Myanmar: more than a dozen Muslims killed
Yangon: A Buddhist mob rampaged through a town in an isolated corner of Myanmar, hacking Muslim women and children with knives, a villager and a rights group reported on Thursday, saying there could be more than a dozen deaths.
Radical cleric urges to end Syria infighting
Amman: Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who is on trial in Jordan for terrorism, called on Muslim extremist groups in Syria on Thursday to end their infighting
and unite ranks.
Vatican grilled on child abuse by UN watchdog
Geneva: The Vatican on Thursday pushed for the first time to provide answers to the UN over its commitment to stamp out child sex
abuse by priests.
nine killed in blast at religious centre in Pak
Peshawar: At least nine persons, including two children, were killed and over 50 injured in a blast at a proselytising centre in Pakistan’s restive northwest.
3 dead after shooting at US grocery store
Indiana: A gunman walked into a US grocery store and fatally shot two people before he was killed by police, authorities in said.
Indian, driver killed in Philippines
Manila: An Indian involved in a money lending business was killed along with his driver by unidentified motorcycle-borne gunmen in a western Philippines city, the second such incident this month.
Offensive Photos of Deities Outrage Hindus
Johannesburg: Hindu groups in South Africa have expressed outrage at photographs taken at a music festival which depict models in provocative positions, posing with t-shirts featuring various Hindu deities.
Rafik Hariri murder trial begins
Netherlands: Four Hezbollah members went on trial in absentia at a special UN tribunal accused of murdering lebanon’s former premier Rafiq Hariri in a car bombing, as sectarian tensions ran high in the Middle
East country.
US to expand definition of racial profiling: NYT
New York: In the wake of years of criticism over singling out Muslims in counterterrorism investigations, the US is expanding its definition of racial profiling so that federal agents would not consider religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation in their probe.
Medical board to assess Mush’s health
Islamabad: The special court conducting Pervez Musharraf’s treason trial on Thursday ordered the setting up of a medical board to assess the former Pakistani dictator’s health condition after his lawyer said he should be sent to the US for treatment.