GERMANY: A brand new study finds that compared to their married counterparts, divorced people live an average of nine years less — making them similar to smokers and the homeless.
ISRAEL: A bill being introduced to the Knesset would permit “civil marriage,” allowing non-religious couples to be married in the country.
PAKISTAN: Police broke up the wedding of a four-year-old girl to a seven-year-old boy in Karachi. Young girls are often married off to settle disputes or debts.