A prominent Saudi sheik believes that celebrating Valentine's Day does not conflict with Islamic teachings. He thereby renounces the strict religious policy in the kingdom. Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghamdi, former head of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Immorality in the Mecca region, said Thursday in an interview with Arab News that Muslims can focus love on February 14 with confidence.
A Virgin Atlantic plane made a 'love flight' on Valentine's Day. The device rose specially to draw a heart.
The Danish queen Margrethe has lost her support and stay of more than fifty years. In recent years she had to make it increasingly without a husband, Prince Henrik, who retired in 2016 and then increasingly struggled with his health. Last year Henrik was diagnosed with dementia.
That Donald Trump would like to see a grand military parade in the United States was already known, but his request has turned into a tough demand.
Again Paige Spiranac has to explain: no, she is not a golfer because of her deep neckline or beautiful looks. While the 24-year-old sportswoman struggles with her image, the golf world in Dubai tries to shut her up.
The English Bolton pulls the bell over objects that are left in coffins. Grieving people are urged to no longer do this. For example, an exploding coconut in a coffin recently made sure that the staff of a crematorium were shocked during a cremation.
The British government is not allowed to extradite an alleged hacker to the United States. That decided a British court, after a lower court in 2016 had ruled that Lauri Love could be transferred to the Americans.
One in five men enjoy their car more than their partner. This is shown by research by an English lease company. Men use the washing of their car or 'refuel' even as an excuse to avoid their wife.
Keep the handkerchiefs ready, because Nigel the lonelyest bird in the world has died. In addition to the (concrete) love of his life, at the love nest he built for her.
After ten hours of technical presentations during the North American Bitcoin Conference, five thousand investors in crypto coins were invited to 'network' for a while. In a strip club.
The \u0026 # x27; blue superblood moon \u0026 # x27; has attracted plenty of attention worldwide. Everywhere people went in search of the best place to marvel at the special natural phenomenon. The moon seems extra large because it is relatively close to the earth. She also gets a red glow because the earth stands between the sun and the moon and darkens it.
Donald Trump came with a patriotic message in his first State of the Union. It became a 'throne speech' in which the economic successes in America were listed and regular heroes in the honor were celebrated or encouraged by First Lady Melania Trump.
Two helicopter pilots of the US Army have written history. Ten years ago they would probably have been fired, but recently they gave each other the yes-word: the 30-year-old Daniel Hall and his great love, the 26-year-old Vincent Franchino.
Doctors are used to it, but sometimes they make things that they are completely amazed by. Similarly, doctor Kenny Bahn, who works at the emergency room of a hospital in the American city of Fresno. He looks back on a bizarre service in which he found a man with a mysterious plastic bag in his waiting room.
His novels and travel stories from Provence made him world famous: the British bestselling author Peter Mayle is dead. Mayle died on Thursday at the age of 78 after a brief illness in a Southern French hospital, publisher Alfred A. Knopf reported on Twitter.
Sleeping for at least seven hours a night can help you eat less sugar. This is evident from a new British survey, Time reports. To reach this conclusion, the sleep and diet of 42 healthy adults was followed for four weeks.
A day after the false bomb threat in Hawaii, the Dutch take stock: the 'typical American' panic has passed by our countrymen, although Prescilla (27) almost crawled into the closet, brotherly next to her cats.
The new Santa Montefiore, the British who with her romantic feel good stories regularly gets the international bestseller lists, she does not have to be. 'I am not that ambitious,' says Charlotte de Monchy (38). Nevertheless, the author is well on her way to becoming one of the most popular chicklit authors in the Netherlands. 'I believe in long-lasting love and friendships.'
The Iranian armed forces are prepared to take action against anti-government demonstrators. Army leader Abdolrahim Mousavi said, according to state media, that his troops can intervene if necessary. He described protesters as people who were 'misled by the Great Satan,' a reference to the United States.
The meeting of President Trumps son Donald Jr., son in law Jared Kushner and the then campaign boss Paul Manafort in June 2016 with a Russian lawyer affiliated with the Kremlin, was 'treacherous, unpatriotic and bad shit'.
Madeline Anello-Kitzmiller, the topless 'glitter girl' that went viral on Tuesday when she did not pick it up when a snipe hit her at a festival in her breasts, has now also verbally beaten back. 'My breasts are not sex toys, they are not an invitation.'
A 7-year-old boy, who was badly injured last week when he crashed on the highway, has already stolen four times a car to drive to his mother, Cyndi Nichols claims on American TV.
She wrote a whole series of detective novels with titles that always started with a next letter from the alphabet. But, her daughter writes dramatically on Facebook: 'For us, the alphabet ends with Y from now on.' Writer Sue Grafton died last night at the age of 77 in California, in the midst of her family.
Pope Francis asked during the Mass on Christmas Eve to show sympathy with persecuted people driven from their homes. These should be received with open arms. 'Behind the steps of Mary and Joseph are many steps hidden. We see the footprints of entire families, who are forced to leave their homes today, 'said the prince of the church against the thousands of believers in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The 7-year-old Crystal from the American state of Texas has written an emotional letter to Santa. She does not want presents but rather a blanket or some food. 'Because at home I only have one blanket and that is not warm enough.'
An Indian man who had himself filmed while he was killing a Muslim hoped to get money-lenders. Hundreds of people actually made money. 'The suspect wanted to become a Hindu hero after he killed a Muslim,' said a police spokesman. 'His main goal was to raise money after his hate-induced crime.'
Verona Koliqi and her fiancé Mirand Buzaku met in 2016, at least, they thought. When they browsed a photo album on the couch, Mirand's eyes suddenly fell on an old beach photo.
Finally, after seven long years, the trial starts today against those responsible for the disaster at the Love Parade in 2010. In the German city of Duisburg 21 young people were killed in a mass panic, five hundred people were injured. Many, however, believe that the true culprits do not appear in court.
Ten suspects are Friday in court for their share in the drama during the Love Parade in Duisburg in 2010. During a huge hustle, panic arose among the visitors. 21 people died and more than six hundred others were injured.
The Australian parliament has approved gay marriage after a long and fierce national debate. As a result, the people's representation follows the Australian population, who recently appeared to support homosexual marriages by a large majority in a national survey.
