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UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli bombings rise
By Najib Jobain, Lee Keath, and Samy Magdy — October 25, 2023
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. says about 1.4 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents are now internally displaced, with almost 600,000 crowded into U.N. shelters.
Thailand’s restive south hit by wave of arson and bombings
By Sumeth Panpetch — August 17, 2022
HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — Muslim residents have long charged they are treated like second-class citizens in Thailand, and separatist movements have been periodically active for decades. Heavy-handed crackdowns have fueled the discontent.
Who is ISIS-K, the group officials blame for the Kabul airport bombings?
By Jack Jenkins — August 26, 2021
(RNS) — Initial reports are blaming the group for the twin bombings at the Kabul airport after US officials have for days warned of a potential attack by the group, which actively clashes with the Taliban.
Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded
By Yusuf Wahil and Niniek Karmini — March 29, 2021
MAKASSAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two attackers believed to belong to a network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State blew themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass.
A tale of two synagogues
By Jennifer Butler — October 31, 2018
(RNS) — The virulent anti-Semitism that led to the murder of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue this past weekend shares eerie parallels with 1950s Atlanta.
Why they should change the names of Hollywood streets
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 28, 2017
What do we do about places named for Confederate generals? Change the names.
Suicide bombers hit three Saudi cities
By RNS staff — July 4, 2016
RIYADH — The explosions targeting U.S. diplomats, Shi'ite worshippers and a security headquarters at a mosque in the holy city of Medina follow days of mass killings claimed by the Islamic State group.
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