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Philippine celebrity preacher sought on sex charges
Published on 03/04/2024
» MANILA - A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of a popular evangelical Christian preacher and longtime friend of former president Rodrigo Duterte, on charges of human trafficking and sexual abuse of a woman, court documents show.
Australian woman charged in ‘mushroom murders’
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian police charged a woman with murder on Thursday over a mushroom meal that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life.
Australian woman arrested in lethal mushroom mystery
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian police on Thursday arrested the woman at the centre of a mushroom meal mystery that left three people dead and a local preacher fighting for his life.
Race to save the Amazon leaves out Brazil's crucial savanna
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» SãO DESIDéRIO (BRAZIL) - People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.
'We don't exist': Pakistan's Ahmadi minority living in fear
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» RABWAH (PAKISTAN) - Sadia Amjad's father died for his faith, stabbed in the street by an Islamist who discovered he was part of the minority Ahmadiyya sect that has been persecuted for decades in Pakistan.
'Barbie' hits nerve in conservative Gulf
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» DUBAI - After being banned in some Arab countries, the film "Barbie" is dividing audiences in the conservative Gulf.
Sierra Leone riot victims' families await justice
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» MAKENI, Sierra Leone: Aminata Kabba says she has not seen justice in the year since learning from a social media video that armed men had shot her son dead, days after widespread riots gripped Sierra Leone.
Sedition clampdown hits 'ordinary' Hong Kongers
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» HONG KONG - Single mother Law Oi-wah pled guilty to sedition in an almost inaudible voice, as her 12-year-old son watched from a few feet away in a Hong Kong court.
Death toll in Kenya starvation cult case passes 400
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» NAIROBI - The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has exceeded 400 after 12 more bodies were found on Monday, a senior official said.
Kenyan court acquits 'miracle baby' pastor in trafficking case
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» NAIROBI: A Kenyan court on Monday acquitted a controversial self-styled preacher who claimed he could help infertile couples conceive "miracle babies" through prayer, citing insufficient evidence from prosecutors.