World Modi’s party projected to retain Indian mega-state Lucknow – A firebrand monk and poster boy of Hindu nationalism was set Thursday to retain power in India’s most... Read more 11 Mar, 2022
Countries Unifying Patriarch of Ethiopian Orthodox Church dies Nairobi – The fourth patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox church, who is credited with being key in unifying two feuding factions... Read more 5 Mar, 2022
Countries Egypt probes journalist after controversial Islam remarks Cairo – Egypt’s public prosecutor has launched an investigation into a journalist well-known for his campaigns against Islamists, after... Read more 21 Feb, 2022
World US priest used wrong baptism words for 26 years Los Angeles – Thousands of Catholics in the United States may have to be re-baptized after the church discovered a... Read more 16 Feb, 2022
World Angry mob stones mentally ill man to death in Pakistan Islamabad – An angry mob stoned to death a mentally ill man in Pakistan, authorities said on Sunday, in the... Read more 13 Feb, 2022
Countries Nigeria Islamic police destroy nearly 4 million beers Kano – Religious police in northern Nigeria’s city of Kano have destroyed nearly four milllion bottles of beer, on grounds... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries Egypt swears in first Coptic Christian to head top court Cairo – Egypt’s first ever Coptic Christian judge to head the country’s highest court was sworn in on Wednesday,... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
World Ex-pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal Vatican City – Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness on Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch,... Read more 8 Feb, 2022
Countries South African ex-top judge Mogoeng Mogoeng apologises for pro-Israeli remarks Johannesburg – South Africa’s former chief justice on Thursday apologised for comments he made in 2020 pledging support for... Read more 4 Feb, 2022
Arts and Leisure WATCH | ABC suspends ‘The View’ host Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust comments New York – US actor Whoopi Goldberg was suspended for two weeks on Tuesday from the talk show she hosts... Read more 2 Feb, 2022