New Zealand Shooting March 17, 2019 Youngest New Zealand mosque attack victim, 3, mourned as community remembers energetic toddler Before he became the youngest known victim of Christchurch’s mass shooting, 3-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim had possessed an intelligence beyond his years, and an affinity for his elders.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 Families of Christchurch dead in agonizing wait for burials Families of the 50 people killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings are enduring an increasingly agonizing wait for the bodies of victims to be released as New Zealand reels from the unprecedented tragedy.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 New Zealand citizens open to gun reform after massacre The New Zealand leader's promise of tightened gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings has been widely welcomed by a stunned population.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 After massacre, New Zealand leader shows resolve, empathy The attributes that helped Jacinda Ardern rise to become New Zealand's leader at age 37 include her optimistic outlook and bright personality.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 Students look to love at New Zealand school hit by tragedy Three students from Cashmere High School were at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers when an attacker burst in as part of a rampage that left 50 dead across the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 Despite its peace, Christchurch painfully used to trauma Ahmed Tani settled in Christchurch as a refugee in 1999.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 Australian premier sides with egger against egged senator Australia's prime minister has suggested an anti-Muslim senator should be charged after he hit a teen who cracked a raw egg over the legislator's head.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 The Latest: Pakistan says 9 nationals killed in NZ attack The Latest on shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman says three more Pakistanis have been identified among those killed in the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand.
RELIGION March 17, 2019 New Zealand digs graves as mosque massacre toll rises to 50 Anguished relatives were anxiously waiting Sunday for authorities to release the remains of those who were killed in massacres at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while authorities announced the death toll from the racist attacks had risen to 50.
Middle East March 16, 2019 New Zealand gunman entranced with Ottoman sites in Europe The white supremacist suspected in the mosque shootings that left at least 49 people dead in New Zealand had traveled to the Balkans in the past three years, where he toured historic sites and apparently studied battles between Christians and the Ottoman empire.
RELIGION March 16, 2019 'RUN!': NZ shooting victims recount horror, mourn the lost They had walked that once innocuous stretch of sidewalk side-by-side so many times.