Tag: Religion
EXPLAINER: New players add volatility in Jerusalem tensions
JERUSALEM — The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Virus surge in crowded Gaza threatens to overwhelm hospitals
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, some of the worst fears are coming true in the crowded...
Iran’s top diplomat praises Iraq efforts as regional broker
BAGHDAD — Iran’s foreign minister on Monday praised Baghdad's efforts aimed at bolstering regional stability, saying he hopes they would lead to “more negotiations...
Danes charge priest suspected of killing wife, body missing
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish Lutheran priest on Monday was charged with murdering his wife, even though her body has never been found.
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Tributes to French police official stabbed by extremist
RAMBOUILLET, France — Masked and in silence, hundreds of police officers, family members and others paid homage Monday to a French police official killed...
India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as virus ‘swallows people’
NEW DELHI — India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with...
Pope ordains 9 priests, saying: stay humble, compassionate
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church nine new priests, encouraging them in an ordination ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica...
Pope: Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday decried as shameful the deaths of 130 migrants in the Mediterranean, saying they pleaded for two days...
Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
New players pose additional threats to Jerusalem tensions
JERUSALEM — Competing claims to the holy city of Jerusalem have long fueled fighting between Israel and the Palestinians. But a new mix of...
