“Hard to be a Christian”: Christians in Nigeria recount experiences of trauma following church attacks
TONNY ONYULO reports on how Christians in Nigeria are coping in the wake of attacks on churches…
“They roam about like cats”: Spanish cities try to halt wild boar invasions
Barcelona, SpainReuters Large groups of wild boar are now a common sight in some Spanish cities and authorities say they have no option but to capture and put them down as they pose a danger to humans but have become too used to scavenging to live back in the wild. Attracted by garbage bins and […]
Updated: Jesuit priests killed by gunmen in church in northern Mexico
Updated: 3pm (AEST)Mexico City, MexicoAP Two elderly Jesuit priests were killed inside a church where a man pursued by gunmen apparently sought refuge in a remote mountainous area of northern Mexico, the religious order’s Mexican branch announced Tuesday. Javier Campos Morales, 79, and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, 80, were slain Monday inside the church in […]
Arab gunman kills at least five in Tel Aviv suburb, latest in series of attacks
Bnei Brak, Israel Reuters An Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the third deadly attack in Israel in a week. “Israel is facing a wave of murderous Arab terror,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tweeted after the […]
Armed bandits kill at least 30 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters Armed bandits have killed at least 30 people in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, raiding several villages in a region that has been in a security crisis for more than two years, residents and security sources said on Friday. There have been a series of attacks in north-west Nigeria, which has seen a sharp rise […]
Thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir moved to secure locations, hundreds flee
Srinagar, India Reuters Indian authorities have moved thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to safer locations, while hundreds have fled the Himalayan valley after a wave of targeted killings, two security officials said on Monday. Suspected militants have killed 11 civilians, including five migrant workers, in Kashmir since early October despite a widespread security crackdown […]
Hindus denounce violence amid attacks in Bangladesh
Dhaka, BangladeshAP Protests continued Monday in Bangladesh’s capital to denounce a wave of violence against Hindus following an image posted on social media that was perceived as insulting to the country’s Muslim majority. New attacks took place Sunday night in a northern village, where unidentified people burned up to 26 homes of Hindus despite a […]
Thousands protest in Burkina Faso over jihadist attacks
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks that has destabilised the West African country in recent years. Some had travelled hundreds of kilometres to attend the opposition-led demonstration in Ouagadougou, where protesters waved the red […]
Mexicans vote in midterm elections seen as referendum on President
Cuaxomulco, Mexico Reuters Voting drew to a close on Sunday as Mexicans chose a new lower house of Congress, state governors and local lawmakers, in a race seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s policies and shakeup of Mexico’s institutions. All 500 seats in the lower house, 15 state governorships and thousands […]
Burkina Faso says at least 100 civilians killed in attack
Niamey, Niger AP Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market […]