• Campbell Soup Becomes First Major Company To Start GMO Labeling

  Campbell Soup Co said it will label all its U.S. products for the presence of ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major food company to respond to growing calls for more transparency about contents in food.

  

• Pressure Grows On China to Rein in North Korea; South Korea Launches Propaganda Barrage

  South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test, while the United States called on China to end "business as usual" with its ally.

  

• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murdering Christian Convert in Bangladesh: 'We Eliminated the Apostate'

  The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for murdering a Christian convert in Bangladesh, says an online group that monitors extremist activity, the latest killing declared by the militant group in the South Asian nation.

  

• ISIS Militant Publicly Executes Own Mother In Syria Because She Encouraged Him to Leave Group

  An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.

  

• Vatican Condemns 'Woeful' Charlie Hebdo Cover Depicting God As Gun-Carrying Killer

  The Vatican newspaper has criticized French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for depicting God as a Kalashnikov-carrying killer, saying it was "woeful" and disrespectful to true believers of all faiths.