• Processed Meat Can Lead To Bowel Cancer, Red Meat Probably Can, World Health Organization Warns

  Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

  

• Boko Haram Fighters Forced Back Across Nigeria's Northern Border By Cameroonian Soldiers

  Cameroonian soldiers drove Boko Haram insurgents back across the country's northern border into Nigeria on Friday, a day after the Islamist militants killed at least eight people in an attack in the remote region that aid groups say is becoming a war zone.

• Many Seriously Ill Americans Lack Access to Palliative Care, Study Shows

  Millions of Americans suffering from serious illness lack access to care that could improve their quality of life by relieving pain and other symptoms, a study finds.

  

• Christian Drummer Shot by Plainclothes Officer Never Fired Gun, Lawyer Reveals

  A Florida musician who was shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer after his car broke down on a highway exit ramp never fired the handgun he was carrying and was running away at one point, lawyers for the dead man's family said on Thursday.

  

• Pope Francis Announces New Vatican Department on Life and Family Issues

  Pope Francis on Thursday announced a new Vatican department on life and family issues, in his latest effort to streamline the central administration of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church.