Sword-wielding Sikhs clashed at India’s Golden Temple during a prayer service to commemorate the 1984 government massacre that took place at the same venue in Amritsar 30 years ago.

Fears for the fate of 223 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish after the leader of the Islamist militant group that abducted them announced plans to sell them.

On January 16, a United Nations panel interrogated the Vatican during in an unprecedented hearing in Geneva about its handling of sexual abuse cases over the years.

After five boys filed complaints of sexual abuse against Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, the Vatican refused to extradite the accused.

Tributes have been pouring in from all quarters for Pakistani teenager Aitzaz Hasan, who lost his life while tackling a suicide bomber targeting his school in Hangu.