Protesters and riot police clashed outside the Serbian parliament building for a fourth consecutive night, prompted by President Vucic’s announcement that the lockdown will be reimposed, following a recent spike in...
Back into a mosque | Turkey’s Hagia Sophia to reopen for Muslim prayers
Turkey’s Hagia Sophia museum has been converted back into a mosque, after a court annulled a 1934 decision to turn it into a museum. Once a cathedral, then a mosque and, until yesterday, a museum, Istanbul’s famous...
Battle of Britain: The schoolgirl who helped design the Spitfire – BBC News
Meet the young mathematician who helped design the Spitfire, the iconic aircraft that took part in the Battle of Britain, which started 80 years ago. Hazel Hill helped her father do the calculations that meant Spitfires...
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia reconversion to a mosque causes ‘deep pain to the Russian people’
Turkey’s top court allowed Istanbul’s 6th-century Hagia Sophia museum’s conversion back to a mosque, a victory for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who called for the change and signed a decree immediately after...
Turkish top court revokes Hagia Sophia’s museum status, ‘tourists should still be allowed in’
Turkey’s top court ruled that Istanbul’s 6th-century Hagia Sophia’s conversion from a mosque to a museum in the 1930’s was “unlawful”, paving the way to a reconversion into a house of worship. It is a victory for...
German police racism investigation halted by government: 5 Things in 5 Minutes in Germany
This week we are looking at: -Interior minister cancels investigation into racial profiling within German police -Convicted paedophile that fathered a baby gets only 5-year sentence for sexual abuse -Terrible working...
Prayer restrictions lifted in Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia: Key takeaways • Prayers will be allowed • The decision is based on lifting restrictions on religious freedoms • All historic features of the structure will continue to be preserved and protected • It will...