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More than 50 killed, dozens wounded in Pakistan blasts

QUETTA, Pakistan, Sept 29, 2023 (AFP) - More than 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Pakistan's Balochistan…

Saudi summons Swedish diplomat over Koran protests

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia said late Thursday it was summoning a Swedish diplomat to denounce the issuing…

Saudi summons Swedish ambassador over Koran burning

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia has summoned Sweden's ambassador to denounce a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that…

World’s oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38 mn

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New…

Four people shot dead in Tunisia synagogue attack: interior ministry

TUNIS, May 10, 2023 (AFP) - Two worshippers participating in an annual Jewish pilgrimage to a renowned Tunisian synagogue and…

US panel again takes aim at India on religious freedom

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 (AFP) - A US government panel renewed calls Monday to blacklist India over religious freedom, saying…

Dalai Lama apologises for asking boy to suck his tongue

  New Delhi, India | AFP | Monday 4/10/2023 The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised on Monday after…

Palestinian killed after West Bank car ramming as violence rises

by Ahmad Gharabli A suspected assailant was killed by Israeli soldiers after a West Bank car ramming Saturday, the army…

Death toll in India temple collapse rises to 35

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen…

Key member of pope’s sex abuse commission quits

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Wednesday 3/29/2023 The most influential member of a Vatican commission on tackling clerical…

Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist

AMRITSAR, India (AFP) -- Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on…

The reckoning: child sex abuse in the Catholic Church

  Paris, France | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 Portugal on Monday will become the latest country to issue an independent…

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