March 20, 2019 Australia says tensions with Turkey ease after WWI remarks Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says tensions between his country and Turkey have eased after conciliatory comments from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office on Wednesday.
March 20, 2019 Thousands likely for first Friday prayer since mosque attack An imam says he's expecting thousands of people at an emotional Friday prayer service a week after an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
March 20, 2019 Turkey's Erdogan triggers spat with Australia, New Zealand Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, campaigning for votes in local elections this month, has sparked a diplomatic spat with New Zealand and Australia by portraying the Christchurch mosque shooting and a World War I battle as targeting Islam.
March 20, 2019 Turkish, Australian ministers speak amid Gallipoli spat Turkish officials say Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has held a telephone conversation with his Australian counterpart, Marise Payne.
March 20, 2019 The Latest: Erdogan says mosque gunman no different from IS The Latest on the mosque attacks in New Zealand (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the gunman who killed 50 people at two New Zealand mosques is no different from the militants of the Islamic State group.
March 20, 2019 New Zealand holds first funerals for mosque shooting victims A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for "the safest country in the world" were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that horrified a nation known for being welcoming and diverse.
March 19, 2019 Erdogan again airs attack video at rally despite criticism Ignoring widespread criticism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday again showed excerpts of a video taken by the attacker who killed 50 people in mosques in New Zealand, to denounce what he called rising hatred and prejudice against Islam.
March 19, 2019 New Zealand community rushes to aid mosque shooting victims amid gunfire, reports say Community members in Christchurch, New Zealand pulled together in the midst of the mass shootings that have claimed the lives of at least 49 worshipers in two of the city’s mosques to render aid to victims—including a 5-year-old girl—as they waited for first responders to arrive.
March 19, 2019 Christchurch harbored white supremacists before massacre The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English heritage.
March 19, 2019 The Latest: 6 NZ shooting victims returned to families The Latest on the mosque shootings in New Zealand (all times local): 10:10 p.m. Police in New Zealand say they have completed autopsies on all 50 victims of last week's mosque shootings, and have formally identified 12 of them.