London: Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion legislation is in breach of human rights law, the Belfast High Court found today in a judgement hailed as “historic”. The case was taken by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission in a bid to allow women and girls to access abortion in cases ofContinue Reading
Rome: Emma Morano, Europe’s oldest person and the second oldest in the world, marked her 116th birthday by offering to sing her favourite song for visiting well-wishers, Italian media reported today. Morano, one of only two women alive certified to have been born in the 19th Century, reached the milestoneContinue Reading
Nairobi: Pope Francis claims he fears mosquitoes more than people and laughs off security fears surrounding his trip to three African countries in the wake of recent terror attacks in France and Mali. “To tell you the truth, the only thing I’m concerned about is the mosquitoes. Did you bringContinue Reading
Giorgio Ghiringhelli, who drew up the proposal, said the result would send a message to “Islamist fundamentalists,” who he claimed were in Ticino and across SwitzerlandContinue Reading
Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for a three-nation African tour – his first to the continent as pontiff. President Uhuru Kenyatta and ululating crowds welcomed him at the airport in the capital, Nairobi. An atheist group says it will challenge in court a government decision to declare Thursday aContinue Reading
Maryland: Issac Makovo’s smile grows and his eyes twinkle when he talks about his hometown of Mombasa, Kenya. Father Issac is in his third year of ministry in a Catholic Church located in the small community of Hickory, Maryland. Father Issac was recruited by a Kenyan vocation director who wasContinue Reading
David Cameron has said he plans to stage a quick Commons vote on extending airstrikes in Syria next week, saying he will make an oral statement to MPs this Thursday and then ask MPs to consider his proposals over the weekend before going to a full debate and vote. TheContinue Reading
Dhaka : Bangladesh executed two influential opposition leaders who had been convicted of committing war crimes during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, a senior jail official said Sunday, despite concerns raised by the United States and human rights groups that the legal proceedings that led to the deathContinue Reading
Cristina Scuccia wowed judges and audiences last year with her soulful renditions of pop classicsContinue Reading
Dhaka: Police in Bangladesh said Friday that they had arrested a local Islamist leader after an attack on an Italian missionary for which the Islamic State has asserted responsibility. It was the third attack on a foreigner in Bangladesh since September to have been claimed by the terrorist organization. InContinue Reading
