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Immigration counters at airports would be monitored and if any VIP was seen being given special treatment, the immigration staff and official in charge of their shift would be immediately suspended.

The "Nope to the Pope" demonstration called for gay and transgender recognition, a clearer separation of religion and state in Ireland and the acceptance of contraception by the Vatican – as well as action on abuse.

The demonstration took place near the Marian shrine at Knock, which Pope Francis visited earlier on Sunday.

More than 15,000 gathered in the morning on a hilltop in the Kutupalong refugee camp, part of a sprawling web of settlements that are now home to nearly 900,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar.

According to the US version, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the importance of new Pakistan PM Imran Khan taking "decisive action" against all terrorists operating on its soil. Pakistan’s Foreign Office, however, says there was no mention of terrori...

The incident comes as Thailand, a majority-Buddhist country, grapples with multiple other scandals among its clergy, including cases of extortion, sex and drug use.

Cline, who retired from practice in 2009, was given a one-year suspended sentence in December after pleading guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice. No other charges were filed against Cline because Indiana law doesn't specifically prohibit fertil...

Ties with the US cooled further in January when President Donald Trump accused Pakistan of "lies" and "duplicity" in the war on terror, suspending military assistance worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Manafort was convicted on Tuesday of two counts of bank fraud, five counts of tax fraud and one charge of failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.

Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations on Tuesday.

In June, the Chinese Ambassador to India, Luo Zhaohui, was quoted in the media as saying that Sino-Indian ties cannot take the strain of "another" Doklam standoff.

Meiliana, a 44-year old ethnic Chinese Buddhist had complained the Muslim call to prayer, repeated five times a day, was being played too loudly at the mosque near her house in North Sumatra.

According to the FBI in Los Angeles, Ruochen "Tony" Liao, 28, who worked at a luxury car dealership, was kidnapped on July 16 in San Gabriel by three men riding in two black vehicles due to business disputes.

Ageing means pension contributions by workers no longer cover retiree benefits, forcing the Chinese government to fill that gap.

According to reports the loans are part of an investigation into whether Michael Cohen committed bank and tax fraud, and campaign law violations linked to a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

A series of quakes were recorded in Lombok by seismologists throughout Sunday, the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides.