Tag: international
Piercings and prayer: Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam
The event commemorates the day when the goddess Parvathi gave her son Lord Murugan a powerful lance to fight evil demons
Japanese ‘Luffy’ criminal ringleaders deported from Philippines
Low-level criminals arrested in Japan told police they received instructions from a person or several people who used the name "Luffy"
Pope Francis may visit Mongolia in September
Mongolia has a population of about 1,300 Catholics in a country of more than three million people
Pakistan PM orders Wikipedia website unblocked
Blasphemy is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and social media giants have previously been banned
Pope Francis grieves for victims of quakes in Turkey, Syria
The pope entrusted “those who died to the loving mercy of the Almighty” and sent his “heartfelt condolences to those who mourn their loss”
Earthquake kills more than 4,300 in Turkey, Syria
The confirmed death toll across the two countries has soared above 4,300 after a swarm of strong tremors near the Turkey-Syria border
Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack
"Victory City” is an "epic tale" of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city
Pope Francis: Partisans have used Benedict XVI’s death ‘to serve their...
People who instrumentalize such a good and holy person, Pope Francis said, are partisans and unethical
God accompanies people with same-sex attraction, says Pope Francis
“To condemn someone like this is a sin. Criminalizing people with homosexual tendencies is an injustice,” said Pope Francis
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf dies
Musharraf ruled Pakistan for nearly nine years, starting when then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attempted to remove him as army chief

















