New arrest by French investigators probing church attack in Nice

October 30, 2020 Article

Detectives investigating an attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a Nice church have a second suspect in custody, as France heightens its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. Tunisian anti-terrorism authorities have opened an investigation into an online claim that the attack was […]

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Gardaí investigate after the far-right target mosque

October 28, 2020 Article

Gardaí (Irish police) are investigating after a far-right group holding a banner targeted Ballyhaunis Mosque...

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Two arrested over wartime killing of 78 civilians

October 27, 2020 Article

Two people have been detained in Bosnia on suspicion of taking part in the killing of at least 78 civilians during the 1992-95 war. The two men were apprehended in Banja Luka, the main town in the Bosnian Serb-run part of the country, according to the prosecutor’s office. They are suspected of crimes against humanity […]

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Pope names first black American cardinal

October 25, 2020 Article

Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory.He will become the first Black US prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise announcement from his studio window to faithful standing below in St Peter’s Square, Francis said the churchmen will be elevated to a cardinal’s rank in a […]

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Children among dead in Kabul bombing

October 24, 2020 Article

A suicide attack in Afghanistan’s capital has killed at least 10 people and wounded 20 others, including schoolchildren, the interior ministry said. The explosion struck outside an education centre in a heavily Shiite neighbourhood of western Kabul. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the attacker was trying to enter the centre when he was stopped […]

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Risk of being exposed to Covid-19 ‘100 times greater than four months ago’

October 23, 2020 Article

The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 is now 100 times greater than it was four months ago, the Department of Health has warned. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Heather Burns appealed for people to stay at home and adhere to public health guidance as the country’s incident rate exceeded 300 per 100,000 population for […]

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850,000 families in the UK are struggling with the cost of food – charity says

October 22, 2020 Article

One in seven parents of school children who are not receiving free school meals are struggling with the cost of food, a survey suggests. At present, broadly only children from households earning less than £7,400 before benefits are eligible for free school meals. The Children’s Society fear that this threshold means many low-income families who […]

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Muslim child bullied for homemade lunches until parents complain

October 21, 2020 Article

Staff at a primary school in east London intervened to stop the racist bullying of...

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Students helped killer find teacher who was beheaded, says French prosecutor

October 21, 2020 Article

The 18-year-old suspected killer of a French teacher who showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class paid students to help him identify the victim, France’s terrorism prosecutor has said. Prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old are among seven people who appeared before an investigating magistrate on accusations of complicity in murder […]

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French militant group and mosque to close after teacher’s killing

October 21, 2020 Article

France’s president has named a domestic militant Islamist group as “directly implicated” in last week’s beheading of a history teacher who had discussed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed with his class. Emmanuel Macron said the group will be ordered dissolved on Wednesday, when a mosque that relayed a denunciation of the high school teacher is […]

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