Some 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel launched a mass hunger strike on Monday to press for basic rights and shed light on the difficult humanitarian conditions inside Israeli prisons, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies. The open-ended hunger strike, one of the largest in recent years, coincides with Palestinian Prisoners Day, …
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Five fire engines tackled the blaze at about 23:43 BST on Sunday at the Nasfat Manchester Islamic Centre, in Droylsden Road, Manchester. Mosque spokesman Shamusideen Oladimeji said he believed it was arson. The building was the target of an arson attack three years ago. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) could not confirm if the fire was …
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Pope Francis has belatedly acknowledged that nuns have been sexually assaulted by Catholic priests. Doris Reisinger, who wrote of enduring sexual assault by clergy as a nun, tells DW that the Vatican must finally act. As the Catholic Church reels from continued reports of sexual abuse by clergyworldwide, Pope Francishas, for the first time, acknowledged the rape of nuns …
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Turkish citizens living abroad have faced at least 88 attacks based on xenophobia and racism in the first nine months of 2019, according to a dedicated Foreign Ministry database. In response to rising xenophobia, discrimination, racism, and Islamophobia across the world — especially in Europe, where up to 5.5 million Turks live — the ministry …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that there is a possibility of about 113 thousand people suffering from a cholera epidemic in Yemen. WHO Yemen Office has announced that the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen since January has been approximately 113 thousand. It was noted that 56 of the cases were confirmed …
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Around 30 million Yemenis face the risk of coronavirus, malaria, dengue fever, cholera, typhoid and Chikungunya, Yemeni state news agency Saba New reported. The country has a limited number of medical equipment, Minister of Public Health and Population Nasser Ba-aum said during a virtual meeting with Arab health ministers. Yemen requires urgent medical support, due …
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A group of nine Israelis on Monday burned a Turkish flag in front of Turkey’s Consulate in occupied East Jerusalem to protest Turkey’s decision to turn Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. The group, calling itself the Jerusalem Initiative, is made up of Christians and Jews and includes at least one person from …
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Gaza’s lone power plant shut down on Tuesday, less than a week after Israel suspended fuel shipments to the Palestinian enclave over the launching of incendiary balloons that have caused brush fires in southern Israel. Gaza, run by Hamas Islamists, relies on Israel for most of its energy needs. Its population of two million currently receives around six hours of …
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A cook has gone on trial in Cologne accused of sexually abusing his baby daughter, in Germany’s biggest post-war paedophile investigation. Police say tens of thousands of people in paedophile networks viewed the pictures that Jörg L, 43, posted on the Swiss secure messaging service Threema. A raid on his home last October in Bergisch …
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As schools worldwide struggle with reopening, the latest data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) reveal that 43 per cent of schools around the world lacked access to basic handwashing with soap and water in 2019 – a key condition for schools to be able to operate safely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. …
