Source: Reuters BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) – Rights activists called on Tuesday for Indonesia’s Aceh province to release four people detained on suspicion of having homosexual sex, amid concerns over […]
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Elgot Jeremy Corbyn has said he “learned at a lot” at a Passover event hosted by a leftwing Jewish group highly critical of mainstream Jewish bodies, after […]
Source: BBC News By Callum May When Pope Francis visits the Irish Republic, in August, the first papal visit for almost 40 years he will find a country wrestling with its relationship […]
Source: Associated Press By YANAN WANG BEIJING (AP) — Restricting the Vatican’s control over the appointment of bishops in China does not infringe on religious freedom, a Chinese official said […]
Source: Reuters By David Alire Garcia SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The resounding victory of a pro-gay marriage candidate in Costa Rica’s presidential run-off vote on Sunday staved off a resurgent […]
Source: The New York Times By ROD NORDLAND KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan military helicopters bombed a religious gathering in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday, killing at least 70 people […]
Source: Mr Fatihul Haq: UK The Charity Walk for Peace Charity Reception Dinner was held on Sunday March 29 th 2018 in Dewsbury St John’s C.E(C) Infant School to a packed hall of charity representatives, community groups and dignitaries. Attending guests came to support the upcoming Charity Walk for Peace […]
Source: The Atlantic BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG This much, at least, can be said for Mohammed bin Salman, the putatively reformist crown prince of Saudi Arabia: He has made all the right […]
Source: Baltimore Sun BY Colin Campbell Safa Daftani stood in a crowd Sunday at the Inner Harbor holding a sign with a flow chart on it. “Are you Black? Muslim? Human?” it […]
Source: The Guardian By David Smith in Washington The Rev Dr William Barber’s arrival in the world was full of portent. He was born on 30 August 1963, two days after Martin Luther King’s […]
Source: Religion News Service By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service is marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with stories and commentaries looking […]
Source: BBC News By M Ilyas Khan Malala Yousafzai’s first homecoming in six years was brief, and revealing. Brief, given the amount of time she would have otherwise liked to […]
Source: BBC News Fiji’s prime minister has said the Pacific island nation is in “a fight for survival” as climate change brings “almost constant” deadly cyclones. Frank Bainimarama said Fiji […]
Source: Religion News Service By Jeffrey Salkin | April 2, 2018 John Legend, as Jesus, is carried during a dress rehearsal scene from NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert.” Photo by Virginia […]
Source: Independent Elephants are Thailand’s national animal, so it’s only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift of a […]
Maria Feck and Christoph Titz traveled to Uganda and were particularly impressed by the large numbers of refugees taken in by the small country. In an interview, the reporters […]
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin review a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace Complex […]
ANADOLU AGENCY MANBIJ, Syria DHA Photo The U.S. is setting up two bases in Syria’s northern Manbij region, currently occupied by YPG/PKK terrorists, Anadolu Agency learned on Tuesday. The […]
This content was published on March 31, 2018 (Keystone) Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up […]
GERMAN PRESS AGENCY – DPA BERLIN Reuters File Photo After eight years the German army has ended its training mission to Somalia and has returned all Bundeswehr soldiers to […]