Last night I received a call from the owner of the girls school that was bombed and destroyed in North Waziristan. He was emotional so I asked him to share what he felt in his own words. This is his story, unedited:

“Story of Afia Islamic Girls Public School:

Girls' education…

A standing ovation for Asna Tabassum, USC valedictorian, and cheers for her “resistance to genocide” minor today at the USC student awards ceremony

Brazil’s São Paulo state is home to the largest port in Latin America, but it has also become the stage for months-long deadly police operations targeting organized crime that relies on the lucrative coast.

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So curious to see how Bollywood depicts Lahore's red light district and sex work in the Netflix show Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Supposedly set in pre-partition India's independence movement against British colonizers. Will it feel like Lahore? Will we get to see granularity?

(2/4) University police completed a visual search of both premises, and no devices were located. The Wichita Police Department has been alerted, and teams have set up a perimeter and are at the scene conducting a search.

I asked the State Dept. today about the U.S. response to the discovery of apparent mass graves at a Gaza hospital — which has been to ask the Israeli govt. for more information.

— “And do you believe the govt. of Israel is a credible source in enlightening you?”

— “We do.”

At least 97 reporters, 92 of them Palestinian, have been killed since the start of the war in Gaza.

'They are bearing the brunt of the reporting. They are reporting the war and living the war,' Jodie Ginsberg tells Ali Rogin.

Israel's war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 197th day — has killed at least 34,012 people and wounded over 76,833 as US reportedly mulls over $1B weapons deal for ally Israel

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‘A great heart’: Sydney’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community mourn Faraz Tahir, killed in Bondi knife attack theguardian.com/australia-news…

In Karachi, you can find good biryani just about everywhere. It hit me after I left the city that biryani for Karachiites is how we share - solidarity, heartbreak, love, space - and I needed to create it to carry my home wherever I go. Enter Shan biryani eater.com/24119187/shan-…

Just setting myself with a set up …

A deadly strain of bird flu has hit gentoo penguins for the first time. Researchers found about 35 penguins dead in the Falkland Islands. Samples taken from two of the dead penguins came back positive for the H5N1 avian influenza virus reut.rs/49ekNqv

First penguins die in Antarctic of deadly H5N1 bird flu strain theguardian.com/environment/20…

Not a joke: the former chef of DC's Mari Vanna was allegedly a Russian spy.

This story is truly wild: washingtonian.com/2024/04/01/an-…

Good morning, Spy Town washingtonian.com/2024/04/01/an-…

We call for a full, independent, timebound investigation into this incident & all reported attacks on protected facilities & personnel in Gaza. UNSC member states should secure concrete assurances from the Israeli government that attacks against civilians & aid workers will stop.

The IRC sends our utmost condolences to World Central Kitchen, who had 7 staff killed last night by an Israeli strike while delivering food in a protected zone in central #Gaza . All civilians and humanitarian workers are protected under International Humanitarian Law and are #NotATarget .