NEW DELHI – India’s top court on Tuesday banned an Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many […]
A dual citizenship saga that has gripped Australian politics for almost two months will not be tested in court until October. The court will decide whether […]
A man and a pre-operative transgender woman from Singapore have been jailed in the United Arab Emirates for a year for wearing women’s clothes. They were […]
The woman who has accused Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe of assaulting her has mounted a legal challenge against the South African government for giving her […]
Chechnya’s authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov is spearheading a campaign to reunite divorced couples, involving Muslim clerics who preach Sharia law. A commission appointed by Mr Kadyrov […]
The UN has urged US-led coalition forces to suspend their assault on Raqqa, the capital of so-called Islamic State in Syria, to permit evacuations. Up to […]