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Nigerian mixed-faith families sense danger as violence flares
AFP, Published on 17/04/2025
» JOS (NIGERIA) - When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria's volatile Plateau state, local Christian Jamaima Haruna was terrified for her Muslim husband.
US 2018 synagogue shooter sentenced to death
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» NEW YORK - An American truck driver was sentenced to death on Wednesday for massacring 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.
US trucker guilty of 2018 synagogue massacre
AFP, Published on 17/06/2023
» NEW YORK - A truck driver was convicted on Friday of massacring 11 Jewish worshippers five years ago in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history.
Suspect in Texas neighbour slayings arrested
AFP, Published on 03/05/2023
» WASHINGTON: A man accused of massacring five neighbours after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard was captured Tuesday after a days-long manhunt, Texas law enforcement said.
Knife attacker kills two at Lisbon Islamic centre
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» LISBON: A knife-armed attacker killed two women on Tuesday at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon before being shot and wounded by police, authorities said.
Mystery endures in 2013 Paris murder of Kurd activists
AFP, Published on 27/12/2022
» PARIS - The unsolved 2013 murder of three Kurdish women activists in Paris has been an open wound for their community, with lingering frustration over France's failure to bring those responsible to justice.
UN details civilian executions in Ukraine
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» GENEVA: In just the first weeks of Moscow's war in Ukraine, Russian forces summarily killed hundreds of civilians, the UN rights chief said Thursday, decrying likely war crimes.
Thousands to rally for action on US gun violence
AFP, Published on 11/06/2022
» WASHINGTON: Thousands of people were expected to demonstrate across the United States on Saturday for tighter firearms laws to curb devastating gun violence plaguing the country.
S.African township becomes 'racial' flashpoint in Rainbow Nation
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA) - Armed residents kept warm by the fire while guarding a roadblock outside a township that has become a flashpoint between black South Africans and counterparts of Indian origin.
Nike bets on millennials with Kaepernick spots
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» NEW YORK: Nike's new ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick -- the American football player turned activist against police violence -- takes a strong stance on a divisive issue which could score points with millennials but risks alienating conservative customers.