APThis is a new sculpture of the late Pope John Paul II that was unveiled in Czestochowa, Poland, on Saturday.
The 13.8 metre figure is made from white fibreglass and was unveiled by Archbishop Waclaw Depo.
It was funded by a businessman, Leszek Lyson, in gratitude for what he believes was an intervention by the late pontiff in saving his drowning son.
Israel will not remove metal detectors whose installation outside a major Jerusalem mosque has triggered the bloodiest confrontations with the Palestinians in years, but could eventually reduce their use, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
Iraqi forces say that a young girl in their captivity in Mosul is a German girl who became radicalized online and left her country to marry an ISIS jihadi
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