Source: BBC News North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit the country, South Korea’s presidential office has announced. The invitation to visit Pyongyang will be delivered […]
Source: Associated Press By SARAH EL DEEB BEIRUT (AP) — Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who disappeared last week after a visit to his country’s consulate in Turkey, was once […]
Source: The Guardian By Samuel Okiror Activists trying to open Uganda’s first centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have been told their plans for a safe space are illegal. […]
Source: Reuters BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling party aims to introduce legislation to legalize civil unions for same-sex couples, the state news agency quoted a cabinet minister as saying, after […]
Source: Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Nationalists will stay firmly in power after Bosnia’s general election, deepening the ethnic divide in the country that went through a brutal war […]
Source: Time By KATY STEINMETZ Like his ancestors, 65-year-old Clayton Long spent his childhood immersed in Navajo culture, greeting fellow clan members with old, breathful Navajo words like “Yá’át’ééh.” Then he was sent to an English-only boarding school where his native language, also known as Diné, was banned. “I went into a […]
Source: BBC News By Christine Ro When her daughter was preschool-aged, Rebecca Spencer experienced something familiar to many parents and childminders: the power of a nap. Without it, her daughter […]
We all suffer, regardless of our faith and this is an area most befitting for interfaith tolerance among the followers of the Abrahamic faiths. Afterlife is a common theme in […]
Source: Dawn By Haseeb Asif It is now generally agreed upon by most people that Ziaul Haq’s martial law changed Pakistan’s destiny for the worst. Most, but not all. A […]
Source: The Guardian BY Manoj Chaurasia in Patna and Michael Safi in Delhi Thirty-six Indian schoolgirls have been treated in hospital after they were attacked by a large crowd of teenage boys and their […]
Source: The Washington Post By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis The world stands on the brink of failure when it comes to holding global warming to moderate levels, and nations will need […]
Source: Dawn News BY Pervez Hoodbhoy PAKISTANI immigrants to Europe tend to get a bad press. I was, therefore, pleasantly surprised by my brief encounter in Stockholm three weeks ago with […]
Source: The New York Times By Rick Rojas WEE WAA, Australia — The Rev. Bernard Gabbott bumped along on a road so remote the asphalt had given way to gravel, […]
Source: Associated Press By STEPHEN WRIGHT and EILEEN NG PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Christians dressed in their tidiest clothes flocked to Sunday sermons in the earthquake and tsunami damaged Indonesian […]
Source: The New York Times By Najim Rahim and Mujib Mashal MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — For years, Rasool Landay went from place to place in northern Afghanistan, offering a very specialized and in-demand service: […]
Source: Reuters SOFIA (Reuters) – The Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Friday turned down a call by the Russian Patriarch to hold talks to discuss a bid by the Ukrainian church […]
Source: The Guardian By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent The home secretary, Sajid Javid, decided to cooperate with US authorities in the prosecution of two alleged Islamic State fighters, without assurances they would not […]
Source: Reuters By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A referendum to change Romania’s constitution to prevent same sex couples from securing the right to marry failed to draw enough voters […]
Victims group in Poland maps 255 sex abuse cases by priests Source: Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A private foundation published a map Sunday showing where Catholic priests in […]
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has authorized a “thorough study” of Vatican archives into how a prominent American cardinal advanced through church ranks despite allegations that […]