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France moves toward ban on so-called gay conversion therapy-
By Associated Press PARIS: French lawmakers have unanimously backed proposed legislation that would ban so-called conversion therapy and authorize jail ...
Chicago woman in Bali ‘suitcase murder’ to be released
A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on ...
In brazen attack by settlers, Palestinians see larger threat-
By Associated Press JERUSALEM: Dozens of Jewish settlers swept down from the dusty hills, hurling rocks at a small Palestinian ...
Pope expresses ‘shame’ at scale of clergy abuse in France
Pope Francis expressed “shame” for himself and the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday for the scale of child sexual abuse ...
Taliban arrest four IS members as extremist threat grows-
By Associated Press KABUL: The Taliban arrested four Islamic State members and seized their documents and weapons north of the ...
Vatican court absolves former altar boy in sex abuse trial-
By Associated Press VATICAN CITY: A Vatican tribunal absolved a former altar boy of charges that he molested a younger ...
Pakistan Army transfers ISI chief Lt. Gen Hameed as Peshawar Corps Commander in surprise reshuffle-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, Pakistan Army on Wednesday transferred the powerful spy agency ISI’s chief Lieutenant General Faiz ...
Zimbabwe reopens bars, but only for vaccinated drinkers-
By Associated Press HARARE: Zimbabwe is allowing bars to reopen for the first time in more than a year, but ...
Court lifts secrecy in alleged Australian espionage trial-
By Associated Press CANBERRA: A court agreed Wednesday to lift a shroud of secrecy from the trial of a spy’s ...
South Africa’s Desmond Tutu turns 90 amid new racist slur-
By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: As South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu turns 90, recent racist graffiti on a ...
