• Ben Carson Says He Will Not End the Medicare Healthcare Program For The Elderly

  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, who is making inroads against front-runner Donald Trump, on Sunday denied he would end the Medicare healthcare program for the elderly, saying he would provide the option of using a government-backed savings account to buy health insurance.

  

• Greece Agrees To Take In Another 20,000 Syrian Migrants

  Greece said on Monday the European Union had offered to pay the costs of accommodating 20,000 more migrants in temporary camps on its islands as the bloc struggles to improve its management of the flow of refugees across Europe.

  

• Jews Challenge 'Status Quo' Of Jerusalem Holy Site With Secret Prayers

  As the group of Orthodox Jews came near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, one began to mumble while staring down at his mobile phone. Another looked up in awe, eyes half shut in concentration. The woman's lips moved silently.

  

• Iraqi Government Official Killed By Bomb Attached To Car Was About To Expose Corruption

  An Iraqi Trade Ministry media adviser killed last month by a bomb attached to his car had been about to hand over files accusing the ministry of corruption to the country's Integrity Commission, officials in the ministry's legal department told Reuters.

  

• Catholic Leaders Agree to Soften Line On Divorced Couples, But Will Not Waver On Opposition to Homosexuality

  Roman Catholic bishops have agreed after three weeks of closed-door debate at the Vatican to soften their line towards divorced couples, a leading participant said, but not to relax the Church's strict doctrine on homosexuality.