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'Gay sex' disgusts Allah and causes earthquakes, says Muslim cleric in Ghana

Edit Deccan Chronicle 26 May 2016
In an interview, the cleric Mallam Abass Mahmud, said that "Allah gets annoyed when males engage in sexual encounter and such disgusting encounter causes earthquake." ... Mahmud also said that Allah had destroyed the ancient cities ......

Amu to represent Bangladesh at Mamata's swearing-in ceremony

Edit Topix 26 May 2016
Dhaka, May 25 . Bangladesh Industries Minister and Awami League veteran Amir Hossain Amu, who is the party's advisory council member, will represent the country at Trinamool Comgress chief Mamata Banerjee's swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata. Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali confirmed this a press conference today just two days ahead of Mamata taking oath as the West Bengal Chief Minister on May 27,reports Daily Star ... ....

Abbas to arrive in Cairo days after Israeli delegation departs

Edit Indonesia News 26 May 2016
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 8. (photo credit.AFP PHOTO) ... ....

500-bed military hospital takes shape

Edit Modern Ghana 26 May 2016
By Ghana I Multi TV I Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen. The construction of a 500- bed military hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region is at an advance stage, as contractors promise to deliver the project in October this year ... ....

UN alarmed by Hamas move to hold executions in Gaza

Edit The Times of India 26 May 2016
UNITED NATIONS ... UN special coordinator for the middle east peace process Nickolay Mladenov told the security council that public executions are prohibited under international human rights law and that any such killings in the Gaza Strip would be carried out without the approval of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, which is required under Palestinian law ... Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, does not recognize Abbas's legitimacy ... RELATED....

Wang Yong Visits Oman (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmud al-Said and other senior leaders of Oman stated that China's economy, featuring sustained development, is still the main engine of world economic growth, of which Oman is strongly confident....

TPS Students Perform Stephen Sondheim’s Award-winning Music, ‘Into the Woods’ (CMSB - Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. CMSB - Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad) ... Furthermore, the performance witnessed the school's 20 Anniversary Celebrations, held in the presence of His Excellency the Governor of Sarawak Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud and Yang Amat Berbahagia Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Hajjah Raghad Kurdi-Taib on the occasion of Tun Pehin Sri's birthday ... (noodl. 33779557) ....

Palestinian PM dismisses Netanyahu’s direct talks proposal

Edit Dawn 25 May 2016
RAMALLAH. Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah on Tuesday dismissed an Israeli proposal for direct negotiations instead of a French multilateral peace initiative, calling it an attempt to “buy time” ... “Time is short,” Hamdallah said ... Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has welcomed the French plan, but Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed his opposition while saying he is willing to meet Abbas at any time ... ....

Continued Support Critical for Ongoing Somalian Political Process, Horn of Africa Region Stability, Security Council Visiting Mission Reports (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 25 May 2016
(Source. UN - United Nations) ... The visit had come at a critical time, as 2016 was halfway between 2012 - when the current political process had been launched - and 2020, when 'one person one vote' general elections were slated to be held ... Just days later, President Mahmud issued a presidential decree to ensure that there was no extension to the terms of Somalia's executive and legislative bodies. On security issues, Mr ... (noodl. 33797663) ....

Hard-Liner Elected Head Of Iran's Powerful Assembly Of Experts

Edit Radio Free Europe 24 May 2016
The 88-member Assembly of Experts elected Jannati with 51 votes after its inauguration on May 24. . Two other conservatives, Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini and Mahmud Hashemi Sharhoudi, won 21 and 13 votes, respectively ... ....

Iran has elected a hard-liner to one of its top positions

Edit Business Insider 24 May 2016
Iran's Assembly of Experts has chosen hard-liner Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati to head the powerful body, which is responsible for electing and overseeing the work of Iran’s supreme leader ... Two other conservatives, Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini and Mahmud Hashemi Sharhoudi, won 21 and 13 votes, respectively. No moderates or reformists stood for the post ... ....

Rise in death penalty in India's neighbourhood

Edit The Hindu 24 May 2016
On May 12, Pakistani Army Chief Raheel Sharif confirmed the death sentence on Saad Aziz, Tahir Hussain Minhas, Asad ur Rehman, Hafiz Nasir and Muhammad Azhar Ishrat for the May 2015 bus attack on minority Shias and the April 2015 assassination of human rights’ activist Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi ... known to have personally shot Sabeen Mahmud dead....

The rise of death penalty in India's neighbourhood

Edit The Hindu 24 May 2016
On May 12, Pakistani Army Chief Raheel Sharif confirmed the death sentence on Saad Aziz, Tahir Hussain Minhas, Asad ur Rehman, Hafiz Nasir and Muhammad Azhar Ishrat for the May 2015 bus attack on minority Shias and the April 2015 assassination of human rights’ activist Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi ... known to have personally shot Sabeen Mahmud dead....
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