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An Egyptian security official said on Friday that a mother and her two daughters were murdered by several male relatives, on suspicion of moral offenses — so-called "honor killings."

The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends largely on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence.

An advocacy group said Friday that patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a coma-like state, factors that may have led to a recent escape.

Close allies of Toronto Mayor Rob's Ford said Friday they will release a letter that urges the mayor to address an alleged video that shows him smoking crack cocaine.

The Catholic archdiocese in Spain said Friday that it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.