At least 80 people were killed and another 100 injured in the southern French city of Nice after an attacker drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, authorities said. The attacker behind the wheel on Thursday drove at high speed along the famed Promenade desContinue Reading
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At a time when religious beliefs seem to be dividing people and causing pain and destruction to the world, it is always refreshing to see people of different faiths helping each other out. A Roman Catholic Church in the United Arab Emirates, a predominantly Muslim country, recently fed hundreds ofContinue Reading
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Five years ago on July 11, South Sudan became the world’s newest country after seceding from the North. Following a lengthy dispute over where a border should be drawn, it was decided that Sudan’s predominantly Christian South Kordofan and Blue Nile states would remain in the mainly Sunni Muslim North.Continue Reading
London: The number of Britons seeking gender identity treatment has shot up dramatically in recent years, leaving vulnerable people waiting years for a specialist appointment. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal increases in the number of referrals to all of the UK’s 14 gender identity clinics (GICs)Continue Reading
Dingan: To the Catholic Church, French missionary Auguste Chapdelaine is a saint, martyred for his faith 160 years ago in China. To Communist Party officials, he is a devilish rapist, bandit and spy. The finishing touches are being put to a new museum in Dingan, the village where he died,Continue Reading
Juba: Intense fighting has resumed in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as an increasingly tense security situation threatened to send the young country back to all-out civil war. Al Jazeera staff in the city on Sunday heard loud booms, characteristic of heavy weapons, and gunfire coming from the area near theContinue Reading
New York: American print and electronic media gave prominent coverage to the passing away in Karachi of Abdul Sattar Edhi the Pakistani philanthropist calling him a revered figure and the greatest Pakistani while underlining the fact that he lived modestly despite the vast sums of money that passed through hisContinue Reading
