An emaciated man, who claimed to have spent 16 months adrift at sea, has been rescued after being washed up on a remote Pacific atoll. The man, with a dishevelled […]
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
Epigraph: On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them, […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — The former partner of French President Francois Hollande said she felt like she “was falling from a skyscraper” when she learned about his alleged affair with an actress, Paris Match magazine said Thursday. More:
Russia Today: Edward Snowden has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two Norwegian lawmakers, who say the NSA whistleblower contributed to “transparency and global stability” by revealing the […]
Source: Kashmir Life: By Zubair Khan Note by Editor: About honorary Judges in German judicial system; It is a constitutional judicial tradition in German higher courts regulated through relevant laws that a division bench of three judges sits in a particular case hearing, out of which only one judge is […]
Source: CNN Lawmakers in Kiev voted Tuesday to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered demonstrators and helped plunge Ukraine into political crisis.The vote came only hours after Prime Minister Mykola Azarov announced he had submitted his resignation in a bid to ease the situation.Televised images from a […]
Source: BreakingNews.ie The Constitutional Convention has published its report calling for the offence of blasphemy to be removed. It recommends that blasphemy is replaced by a new general ban on […]
Source: TOI LONDON: The British parliament has for the first time ever pulled up its revered Queen for failing to control her expenses. In what is the first such report into royal finances brought out by the Committee of Public Accounts, the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has been openly asked to […]
Source: Morocco World News: Sidi Ifni- Sawsan Chebli, a 35-year-old German woman, has been appointed as a spokespersons of the German Foreign Ministry, according to media reports. Of Palestinian origin, Chebli is the first Muslim woman to represent the Ministry. She is now preparing to be deputy spokesperson under chief spokesman […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — The year is 2063. By now, all of Europe’s volcanoes have come to life and erupted, spewing out thick plumes of ash into the atmosphere. Dense black clouds of dust envelop the murky sky, plunging the entire continent into total darkness. The whole of Europe lies in […]
Global Post: The DNA of a hunter-gatherer who lived in Spain some 7,000 years ago suggests that Europeans were dark-skinned until much more recently than previously thought, researchers said Sunday. Genetic material […]
Source: Guardian, UK • Public broadcaster ARD to air interview Sunday night • Snowden: information not related to national security is taken Jump to comments (148) ARD is scheduled to […]
Source: CNN. A day after parting ways with President Francois Hollande, France’s former first lady discreetly left Paris for India on Sunday to support a nonprofit organization, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. Valerie Trierweiler boarded an Air France flight to Mumbai with an entourage that included her friend actress Charlotte Valandrey, […]
Global Post: KIEV (Reuters) – Police clashed with protesters who blockaded a building in central Kiev on Sunday and the fate of Ukraine’s government was up in the air after […]
Source: NY Times: MELBOURNE, Australia — As the first set of the men’s singles final at the Australian Open unfolded Sunday, those who assembled inside Rod Laver Arena watched in disbelief. There were two players and one was dominating and his name was not Rafael Nadal. More:
Source: BBC French President Francois Hollande is to formally announce his separation from his official partner, Valerie Trierweiler, say French media reports. It comes after a magazine published photos apparently […]
Source: The Local. Homosexuality is a defective manner of expressing sexuality, because this [sex] has a structure and a purpose, which is procreation,” Fernando Sebastián told Spanish local daily Diario Sur. “A homosexual who can’t achieve this [procreation] is failing,” said the man who will take up office in the Vatican […]
Source: TOI A ghost ship carrying nothing but disease-ridden rats could be about to make land on Britain’s shore, experts have warned. The Lyubov Orlova cruise liner has been drifting across the north Atlantic for the better part of a year, and salvage hunters say there is a strong chance it is heading this way. Built in Yugoslavia in […]
Source: The Daily Beast Prince George will be logging some serious baby air miles this spring when William and Kate hope that he will be accompanying them on their first official tour of Australia and New Zealand. More: