ISRAEL: Pope compares child sex abuse to human sacrifice
Pope Francis has promised concrete action to tackle child sex abuse at the end of a Roman Catholic Church summit on paedophilia. Clergy guilty of abus
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BANGLADESH: Passenger plane forced to land in ‘hijack attempt’
An airliner flying from the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to Dubai has been forced to make an emergency landing following a hijack attempt, local media re
AFGHANISTAN: Civilian deaths at record high – UN
More civilians were killed last year in Afghanistan than at any time since records have been kept, according to a new report from the UN. There were 3
BURKINA FASI: Africa’s largest film festival turns 50
Some 100,000 people are expected to attend 450 screenings over the next week at the Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso. Since Fespaco began 50 year
RUSSIA: Toxic alcohol kills 130 tea workers
At least 130 people have died and more than 200 are being treated in hospital after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in north-eastern India, officials s