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UK: Four Birmingham mosques attacked with sledgehammer
World
March 21, 2019
UK: Four Birmingham mosques attacked with sledgehammer
Four mosques in Birmingham in the West Midlands in the UK had their windows smashed with a sledgehammer, police say,…
Thailand’s transgender politician Pauline Ngarmpring: ‘I do it for future generations’
World
March 21, 2019
Thailand’s transgender politician Pauline Ngarmpring: ‘I do it for future generations’
On March 24, Thai voters will elect a new parliament, which is set to end five years of direct military…
New Zealand bans semi-automatic, automatic weapons
World
March 21, 2019
New Zealand bans semi-automatic, automatic weapons
Military-style semi-automatic and automatic firearms like the ones used in the deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch on March 15 will…
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses New Zealand attack video at campaign rally
Middle East
March 18, 2019
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses New Zealand attack video at campaign rally
Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a press conference on Monday that the Turkish president’s decision to screen footage from the…
Germany: Who killed Daniel H.?
Middle East
March 18, 2019
Germany: Who killed Daniel H.?
What happened? On 26 August 2018, the then 35-year-old Daniel H. was stabbed to death in the eastern German city of…
Israel bans right-wing candidate from general election
Middle East
March 18, 2019
Israel bans right-wing candidate from general election
Israel’s highest court voted on Sunday to ban Michael Ben Ari from running in the country’s April 9 general election. The…
Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’
World
March 15, 2019
Rohingya reject relocation to Bangladesh’s island ‘prison camp’
Bhashan Char is a small sediment island that is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones. On Wednesday, Bangladeshi authorities said they would begin relocating Rohingya…
Syria donor conference brings pledges of $7 billion for refugees
Middle East
March 15, 2019
Syria donor conference brings pledges of $7 billion for refugees
International donors are on track to raise close to €6.2 billion ($7 billion) in aid for Syria and those fleeing…
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
World
March 15, 2019
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
Malaysia has closed 111 schools after hundreds of people, many of them children, were hospitalized following the suspected dumping of toxic…
China hits back at US over human rights violations
World
March 14, 2019
China hits back at US over human rights violations
The human rights situation in China has “never been better,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters in Beijing…