While in Iran, Jesuit's Shayan Falasiri had to train in jeans since wearing shorts outdoors is not allowed by Islam. ...more

October 27, 2009

Rising a block behind Kennedy Boulevard off Willow Avenue, silver minarets reach to the sky. But these don't belong to the University of Tampa. ...more

October 8, 2008

President Dmitry Medvedev declared Saturday that "Russia is a nation to be reckoned with" after its conflict with Georgia, again putting the West on notice that Moscow is prepared to use its military and economic might. ...more

September 7, 2008

So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. ...more

July 9, 2008

So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. ...more

July 8, 2008

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether top government officials can be sued for damages by Muslim men who were rounded up and imprisoned under harsh conditions in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. ...more

June 17, 2008

A Sudanese court on Thursday convicted a British teacher of insulting Islam for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced her to 15 days in prison, avoiding a heavier punishment of 40 lashes. The teacher wept in court, insisting she never meant to offend. ...more

November 30, 2007

Michael B. Mukasey, the retired federal judge from New York chosen by President Bush as his third attorney general, is nobody's idea of a movement conservative. ...more

September 18, 2007