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Cardinal Pell to walk free from Australian jail after winning appeal
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Cardinal George Pell's historic child sex abuse convictions were quashed by Australia's High Court on Tuesday, paving the way for the senior Catholic cleric's release from prison.
Thousands of Muslim pilgrims ignore virus risk to gather in Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2020
» JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR: Thousands of Muslim pilgrims from across Asia gathered in Indonesia on Wednesday, despite fears that their meeting could fuel the spread of a coronavirus, just two weeks after a similar event in Malaysia caused more than 500 infections.
Iraq names new PM as rockets hit base hosting foreign troops
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» BAGHDAD - Iraq's president Tuesday named ex-Najaf city governor Adnan Zurfi as the new prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by street protests, military unrest and now the coronavirus pandemic.
Cardinal Pell's final appeal against child sex abuse opens in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/03/2020
» CANBERRA - Cardinal George Pell's last-chance appeal against his child sex abuse convictions opened in Australia's top court Wednesday, with his fate now in the hands of the country's most senior judges.
Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi asks France for asylum
AFP, Published on 25/02/2020
» PARIS - Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a 2010 conviction of blasphemy, said Monday that she was seeking political asylum from the French government.
Voting underway in Iran parliamentary election
AFP, Published on 21/02/2020
» TEHRAN - Iranians began voting Friday in a parliamentary election which conservatives are expected to dominate, capitalising on public anger against moderate conservative President Hassan Rouhani over a ravaged economy, corruption and multiple crises.
Conservative resurgence on the cards as Iran votes
AFP, Published on 21/02/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran votes Friday in key elections which conservatives are expected to dominate, capitalising on public anger against moderate President Hassan Rouhani over a ravaged economy, corruption and multiple crises.
Iraqi protesters dig in heels despite new PM-designate
AFP, Published on 03/02/2020
» BAGHDAD - Furious anti-government youth in Iraq's capital and south on Sunday rejected the nomination of Mohammad Allawi as prime minister, but came up against rival sit-ins by supporters of an influential cleric backing the new premier.
Three rockets hit US embassy in protest-hit Iraqi capital
AFP, Published on 27/01/2020
» BAGHDAD - Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq's capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country.
Thousands protest in Iraq to demand ouster of US troops
AFP, Published on 24/01/2020
» BAGHDAD: Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capital on edge.