Couple lose fight for gay marriage recognition
A judge in China has ruled a gay couple cannot register as married, in the country’s first case of its kind. Sun Wenlin (27) and Hu Mingliang (3
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Kenya bans Coca-Cola ‘kissing’ advert
Kenya’s Film Classification Board has forced Coca-Cola to scrap a kissing scene in a television advert because it “violated family values&
Jordan shuts Muslim Brotherhood Hq
Police in Jordan have shut the headquarters of the main opposition movement, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood (MB), group officials say. The building i
S/Arabia’s religious police ordered to be ‘gentle’
Saudi authorities have moved to curb the powers of the religious police, or “mutawa”. Members of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue
Kashmir protests death toll rises to four
The death toll in clashes between security forces and protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir has risen to four, officials say. Two men and a woman