Today's World News
To Start off
Germany to end unofficial tolerance of polygamy - 'No one who comes to us has the right to put their cultural roots, or their religious beliefs, above our laws,' says justice minister.
Germany is to end its unofficial tolerance of polygamy - including marriages involving minors, the country's justice minister has vowed. Know more
Decriminalisation Call As 'War On Drugs' Fails - Top public health experts say illicit drug use should be treated as a health issue rather than punishing those who need treatment.
Drug use should be decriminalised as the "war on drugs" continues to fail, two leading organisations have said. Know more
Post-Islamic State Iraq should be split in three: top Kurdish official
Once Islamic State is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shi'ite Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds, a top Kurdish official said on Thursday. Know more
Catholic orders take their lead from the pope and divest from fossil fuels - Exclusive: Four Australian Catholic orders are jointly and publicly divesting from coal, oil and gas: ‘We believe the Gospel asks no less of us’
Four Australian Catholic organisations have announced they are completely divesting from coal, oil and gas in what they say is the first joint Catholic divestment anywhere in the world. Know more
Killing of non-Muslims and minority groups forbidden in Islam: Bangladesh clerics.
AhlulBayt News Agency - Bangladeshi clerics have issued a fatwa against the killings of minorities and secular campaigners in the mainly Muslim country, where police have arrested over 10,000 people in a crackdown on militancy. Know more
Obama meets Dalai Lama in spite of China protest
U.S. President Barack Obama met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, at the White House on Wednesday despite a warning by China that it would damage diplomatic relations. Know more
Lego donates 600 million kroner to new children’s hospital in Copenhagen
A new building at Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet will provide a ‘world class’ facility for children, young people, women in labour and their families. Know more
Second gravitational wave detected from ancient black hole collision - Following February’s historic announcement, LIGO has again spotted ripples in the fabric of spacetime, from the collision of a second set of black holes
Physicists have detected ripples in the fabric of spacetime that were set in motion by the collision of two black holes far across the universe more than a billion years ago. Know more
EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found in Mediterranean
Wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean last month has been found, Egyptian investigators say. Know more
There you have it our Hottest News of the day.
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Today's Historic Event
June 16, 1961
Rudolf Nureyev , the world renowned dancer from the Soviet Union's Kirov Opera Ballet Company, defects during a stopover in Paris.
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