At a press conference Smith suggested a way through could be for an existing parliamentary inquiry into freedom of religion to report after same-sex marriage was legalised, because conservatives are raising issues of parenting laws and free speech that are not relevant to a marriage bill. [Full Article...]
Along with grief and concern over gun violence, the attack also resurfaced an idea: Should we increase security at - or even arm members of - our own churches? "Churches, pastors - they're busy; they've got a lot of things going on", Wohlrabe said. [Full Article...]
Judge of the Accountability Court Islamabad Muhammad Bashir heard the case. The court has summoned four another witnesses to record their statement. In late July the Supreme Court sacked Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family, making him the 15th premier in Pakistan's 70-year history to be ousted before completing a full term. [Full Article...]
The fiery comments came even as Saudi Arabia said on Monday that it will begin reopening airports and seaports in Yemen those in areas not controlled by the rebels after days of closing them over a rebel ballistic missile attack on Riyadh. [Full Article...]
The prime minister said that the country has kept emphasis on "minimum government and maximum governance" and repealed about 1,200 outdated laws over the last three years. The ASEAN has been pushing for a legally binding code of conduct for all stakeholders in the SCS but Beijing has been opposing such a framework asserting that it will resolve the dispute with respective countries under bilateral... [Full Article...]
Tremors were felt across the nation including Seoul and Busan, with some residents in the affected areas reporting damage. The most powerful quake recorded in the south was a 5.8-magnitude tremor that hit the southeastern city of Gyeongju in September past year. [Full Article...]
The military drills come amid U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Asia, which has been dominated by discussions over the North Korean nuclear threat. There was no armed conflict between the two sides, the military said. At Panmunjom, once an obscure farming village inside the 2 1/2-mile-wide DMZ that separating the rivaling countries, North Korean soldiers wearing lapel pins with the images o... [Full Article...]
People look after a mass transit train collision at a platform at Joo Koon station in Singapore Wednesday. It said a faulty west-bound train had stalled at Joo Koon station on the system's East-West line at 0818 AM. The panel found that staff did not act "sufficiently aggressively or promptly" to deal with the spill. In addition, the train operator announced plans to purchase new locomotives... [Full Article...]