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Istanbul - Already beset by a raft of corruption allegations, Turkey's prime minister now faces charges of insulting the minority Alevi community in the latest revelations to emerge from a widening phone-tapping scandal.Among the taped conversations leaked to the...

Washington - The celibate Dalai Lama has thrown his considerable moral weight behind gay marriage, condemning homophobia and saying sex was fine as long as it was consensual.The Buddhist monk offered his views on the hot-button social issue during his latest tour o...

Washington - The Dalai Lama has thrown his moral weight behind gay marriage, condemning homophobia and saying he was not bothered by consensual sex among people from other traditions.In an interview released during his latest trip to the United States, the celibate...

Paris - Jerome Kerviel, a French rogue trader who cost Societe Generale bank nearly five billion euros ($6.7 billion) in high-risk transactions, is said to be walking the 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) between Rome and Paris as a protest trek against "the tyrann...

- Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.The comments, in an interview published Wednesday, were the pope's first response to ...

- Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests, saying "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.The comments, in an interview published Wednesday, were the pope's first response to ...

Managua - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega reappeared in public after a 10-day absence that had sparked rumors he was sick or even dead.He did so at Managua airport as he received Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, arriving from the Vatican after a visit with Pope Fra...

Brooklyn - Blasphemous and graphic while also addictive and entertaining are only some of the words that describe John Patrick Kennedy's scintillating debut novel Plague of Angels.

Yangon - Myanmar has allowed Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to resume some of its work in the country, two days after the government forced it to close its clinics, the medical aid group said.But the group warned of a mounting humanitarian crisis in Rakhine Stat...

Z - Football's world governing body FIFA on Saturday officially authorised the wearing of head covers for religious purposes during matches."It was decided that female players can cover their heads to play," said FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke at a m...