Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Missouri prepares to execute its 2nd inmate of 2017

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Missouri prepares to execute its 2nd inmate of 2017

Missouri prepares to execute its 2nd inmate of 2017ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for a Missouri inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent man.


India's top court bans Islamic instant divorce

India's top court bans Islamic instant divorceIndia's top court on Tuesday banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim women had fiercely opposed. The Supreme Court ruled that the practice of "triple talaq", whereby Muslim men can divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) three times, was both unconstitutional and un-Islamic. Victims including Shayara Bano, whose husband used triple talaq to divorce her in 2015, had approached India's highest court to ask for a ruling.


S. Korea says no to US request to discuss renegotiating FTA

S. Korea says no to US request to discuss renegotiating FTASEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's top trade negotiator said Tuesday that Seoul will not discuss renegotiation of the free trade agreement with the U.S. without first looking into what is really causing the U.S. trade imbalance.


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