Footage
released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) showed the ruins
of Syria’s Palmyra untouched as the militant group claimed it only
destroy statues which it deems polytheistic, the Guardian newspaper
reported on Wednesday.
China
has set out to make a new law to regulate the traditional Tibetan
practice of sky burial, which involves feeding bodies of the dead to
birds. Official sources in Tibet have indicated that the use of sky
burial sites as tourist attraction may be banned.