Here are some of the stories we’re covering from around the world:
New Indian Textbooks Purged of Muslim History and Hindu Extremism
When Indian children began the school year this week, students were issued new textbooks on history and politics that either watered down or purged key details from India’s past that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party finds inconvenient to its Hindu nationalist vision for the country.
Militias in Lebanon Fire Rocket Barrage Into Israel
Armed groups in Lebanon fired a barrage of rockets toward Israel on Thursday. The Israeli military blamed Palestinian exiles for what appeared to be a retaliatory attack for Israel’s raid of a mosque at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site one day earlier.
In Northern Ireland Town, Painful Memories Lie Beneath a Fragile Peace
Twenty-five years after the Good Friday Agreement ended an era of bloodshed, this is a moment to celebrate reconciliation across Northern Ireland. But for many, the past is not always easy to leave behind.
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