MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Indian government on Saturday approved an ordinance to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to introduce the death penalty for gang rape of girls of age below 12, local media reported. According to The Economic Times, stringent punishment for rape of girls under 12 years will amount […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has issued a statement indicating that North Korea will put an end to its nuclear weapons testing. By the 21st of April, the North Korean military will discontinue its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile testing program, according to North Korea’s state run media, the KCNA. North Korea only has […]
A Myanmar man was arrested Friday morning allegedly on his way to the border at Mae Sai in Chiang Rai with 200 kilograms of crystal meth (“ice”). Myanmar police informed their counterparts in Mae Sai that the man, identified only as Archaw, 29, from Tachilek in Shan state, was stopped in his pickup driving towards […]
Iran has arrested a Culture Ministry official after people danced in public in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the judiciary said on April 19. Deputy prosecutor Hassan Heydari told the judiciary’s Mizanonline news agency on April 19 that the head of the department of Islamic guidance in Mashhad was arrested for “undermining public decency and […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday took responsibility for the daylong detention of an Australian nun active in protest circles, saying foreigners had no right to interfere in domestic issues. The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday freed Sister Patricia Fox, 71, after holding her for a day. The nun, who belongs to the Sisters of […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to replace the US dollar with euro in reporting foreign currency amounts. During a meeting chaired by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Wednesday, the cabinet obliged all ministries, and governmental organizations and companies to use euro instead of US dollar as the […]
A flesh-eating disease known as the Buruli ulcer, which is usually found in West and Central Africa, has been increasing at an alarming rate in Australia over the past two years, especially in the state of Victoria. A report published Tuesday in the Medical Journal of Australia describes the disease as a “worsening epidemic, defined […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – For 5 days in row the opposition holds mass protests against the ex-president, Serzh Sargsyan becoming the Prime Minister of the country. The protesters aim to close the roads around the National Assembly in order to prevent the Prime Minister elections to be held in the parliament. The police announced that the demonstrations […]
