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666 shares Israel Police close down an International Women's Day event at the A-Tur Women's Center in East Jerusalem, March 8, 2021 (Courtesy) Israel Police on Monday broke up an event at a women’s center in East Jerusalem to mark International Women’s Day, saying it was being held illegally. “This was a Palestinian Authority event, and illegal by law. The Public Security Ministry issued an order declaring it as such, and police executed the order,” spokesperson Roni Markovitz said. The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that the head of the A-Tur Women’s Center, Ikhlas Say...

Pope Francis boards a plane upon concluding his visit to Iraq at Baghdad airport, Iraq, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Pope Francis wraps up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country’s marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness and peace. The pontiff and his traveling delegation are seen off with a farewell ceremony at the Baghdad airport, from where he leaves for Rome following a four-day papal visit that has covered five provinces across Iraq. As the pope’s plane takes off, Iraqi President Barham Salih is at h...