A court in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has sentenced a woman who was gang-raped by seven men to 200 lashes and six months in jail after being found guilty of speaking to the media about the crime and indecency. According to the account of the story reported by theContinue Reading
London: The Queen Friday included three inspiring young Indians – Devika Malik, 24, Akshay Jadhao, 27, and Ashwini Angadi, 26 – in a notably religious Christmas message to the Commonwealth. In a normal year, the Queen comes across thousands of people but she picked out the three who were among a groupContinue Reading
Beijing: China has officially junked its controversial one child policy, allowing couples to have a second child amid deepening demographic crisis of shrinking workforce and ageing population in the world’s second largest economy. Chinese lawmakers passed a historic decision allowing all couples to have two children from January 1, ending itsContinue Reading
Somalia’s government has banned celebrations of Christmas and New Year in the Muslim majority country, saying the festivities might attract Islamist attacks. “All events related to Christmas and New Year celebrations are contrary to Islamic culture, which could damage the faith of the Muslim community,” the director general of theContinue Reading
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Vatican: Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas homily, has warned the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics against being “intoxicated” by possessions . He called for more sobriety in a world obsessed by “consumerism and hedonism, wealth and extravagance”, BBC reported. The Pope celebrated a Christmas eve Mass in St Peter’s BasilicaContinue Reading
The conflict has forced 2,000 schools to close, some for more than a year, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and NigerContinue Reading
Oil-rich Brunei has banned public celebrations of Christmas, including sending festive greetings and the wearing of Santa Claus hats. Muslims seen celebrating Christmas and non-Muslims found to be organising celebrations could face up to five years jail. However the country’s non-Muslims, who comprise 32 per cent of the 420,000 population,Continue Reading
A full moon will light up the skies this Christmas, a rare event which has not occurred since 1977 and will not happen again till 2034Continue Reading
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau plans to ask Pope Francis to apologize to Canadian aboriginal peopleContinue Reading
