‘I IMAGINE a country where churches are just for tourism,’ the head of the Catholic church in Erbil – the destination for Christians fleeing Mosul – tells ANDREW BOYD
SHAMAR RINPOCHE, the Tibetan Buddhist leader third only to the Dalai Lama, was eventually laid to rest but, finds SLOK GYAWALI, not before Nepal played politics with his funeral.
'Children are reaching bar mitzvah age without ever having known what it is like not to be under rocket attack.' The former mayor of Sderot is in London to ask for help and understanding for his besieged home town. Ruth Gledhill reports.