Articles by Maria Khan

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UK: Teenager suffers blood clot, dies after taking contraceptive pill

Teenager from Lancashire suffers thrombosis after taking oral contraceptive pill Microgynon.

Jan 21, 2016

Japan: Taxi drivers pick ghost passengers in tsunami-hit towns

Taxi drivers in Japan encounter 'ghost passengers' who disappear upon reaching their destination.

Jan 21, 2016

Japan Earthquake

Pakistan: Teenager who cut off his hand after blasphemy mistake has no regrets

Pakistani boy says there was no 'trouble in cutting off the hand that was raised against the Holy Prophet?'

Jan 21, 2016

Pakistan

UK: Boys can wear skirts while girls can don trousers at Brighton College

Brighton College allows boys and girls to swap uniforms in respect of gender dysphoria.

Jan 20, 2016

Turkey: Woman who made 'obscene hand gesture' at President Erdogan jailed

Mother-of-2 jailed for making obscene gesture at Erdogan at an anti-government protest in 2014.

Jan 20, 2016

Turkey

UK: Google offers virtual tour of Buckingham Palace

Google's Expedition programme for school children unveils virtual tour inside Buckingham Palace.

Jan 20, 2016

Google Queen Elizabeth II YouTube

World Economic Forum: Plastic to outweigh fish in oceans by 2050

Increased plastic production and use coupled with low recycling is fast flooding the oceans.

Jan 19, 2016

India: Isis threatens to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi over beef ban

A letter signed by Isis sent to the Indian State Secretariat condemns the beef ban.

Jan 19, 2016

Islamic State Isis ISIL India

Argentina: Outpour of poisonous snakes leads to beach closures

Seaside terraces and beaches in northern Argentina covered in floods with stinging animals.

Jan 19, 2016

Argentina

Dutch MP: 'Lock up Islamic men in asylum centres'

Dutch politician calls for male refugees to be locked up to protect women in public.

Jan 19, 2016

Netherlands

Pakistan: YouTube ban lifted after Google launches local version

YouTube relaunched after Google confirms blasphemous content filtered out.

Jan 18, 2016

Pakistan YouTube Google

France drug trial: Health minister says drug trials should continue despite death

French health minister insists 'there is nothing to justify stopping clinical trials.'

Jan 18, 2016

France

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir

Saudi Arabia: Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir calls on UK to 'respect' death penalty

Minister says work needs to be done on the negative perception of Saudi Arabia in the UK.

Jan 16, 2016

Saudi Arabia

Pakistan: Teenager cuts off own hand after blasphemy mistake

Parents and neighbours celebrate after boy cuts off hand believing he had committed blasphemy.

Jan 15, 2016

Pakistan

Istanbul bombings: Suicide bomber Nabil Fadli registered as a refugee a week before attack

Attacker left his fingerprints at the Istanbul immigration centre after entering Turkey from Syria.

Jan 15, 2016

Turkey Syria Islamic State Isis ISIL

Germany: Male asylum seekers banned from public pools in Bornheim

Several male asylum seekers engaged in 'sexually offensive behaviour' leading to a ban at public pools.

Jan 15, 2016

Skip washing hands after petting dogs to retain friendly bacteria

Scientists say excessive hand washing should be avoided for the body to take in good bacteria.

Jan 15, 2016

Italy: African asylum seekers take to catwalk

Migrants from Mali and Gambia walk down fashion runway at Florence's Pitti Uomo exhibition.

Jan 15, 2016

Italy Mali

Changing exams timetable for religious festivals like Ramadan 'sets wrong precedent' says Ofsted

Chief inspector of schools says accommodating religious festivals will make 'things very difficult'.

Jan 14, 2016

London England

US: £347,000 worth of marijuana passed off as carrots found at Mexico border

US Customs and Border Protection officers seize 2,817 carrot-shaped packets containing marijuana.

Jan 14, 2016

Mexico

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