• In Jerusalem's Cramped Old City, Christians Feel the Squeeze

  When hundreds of Jewish nationalists marched through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City this month, waving banners and chanting songs in what has become an annual ritual, it wasn't only Muslims watching warily. Christians were, too.

  

• Senate Rejects Gun-Control Measures After Orlando Shooting

  The U.S. Senate on Monday rejected four measures restricting gun sales after last week's massacre in an Orlando nightclub, dealing a bitter setback to advocates who have failed to get even modest gun curbs through Congress despite repeated mass shootings.

  

• Kim Davis, Kentucky Clerk Imprisoned for Opposition to Gay Marriage, Says State Law Negates Appeal

  The Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to dismiss her appeal because the state's new law to remove clerks' names from licenses made her action unnecessary.

  

• Orlando Gunman Omar Mateen Claimed to Have Bomb-Rigged Car and Vests: FBI

  The gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida threatened to blow up a car rigged with bombs and to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to partial transcripts of his 911 calls released on Monday.

  

• Pro-Choice Campaigners to Fly Drone With Abortion Pills Across Irish Border

  Pro-choice groups plan to fly a drone carrying abortion pills from Ireland to Northern Ireland in protest against restrictions on terminations on both sides of the border, activists said on Thursday.