Salim Iskef had just bought a house and his upcoming wedding was going to be the high point of the life he was building in Sweden, a decade after escaping war in Syria. Instead, on Thursday, hundreds of people filed into the church where he was meant to marry in July, to attend his funeral. … Read more
A mass grave outside Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to the head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. Mouaz Moustafa said the site at al-Qutayfah 40km (25 miles) north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves that he … Read more
Inside Assad’s intelligence-gathering networkpublished at 09:34 Greenwich Mean Time 09:34 GMT Feras KilaniBBC Arabic special correspondent, in Damascus Beneath the streets of Damascus I’ve gained access to one of the key sites of the former Syrian regime’s sprawling network of intelligence agencies which for decades attempted to brutally crush opposition movements. In the basement of … Read more
North Korea orders mass production of suicide drones: report DW (English) North Korea to mass produce self-detonating explosive drones, state media reports CNN North Korea leader Kim orders mass production of suicide drones, KCNA says Reuters Kim Jong Un Calls for Mass Production of Suicide Attack Drones Bloomberg North Korea’s Kim orders mass production of attack drones: State media Al … Read more
Police say a manhunt has been launched after the attack in the southeast of the country, were mass shootings have lately become common. Seventeen people, including 15 women, have been killed in two houses in close proximity to each other in a rural town in South Africa, according to the police. A search was under … Read more
MAZAN, France — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case. “I have been criticized for minimizing the seriousness of the heinous crimes of which the defendants are … Read more
Mass polio vaccination to begin in Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges The Washington Post 3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio The Associated Press First children in Gaza given polio vaccines a day before planned UN rollout Al Jazeera English Polio vaccinations arrive in Gaza, but the sanitation crisis remains NBC … Read more
An estimated 150,000 people attended the rally in one of the biggest demonstrations since Israel’s war on Gaza began. Tens of thousands of protesters waving Israeli flags and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday, demanding new elections and the return of captives held in Gaza. Large protests have … Read more
Eight people died in a weekend shooting in Mexico’s Morelos state, adjacent to Mexico City, authorities reported Sunday. The attack occurred Saturday in the municipality of Huitzilac, off a highway connecting the capital with the tourist town of Cuernavaca. Four people died on the scene while four others died after being taken to the hospital, … Read more
Pope Francis presides at Mass During the Day on Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Square with tens of thousands of the faithful to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. By Deborah Castellano Lubov Following the Easter Sunday Mass, Pope Francis delivers his Easter message and blessing “To the City and the World,” praying especially for … Read more