Religious extremists are using schools, “to actively pervert the purpose of education… Under the pretext of religious belief, they use education institutions, legal and illegal, to narrow young people's horizons, to isolate and segregate, and in the worst cases to indoctrinate impressionable minds with extremist ideology… Freedom of belief in the private sphere is paramount, but in our schools it is our responsibility to tackle those who actively undermine fundamental…

Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas calls on African states to join a multilateral mechanism to discuss the conflict between “Israel” and the Palestinians after spurning any US role in such negotiations. “Pursuing peace efforts requires the establishment of a multilateral mechanism under the umbrella of the United Nations.

While others demanded public hanging of the savage who killed Zainab brutally in Kasur, Pakistan, some Senators strongly opposed the execution of the culprit publicly, saying that such a practice, if adopted, would not stop these crimes.

More than 100 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar since Wednesday, with the latest refugees saying army operations are continuing in troubled Rakhine State, raising doubts about plans to send back 655,500 who had already fled.