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Indian supreme court issues contempt notices to "cow vigilantism"

TheSupremeCourtofIndiaonMondayissuedcontemptnoticestogovernmentsofthreestates--UttarPradesh,RajasthanandHaryana,forallegedlyfailingtopreventincidentsof"cowvigil

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Australia opens way for faster military response to 'terrorist incidents

Australia'smilitarywillbemorereadilydeployedtorespondto"terroristincidents"onhomesoilunderproposedchangestolawsannouncedbythegovernmentonMonday.AustralianPrimeM

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Sexual assaults during New Year celebrations also reported in Salzburg, Austria

Following revelations that numerous sexual assaults took place in Cologne, Germany over New Year's Eve, Austrian police in Salzburg on Thursday reported a number of similar incidents.

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After California shooting, fears of Muslim harassment rise

A severed pig's head was left outside a mosque in Philadelphia. An Islamic center in Florida was defaced. A Sikh temple in California was vandalized by someone who mistook it for a mosque and left graffiti that included a profane reference to the Islamic State group.

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Dutch New Year celebrations report rising number of incidents

The Netherlands reported a total of 8,400 incidents during the New Year celebrations, up 23 percent compared to last year, officials said Wednesday.