WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand court will begin its hearings on Monday on the conviction of a suspected white supremacist accused of killing 51 Muslim traitors in a massacre that shocked the world and called for a worldwide online campaign to put hatred out. PHILO PHOTO: Brenton Tarrant, accused …
Read More »After Hagia Sophia, the historic Church of Turkey also switched to a mosque
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reconfigured the historic Chora Church, one of Istanbul’s most famous Byzantine buildings, on Friday, a month after the opening of the famous Hagia Sophia for Muslim worship. PHOTO PHOTO: Turkish policemen guard over the Kariye (Chora) museum, the 11th century church of Saint …
Read More »COVID-19 era marks US ‘black hole’ pandemic vaccine compensation fund
(Reuters) – A US government program that compensates people who say they are harmed by an emergency vaccine has paid out on less than 10% of claims, raising questions about whether the process should be used to deal with any side effects from a coronavirus shot to sue, according to …
Read More »Uprising after Somali lawmaker submits bill on child marriage
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hafsa was married at age 13 by her father to a man who paid $ 100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before convincing him to divorce her. Nurta Mohamed, 13, a Somali girl sits in her mother’s prose shelter …
Read More »Hezbollah of Lebanon ‘gained power but lost the country’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fifteen years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, Hezbollah has risen to power in a country that is now collapsing in the midst of a series of devastating crises. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the damaged port area in the aftermath of …
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