Express Tribune: LAHORE: An FIR was registered in the early hours of Tuesday against the vandalism of over 100 tombstones at an Ahmadi graveyard in Lahore. The FIR # 1096/12 was registered on instances of trespassing on burial places, punishment for dacoity, mischief and criminial intimidation and trespassing for assault or […]
The UK Scout Association is considering an alternative oath for atheists. The 105-year-old movement is launching a consultation to see if members would back a Scout Promise for those who […]
The head of Turkish human rights association, the Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People, known as Mazlumder, says the country’s Hijab ban is a violation of human […]
Tehran has claimed it captured a US spy drone in the Persian Gulf after the unmanned aircraft entered Iranian airspace, Iran’s Press TV reported. The drone was identified as a […]
US troops are set to leave Afghanistan in 2014, but an unidentified number will stay behind. This is an open-ended occupation that, combined with a pernicious drug war, constitutes a […]
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS Tuesday 4 December 2012 CAIRO: Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime is in danger of collapse “anytime” as the opposition gains ground on the military and political […]
Reuters | Dec 03, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON/TRIPOLI — Libya is having to pay extra for food imports and traders say some foreign firms are diverting shipments elsewhere due […]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel rejected concerted criticism from Europe on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to expand settlement building after the United Nations’ de facto recognition of Palestinian […]
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Rajasthan/Ajmer-shrine-s-religious-head-condemns-temple-razing-in-Pak/Article1-968063.aspx PTI Ajmer, Rajasthan, December 04, 2012 Condemning demolition of a century-old Hindu temple in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, Saiyad Zainual Abedin Ali Khan, religious head of the Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti shrine, on Monday asked the Centre to lodge protest with Islamabad over the matter. “It is highly […]
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Huff Post: Rev. Gary R. Hall, Amb. Thomas R. Pickering and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Although religious freedom is enshrined in the Bill of Rights, religious intolerance still exists in this country. Thanksgiving reminds us that the Pilgrims came to America to escape religious persecution. But the Puritans did not […]
A British website offered young women ‘sponsorship’ from strangers in exchange for private encounters. Allegedly a pretty student could cover up to US$24,000 a year of tuition fees depending on ‘the level of intimacy’ she was willing to demonstrate. The dubious business was exposed by The Independent newspaper, which sent […]
Source: Jakarta Globe Indonesia is increasingly seen as a lucrative new market for international drug cartels and smugglers. This is no surprise given that the illicit drug trade in the country is now worth more than $4 billion annually. According to the National Narcotics Agency, there are between 3.8 million […]
Source: Review of Religions In the modest neighbourhood of Southfields, South-West London, you may be able to catch a view of a 2 acre plot of land blooming with greenery […]
As political divisions ensue and a crisis between the judiciary and President Mohamed Morsi mounts, judges and legal experts debate how Egypt’s national charter will make it to the polls […]
The Royal Family is looking forward to welcoming another prince or princess into the world. Their rep confirmed to Fox News that Princess Kate and Prince William are expecting their […]
Martin Chulov in Beirut The Guardian, Monday 3 December 2012 The United Nations is preparing to evacuate all non-essential staff from Syria and put those who remain in the country […]
Source: The Daily Beast by Allison Yarrow A young woman from Williamsburg’s tightly knit Satmar community breaks with it to stand by her allegation that a community elder raped her. “He watched me when I was young. He always waited for me and said he knew I was going to […]
By Duncan Gardham, Investigations Correspondent of Telegraph MI6 passed up an opportunity to kill a senior leader of al-Qaeda because lawyers advised them they would be breaking the law, it […]