Chile’s constitutional court has voted to approve a bill to ease the country’s total ban on abortions. Pro-abortion activists celebrate outside the constitutional court in Santiago, Chile.Women outside the constitutional court in Santiago, Chile, celebrate the latest ruling. Photo: AFP It ruled that terminations were justified after rape, if theContinue Reading

More than 800 people have died in floods across South Asia, officials said on Monday, with monsoon rains also causing the deaths of hundreds of animals, including rhinos and a tiger in India’s Kaziranga sanctuary. Widespread floods have also displaced over a million in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Aid workersContinue Reading

New Delhi: In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court Tuesday banned the controversial practice of triple talaq that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying “talaq” thrice. A five-judge bench ruled that the practice of instant triple talaq is unconstitutional and against the teachings of Islam. SeveralContinue Reading