A local administration in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has defied a state high court order and bulldozed a mosque, in one of the most inflammatory actions taken against a Muslim place of worship since the demolition of the Babri Mosque by a mob of Hindu nationalist rioters in 1992.
The mosque, in the city of Ram Sanehi Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, had stood for at least six decades, since the time of British rule, according to documents held by its committee.
On Monday, police and security services moved into the area and cleared it of people, then brought in bulldozers and demolished the mosque buildings. Debris was then thrown into a river, according to images and local accounts. Security services have been deployed to prevent anyone coming within a mile of where the mosque stood.
In Myanmar, the army controls its soldiers' lives, minds and finances The Tatmadaw, Myanmar's powerful army, controls every aspect of its soldiers' lives. And those who leave pay a heavy price. DW spoke to three defectors.
As he brutal crackdown on unarmed civilians protesting the army's takeover, the young lieutenant felt increasingly disgusted. Soon after, he left without saying goodbye to his parents, fleeing the country first on motorbike and then on foot, aided across the border by local villagers.
Along the way, he stuck to smaller roads, carefully avoiding checkpoints and detection.
For if caught, he knew he would pay a heavy price for his desertion: In Myanmar, army defectors are usually sentenced to death — which is then commuted to life in prison, as the death penalty has not been carried out in over three decades.
Ideology undermined by its own contradictions
Decline of Israel’s Zionist left For the fourth time in two years, the opposition to Binyamin Netanyahu has been blocked because it can’t agree on anything. Within that, the Zionist left has lost most of its seats and all its old influence.
by Thomas Vescovi
I sraelfour general
The left played a key role in the history of Israel: it was central to the state’s creation in 1948, dominated the Knesset for the first three decades and was in government in 1992-96 and again in 1999-2000. But in recent elections the left (the Labour Party and Meretz) has recorded its worst ever results, with only seven seats out of 120 in March 2020, and 13 this year.
Gov't pledges to fix embarrassing vaccine booking system flaw The Japanese
The announcement came a day after the government started accepting online bookings for elderly people to receive shots at large Self Defense Forces-staffed vaccination centers in Tokyo and Osaka as it attempts to ramp up its inoculation rollout amid a fourth wave of infections.
The state-run booking system for the vaccination center in Tokyo was found to accept municipality code numbers and vaccination ticket numbers that were not issued by respective authorities.
Thousands of migrants swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta By Al Goodman , CNN
Updated 1348 GMT (2148 HKT) May 18, 2021
The migrants swam from two locations, with some entering southern Ceuta at Tarajal beach, and a larger group entering the north of the city at Benzu beach, a spokesman for the Spanish government in Ceuta told CNN.
One man drowned in the process, the spokesman added.
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