Source: Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province will no longer allow canings for violations of Shariah law to be carried out in public, its governor said Thursday, apparently in response to international condemnation of the caning last year of two men for gay sex that […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Eight victims of the Catholic Church’s most notorious pedophile are pressing the Legion of Christ religious order to compensate them for the sexual abuse they endured and the psychological harm they say resulted from the order’s prolonged campaign to discredit […]
Source: Reuters ZAGREB (Reuters) – The Croatian parliament ratified on Friday a European treaty that has provoked mass protests by social conservatives who believe it undermines family values in the predominantly Roman Catholic country. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Croats protest against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Zagreb, […]
Source: Vox Lynchburg’s Red Letter Revival brought “pro-testifiers” to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s door. By Tara Isabella Burton@NotoriousTIBtara.burton@vox.com Apr 12, 2018, 3:30pm EDT SHARE Alex Wong/Getty Images Lynchburg, Virginia, became the site of a battleground over the future of American evangelicalism last weekend. On one side of the conflict was Liberty University, the […]
Source: The Star By ISABEL TEOTONIO Life Reporter On Friday the 13th, Star readers share their superstitions. Why do they persist in an information age? Well, we are hard-wired to believe certain behaviours result in reward or punishment, so superstitions provide a simple reason for things that one can never fully understand. […]
Source: National Geographic By Leila Fadel Photographs by Lynsey Addario This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. This story is part of Diversity in America, a National Geographic series covering racial, ethnic, and […]
Source: Time By ALEXANDRA SIFFERLIN A new study found that night owls—people who like to stay up late—are more likely to die early compared to morning larks, who rise earlier. The new report, published in the journal Chronobiology International, analyzed a study of about half a million people from ages 30 to 73 and followed what […]
Source: BBC News By Alex Therrien Health reporter, BBC News Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Regularly drinking above the UK alcohol guidelines can take years off your life, according to a major report. The study of 600,000 drinkers estimated that having 10 to 15 alcoholic drinks every week could shorten a person’s life by […]
The New Arab & agencies Saudi crown prince arrives in Madrid as world tour nears end Mohammad bin Salman is on the last leg of his tour [Saudi Kingdom […]
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman just capped off a three-week tour across the U.S. to meet with tech moguls. His Vision 2030 goal is to diversify Saudi Arabia’s […]
İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 U.S. President Trump and Russia’s President Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit, Danang, Vietnam, Nov. 11, 2017. Ending the Syrian war and […]
Josh Gabbatiss Science Correspondent @josh_gabbatiss Thursday 12 April 2018 What is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation? So is The Day After Tomorrow about to become a reality, and are we […]
Assad’s victory is becoming irreversible, but international recognition of it should be conditional on the return of refugees, along with an internationally monitored amnesty and freeing of prisoners Patrick Cockburn […]
By Reuters – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a scientific research center and military bases in Damascus were struck in […]
By Reuters – Apr 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement about Syria at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018 (Reuters photo) WASHINGTON […]
Global Initiative by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to Write the Holy Quran by Hand nearing conclusion in London Writing the Holy Quran by hand, a project under the auspices of […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali,Reuters Scroll back up to restore default view. By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies fired more […]
The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Punjab By Our Correspondent Published: April 13, 2018 PHOTO: AFP / FILE LAHORE: Human Rights and Minority Affairs Provincial Minister Khalil Tahir Sandhu and Higher […]
Rohingya Muslim men with their hands bound kneel as members of the Myanmar security forces stand guard in Inn Din village on Sept 2, 2017.PHOTO: REUTERS YANGON (REUTERS) – The […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW A view shows the river port of Rostov-On-Don, Russia October 19, 2016. (Reuters Photo) Russian lawmakers have submitted a wide-ranging bill that could freeze crucial exports […]