LONDON: The Scottish Episcopal Church on Friday became the first Anglican Church branch in Britain to take a step towards allowing gay marriage in church.
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal throughout the nation Friday in a much-awaited landmark decision that triggered wild scenes of jubilation and tears of joy.
DUBLIN: Irish voters backed same-sex marriage by a landslide in a referendum marking a dramatic social shift in the traditionally Catholic country, government ministers and opponents of the bill said on Saturday.
HELSINKI: Finland voted Friday to consider a new law to legalise same-sex marriage in a victory for campaigners who gathered thousands of signatures to force parliament to examine the issue.
CAIRO: An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral on the Internet.