Reporting from London, United Kingdom – Belgium is one of the least religious countries in the world, according to a study by the Gallup International. Less than half (44 percent) of the Belgians call themselves religious, compared to a global average of two in three (63 percent). For the study, the researchers interviewed 63,898 people in 65 countries. Europeans in general appear to be less religious. In Western Europe, 43 percent of the population is religious, 37 percent consider themselves as unbelievers and 14 percent as atheist. The least religious country in Europe is Sweden, where only 19 percent of the population still call themselves religious, and 78 percent are atheist. The most religious country in the world is Thailand (94 percent), followed by Armenia, Bangladesh, Georgia and Morocco (93 percent). 

– The body of a migrant who died in a boat, crossing the Mediterranean was thrown to sharks by a human trafficker yesterday, as the death toll from a separate attempt to reach Italy by sea rose to 400. The smuggler was arrested by Italian police when the boat arrived in the port of Pozzallo in Sicily. The 19-year-old man from Guinea named as Aboubakarma Banghoura was being questioned by police. Witnesses on board the boat told Italian authorities that the African migrant died from asphyxiation (suffocation).