Nigeria faces new rift over alleged Shi'ite massacre
A religious leader believed that the Nigerian government betrayed and dehumanized the Shi'ite movement after the alleged massacre in December.
A religious leader believed that the Nigerian government betrayed and dehumanized the Shi'ite movement after the alleged massacre in December.
At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and apologized for some mistakes in planning the war, in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
The overpowering stench of the rubbish piling up in Lebanon's streets has become a potent symbol of the political rot protesters blame not only for the garbage crisis but a gridlocked sectarian power system unable to meet citizens’ most basic needs, from electricity to water, health to education.