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Bosnian Serb referendum overshadows local elections

Bosnian voters on Sunday are taking part in local elections a week after Republika Srpska -- one of the two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina -- overwhelmingly passed a controversial referendum creating a “national holiday” in defiance of the country’s highest court. Over 3.2...

Pope pays homage to tiny Catholic flock in Muslim Azerbaijan

Pope Francis said a Mass on Sunday for the miniscule Catholic community in Shi'ite Muslim Azerbaijan, urging the "precious little flock" to keep the faith and paying tribute to those persecuted during the Soviet era. The oil and gas-rich nation of about 9 million people bordering on Russia,...

Russian, Syrian missiles pound Aleppo, destroy hospital

Russian warplanes and their Syrian government allies battered rebel-held areas in and around Aleppo on Saturday, and rebels and aid workers accused them of destroying one of the city's main hospitals and killing at least two patients. M10, the city's main trauma hospital, in eastern Aleppo,...