Quick Facts: Nine facts about Syria as fresh violence marks ninth year of war
BeirutThomson Reuters Foundation Syria’s war entered its ninth year on Friday, with fresh violence forcing thousands to flee from separate assaults on the last bastions of Islamic State and rebel-held territories. Here are nine facts about the war, which grew out of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad and has laid waste to swathes of […]
World church leaders join chorus of voices expressing grief, horror, and solidarity with victims in wake of New Zealand terror attack
World church leaders have joined the chorus of voices from around the world in expressing their grief and horror – and solidarity with the Muslim victims – following a terror attack involving two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday. Forty-nine people have been confirmed killed after mass shootings took place at […]
SNAPSHOT: MORNING PREPARATION IN LOME, TOGO
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Updated: Forty-nine people confirmed killed in terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand
Last update: 7:15pmForty-nine people have been killed and more than 20 seriously injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand with multiple fatalities reported. Police Commissioner Mike Bush confirmed 49 people died in attacks, 41 at the Masjid Al Noor mosque, located in the city centre opposite Hagley Park, and […]
As property prices rise, more Indian women claim inheritance
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Rising property prices in parts of India have helped achieve what women’s rights groups have tried and failed to do for decades – get more women to claim their inheritance. A 2005 law gave Hindu women across India equal inheritance rights but few have made claims because they are unaware […]
Majority across 18 nations believe immigrants are a strength rather than a burden – survey
More people believe immigrants are a strength rather than a burden, according to a new survey of people in 18 nations. The 2018 Pew Research Center survey of people in the 18 countries – which host half of the world’s migrants – showed that a median of 56 per cent of people across the nations […]
UGANDA: “CUTTING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT” – UGANDANS VOW TO CURB RAMPANT DEFORESTATION
LIAM TAYLOR reports for Thomson Reuters Foundation on concerns about rapid deforestation in Uganda…
UK urged to back law to help trafficking survivors win justice
Thomson Reuters FoundationLondon Survivors of modern slavery in Britain should be allowed to remain in the country for a year to recover and help bring traffickers to justice, campaigners said on Thursday as they urged the government to back a proposed law supporting victims. The bill would ensure slavery survivors receive help from housing to […]
ESSAY: BLOODY SUNDAY – AS FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER FACES MURDER CHARGES, NORTHERN IRELAND IS STILL DIVIDED BY A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, CONNAL PARR, of Northumbria University in Newcastle in the UK, looks how Northern Ireland is facing its past…