Beijing: Chinese authorities Friday removed a cross from a church after Christian protesters ended a month-long sit-in on the building’s roof in a bid to protect the cross from what they said was its unfair removal, witnesses said. Communist China officially guarantees freedom of religion though authorities are sometimes suspiciousContinue Reading
Bangkok: A Thai man was jailed for 30 years today for “insulting” the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom’s draconian lese majeste law. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is protected by one of the world’s strictest royal defamation rules under whichContinue Reading
United Nations: The UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start of the annual World Breastfeeding Week. The theme for this year’s observance from August 1 to 7 is ‘Women and work – Let’s makeContinue Reading
Chicago: The Sikh community in a major city in the US state of Illinois will have their first gurdwara soon by converting a 30,000 square feet foreclosed building that earlier served as a Baptist church. “The old building, which is spread in 30,000 square foot, is being renovated as NanaksarContinue Reading
Lahore: A Dominican priest in Pakistan has praised the nation’s Supreme Court for suspending the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, and has emphasized the importance of dialogue between Muslims and Christians. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan has made a great move as her deathContinue Reading
Yangon: Myanmar today ordered the release of thousands of prisoners including 210 foreigners, officials said, the latest in a series of amnesties under the reformist government that have seen sentences quashed for hundreds of dissidents. Authorities acting on the instructions of President Thein Sein ordered some 6,966 detainees — 210Continue Reading
Chitral district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been experiencing heavy rains since SundayContinue Reading
Washington D.C: Women from a poor demographic have become an increasing interest in the multi-billion dollar surrogate industry, with most mothers being forced or coerced into volunteering as a surrogate. “Surrogacy depends in many cases on the exploitation of poor women, because it’s the poor who have to sell andContinue Reading
The Satanic Temple unveiled the one-ton statue at an industrial building near the Detroit River just before 11:30 p.m. local time as supporters cheered, “Hail Satan.”Continue Reading
A majority of people wanted the word to be replaced by “Hindu” or “religious freedom,” according to Nepal’s Constituent AssemblyContinue Reading
