Juba: Intense fighting has resumed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as an increasingly tense security situation threatened to send the young country back to all-out civil war. Al Jazeera staff in the city on Sunday heard loud booms, characteristic of heavy weapons, and gunfire coming from the area near theContinue Reading
New York: American print and electronic media gave prominent coverage to the passing away in Karachi of Abdul Sattar Edhi the Pakistani philanthropist calling him a revered figure and the greatest Pakistani while underlining the fact that he lived modestly despite the vast sums of money that passed through hisContinue Reading
Kulala Lumpur: The Johor Sultan has urged Malays to retain their culture instead of trying to imitate the Arabs, amid growing conservatism among Muslims and adoption of Arabic cultural practices. Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Iskandar told English language daily The Star that he preferred using Malay words like “Hari Raya”Continue Reading
Abdul Sattar Edhi set up one of Pakistan’s biggest welfare organizationsContinue Reading
The Vatican court cleared two journalists also on trialContinue Reading
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Vatican City: Pope Francis has named Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world. Archbishop Cupich, 67, takes the place left vacant by U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, who turned 80 inContinue Reading
Manila: The Philippines is the only Asia-Pacific country where the rate of teen pregnancies rose over the last two decades and the slow decline of its overall fertility rate may deprive the country of the faster economic growth expected in places that have more working-age people than younger and olderContinue Reading
London: The Church of England’s spiritual leader will house a family of Syrian refugees in a cottage at his official London residence, Lambeth Palace, from next month, a local councillor said on Wednesday. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the most senior cleric in the world’s 85 million-strong Anglican communion, pledgedContinue Reading
Dhaka: Four people were killed on Thursday in an attack aimed at a police contingent guarding the Sholakia Ground in Kishoreganj district, just before prayers began at Bangladesh’s largest Eid congregation. Police said at least 13 other persons were injured in the blasts at Azimuddin High School gate, a kilometreContinue Reading
