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Sudan’s main protest group calls for civilian transitional council

The Sudanese group that led protests against deposed President Omar al-Bashir called on Monday for the transitional military council that has taken power to be disbanded and for a new interim civilian ruling council to be formed.

Indian village council denies ordering rape of sisters

SANKROD: A village council in northern India has denied allegations that it ordered two young sisters to be raped because their brother eloped with a higher caste woman. The council's purported ruling led to an international outcry and hundreds of thousands of people have demanded their safety.

Japan forms 'ninja council' to boost tourism

TOKYO: Japanese officials are enlisting one of the country's best-known historical figures - the ninja, martial-arts master and stealth agent of feudal times - to encourage tourism.

Minister for respecting sanctity of other religions

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Pervaiz Rasheed has said that all the religions must respect sanctity of other religions, ARY News reported Monday.

CII wants ban on religious hate speeches

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top religious body Wednesday called for a ban on religious hate speech and greater harmony between sects ahead of a holy month usually marred by anti-Shiite violence.

Pakistan Ulema Council condemns Islamic State

ISLAMABAD: A leading group of Pakistani clerics on Friday condemned the Islamic State organisation, amid concerns the hardline jihadists could gain a foothold in the militant-plagued nuclear state.

UN Security Council calls emergency meeting on Ukraine today

UNITED NATIONS: The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Ukraine on Friday and is mulling a draft statement calling for "a full, thorough and independent international investigation" into what caused the crash of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine.

UN Security Council to meet on Israel, Palestinian hostilities

The 15-member body will meet at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday to discuss the violence that is building up to the most serious hostilities between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza since an eight-day war in 2012.
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