts, the growing conflict over resources has become deadlier than Nigeria's...
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June 19, 2018 - 4:27 am

Moment of silence to mark attack near London mosque

LONDON (AP) — Survivors of an attack near a London mosque have been invited to gather for a moment of silence to remember the victim and others hurt when a man drove his van into a crowd leaving evening prayers during Ramadan. The minute's silence will be held in memory of father-of-six Makram Ali...
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June 15, 2018 - 1:04 am

Kirin investigates if donations went to Myanmar's forces

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese beer company Kirin is investigating whether its donations went to Myanmar's military, accused of brutal attacks against Rohingya Muslims. Amnesty International has urged Japanese authorities to look into donations Kirin's subsidiary Myanmar Brewery made in September and...
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The scene inside the Malmesbury Mosque during a clean up operation near Cape Town South Africa, Thursday June 14, 2018. A man fatally stabbed two people on Thursday and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot and killed the attacker, authorities said.(AP Photo/Nasief Manie)
June 14, 2018 - 9:20 am

South African police kill man after fatal mosque attack

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man fatally stabbed two people on Thursday and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot and killed the attacker, authorities said. The assailant, believed to be in his thirties, charged police who had tried to persuade him to surrender after the...
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June 12, 2018 - 8:38 am

Cops probe shooting death of naked woman found near church

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a naked woman found dead outside a church in Philadelphia has been shot in the head. It's not clear why or how the shooting occurred. The woman, believed to be in her mid-20s, was wearing only socks when she was found near St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic...
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Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of suicide attack in Kabul Monday, June 4, 2018. A suicide bombing targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics on Monday in Kabul, killing at least seven people and wounding nine. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
June 04, 2018 - 12:46 pm

Bombing targets Afghan clerics calling for peace, killing 7

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Afghanistan's top clerics on Monday, killing at least seven people and wounding 20 shortly after the religious leaders had issued a decree against such attacks and called for peace talks. Ghafor Aziz, police chief of Kabul's 5th...
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In this photo taken on Saturday, March 24, 2018, people hold banners during the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) march in Birmingham, England. A property manager and fan of the soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, John Meighan envisioned a group bringing together working-class people who felt excluded from political influence _ to stand up in opposition, not to Muslims or Islam, but to extremism. It didn’t quite work out that way, as the Football Lads Alliance found itself drawn into the orbit of Britain’s growing far-right. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
June 03, 2018 - 7:24 am

A dream of uniting UK soccer fans swerves to the far right

LONDON (AP) — John Meighan had a dream. A property manager and fan of the soccer team Tottenham Hotspur, he envisioned a group bringing together working-class people who felt excluded from political influence — to stand up in opposition, not to Muslims or Islam, but to extremism. They would be...
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Funeral prayers are offered for Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, who was killed in the Santa Fe High School shooting, during a service at the Brand Lane Islamic Center Sunday, May 20, 2018, in Stafford, Texas. A gunman opened fire inside Santa Fe High School Friday, May 18, 2018, killing 10 people. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
May 20, 2018 - 6:55 pm

The Latest: Hundreds pay respects at Houston-area mosque

SANTA FE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the Texas school shooting (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Hundreds are paying their respects at a packed Houston-area mosque in the first funeral for a victim of a school shooting that killed 10. An overflow crowd sat in folding chairs in a breezeway outside the...
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May 19, 2018 - 11:17 am

Police kill 4 gunmen who raided Orthodox church in Chechnya

MOSCOW (AP) — Four gunmen attacked a Russian Orthodox church in the mostly Muslim Russian province of Chechnya on Saturday but were killed by security forces in a clash that also left two policemen and a churchgoer dead. The attack underscored security challenges in Russia as it prepares to host...
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