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 […]
Source: The Economist IN BOTH internal and external affairs, every Western democracy is facing tricky questions over Islam. In this delicate area, domestic and foreign-policy questions can never be completely […]
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett Megan McCabe was born into a Catholic family, attended Catholic high school and college, and now teaches at a Catholic university. But […]
Source: The Express Tribune Police in Khanewal on Monday arrested a man claiming to be a pir (faith healer) and put him behind bars on the charges of blasphemy. The arrest […]
Source: BBC News By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Incheon, South Korea It’s the final call, say scientists, the most extensive warning yet on the risks of rising global temperatures. Their dramatic report […]
Source: CT The devil is alive and well and working overtime to undermine the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis says. In fact, the pope is so convinced that Satan is to blame for the sexual abuse crisis and deep divisions racking the Church that he has asked Catholics around the […]
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Source: CNN I first came to know Khashoggi when I was reporting on Osama bin Laden. As young men, Khashoggi and bin Laden knew each other well because Khashoggi was the first journalist from a major Arab news organization to profile bin Laden when he was fighting the Soviets in […]
Written by Alex Newman It remains unclear exactly why or how the Gadhafi regime went from “a model” and an “important ally” to the next target for regime change […]
Leslie Shaffer in Singapore | @leslieshaffer1 | October 8, 2018 Gold has long been viewed as a safe-haven play, but despite recent geopolitical turmoil and market fluctuations, the precious metal […]