Converting the Istanbul Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be “unacceptable,” a senior official of the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed restoring the status of the mosque to the World Heritage site recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Converting the Istanbul Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be “unacceptable,” a senior Russian Orthodox Church official said Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was a Byzantine cathedral before it became a mosque that is currently …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly 30% of genome sequencing data from samples of the COVID-19 virus collected by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown signs of mutation, but there is no evidence that this has led to a more serious illness. The WHO official said Friday. “I think it is …
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Algeria received the skulls of 24 resistance fighters decapitated during France’s colonial occupation of the North African country, and which had been stored for decades in a Paris museum. The return of the skulls was the result of years of efforts by Algerian historians and comes amid growing global recognition …
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A fire broke out Saturday at a power station in southwestern Iran, the latest of several fires and explosions in sensitive sites. The fire, which affected a transformer at the Ahvaz city power plant, was put out by firefighters and electricity was restored after partial outages, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a …
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