Bannu – A bid to blow up a government school in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province was foiled by a bomb disposal squad (BDS) which defused explosives planted outside the school on Wednesday morning. Police personnel were informed about the explosives planted outside the Badshah Khan Government Primary School in Bannu districtContinue Reading
Thousands of peaceful protesters carried yellow banners and umbrellas through Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon, marking the city’s first major pro-democracy rally since police ended the months-long Umbrella movement street protests in December. The rally’s organiser, the grassroots group Civil Human Rights Front, counted 13,000 marchers; the police counted 8,800Continue Reading
Hindus have commended Church of England for consecrating its first female bishop (Right Reverent Libby Lane) at York Minster on January 26 in a historic move, overturning centuries of tradition.Continue Reading
Erbil- Effectively exiled from his friary in Mosul by the Islamic State last year, Dominican Father Najeeb Michaeel is working to preserve Christian manuscripts through digitization, recording a memory of Iraq’s Christian past. Father Michaeel is an Iraqi native who studied in the U.S. and founded, in 1990, the CenterContinue Reading
Vatican releases Pontiff’s reflection during press conferenceContinue Reading
Maguindanao – Dozens of police commandos have been killed in heavy fighting with Islamist rebels in the southern Philippines province of Maguindanao, say officials. Several rebels were also reportedly killed as police entered a village held by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) early on Sunday. Reports say two keyContinue Reading
Following last month’s Taliban school massacre, Pakistan is allowing teachers to carry weapons.Continue Reading
Beijing- A Chinese bishop of the “underground” Church faithful to Rome has said that the Vatican should take the first step to resolve a long-running conflict with the Beijing regime. In an interview posted by Vatican Insider, Bishop Joseph Wei Jingyi of Qiqihar—who is not recognized by the Chinese government—said thatContinue Reading
Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state television. King Salman has named his half-brother Muqrin as his crown prince and heir.Continue Reading
Madhu – Kunaratnam Sabaratnam’s legs were severed by a shell in the closing stages of Sri Lanka’s ethnic war. But shaking hands with Pope Francis at the Marian shrine in Madhu “was like meeting God, and the pope’s touch took way all my pains of these years,” Sabaratnam told CatholicContinue Reading
