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Vatican City, Jun 26: The Vatican on Friday signed a historic first accord with Palestine, two years after officially recognizing it as a state. The accord, a treaty covering the activities of he Church in the parts of the holy land under Palestinian control, was the first since the Vatican recognized Palestine as a state in February 2013. The product of 15 years of discussions, the agreement was

Melbourne/London, Jun 21: Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world today took to mats and stretched, bent and twisted their bodies in multiple complex postures as they marked the inaugural International Day of Yoga, celebrating the ancient Indian spiritual practice. More than a thousand people took part in several events across Australia to mark the day, with Prime Minister Tony Abott

London, Jun 16: Muslim pre-teens in four private secondary schools in London won't be allowed to fast during Ramadan without special permission. The Lion Academy Trust schools sent a letter home to parents announcing that Muslim students would not be allowed to fast during the school day for the upcoming holy month, which begins this week. In the June 10 letter, school officials said that it is

Islamabad, Jun 13: Protests were held across Pakistan's Sindh province to voice anger over what people described as "Indian war hysteria and inhuman brutalities being meted out to the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar". Activists of almost all religious parties and a number of political parties took out rallies and staged demonstrations across Sindh on Friday, Dawn online reported. Pakistan Muslim

Washington, Jun 3: An 82-year-old Sikh grandfather was brutally beaten with a steel pipe by a man who reportedly targeted him for looking like one of “those people”. Piara Singh was attacked outside his gurdwara in Fresno California where he was preparing free meals to give to the homeless. He suffered a punctured lung and head injuries and was left lying in a pool of blood, according to the Los

Haigyi island, Jun 1: Myanmar refused on Sunday to let journalists approach a remote island where more than 700 migrants are said to be held following their rescue last week. Myanmar's navy briefly detained and turned back journalists near a migrant boat being held off the country's southern coast, as officials remained guarded over what would be done with the people on board. Before being turned

Chicago, May 31: Hundreds of people have pledged to boycott United Airlines after a Muslim passenger alleged discrimination due to Islamophobia over an unopened can of Diet Coke onboard the American airliner. Tahera Ahmad's Facebook post over the "clear" discrimination went almost immediately went viral yesterday. The Muslim chaplain at Chicago's Northwestern University was onboard a flight this

Tokyo, May 30: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast today, geologists said, shaking buildings in Tokyo and setting off car alarms. Despite the huge power of the quake, there was no risk of a tsunami, The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported. Residential buildings swayed for around a minute as the quake built in intensity at around 8.30pm (1130 GMT), an AFP correspondent

Kuala Lumpur, May 24: Malaysia today said it has found mass graves, feared to contain bodies of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, near detention camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand, weeks after its police unearthed several bodies from similar shallow graves. The mass graves were found near 17 abandoned camps in Padang Besar area on the Thai side of the border

Guatemala, May 24: A 16-year-old girl was mercilessly beaten and burned to death by a group of vigilante mob in Guatemala. The incident reportedly took place in the village of Rio Bravo, near the capital Guatemala City. The video, which was uploaded on YouTube was viewed several times before it was finally removed. The anonymous girl, accused of killing a 68-year-old taxi driver, reportedly took a