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Amnesty urges travel sites to ban Israel settlement listings
Airbnb announced last November that it would remove West Bank settlement listings but has yet to implement its decision.Amnesty International on Wednesday urged online travel sites to ban listings from Israeli settlements in the…
Little blue penguins stolen from New Zealand nest
The theft was carried out January 24 night. The Department of Conservation (DOC) said they received reports of the two seen digging while a woman held a torch.Three little blue penguins have been stolen from their burrow in New Zealand.…
Rohingya crisis: Unicef head visits Rakhine, backs Annan’s recommendations
Henrietta Fore, the Unicef Executive Director, became the first head of the UN children''s fund to visit Myanmar in over 30 years. She visited a camp for displaced persons in Sittwe, Rakhine''s capital, Efe news reported.The head of the…
Pakistan SC upholds Aasia Bibi’s blasphemy acquittal
"Based on merit, this review petition is dismissed... You could not point out (even) a single mistake in the Supreme Court''s verdict," Justice Khosa told the petitioner''s lawyer.Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a review…
Mehbooba hails Pakistan for allowing minorities to play role in nation building
Kumari has become the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge, according to Pakistan media reports.Commenting over the appointment of Suman Kumari as Pakistan’s first Hindu woman judge, former Jammu and Kashmir…
Chinese human rights website founder jailed
In a statement, the Human Rights Watch called on the authorities to quash the conviction and to free Liu Feiyue unconditionally, Efe news reported.A Chinese court sentenced the founder of a human rights news website to five years in…
In a first, Hindu woman appointed civil judge in Pakistan
Suman Kumari has become Pakistan’s first Hindu woman to have been appointed a civil judge after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers.Kumari, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district,…
10 kidnapped children found dead in Tanzania with missing body parts
Ten children kidnapped in Tanzania have been found dead with their body parts mutilated.Tanzania’s deputy health minister Faustine Ndugulile said all 10 children had been missing since December in Njombe district, southwest…
Taliban talks: Priority is to end war in Afghanistan, says White House
Earlier, The New York Times reported that the US and Taliban have reached an agreement in principle on Afghan peace dealThe priority of the Trump Administration is to end the war in Afghanistan and to ensure the civil war-ravaged…
World’s loneliest duck dead
Trevor was like a local celebrity in the tiny nation of Niue, 2,400 km northeast of New Zealand, for being the only bird of his kind living on the island, reports the BBC.Trevor, dubbed the world's loneliest duck, has died after being…