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New Zealand terror attack: Toll rises to 51 after Turkish man succumbs in hospital
•Nine people who had been shot in the attack remained in hospital in stable condition, according to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
US Army veteran arrested for planning to bomb white nationalist rally in Los Angeles to avenge New Zealand terror attack
•Mark Domingo, 26, a US Army infantryman who fought in Afghanistan and recently converted to Islam, was taken into custody on Friday after being given what he thought was a live bomb to use in the attack by an FBI informant, law enforcement officials said.
Christchurch terror attacks: Accused Brenton Tarrant to face 50 murder charges, says New Zealand police
•Brenton Tarrant, accused in Christchurch mosque shootings, was previously charged with one murder as a holding measure, but police said Thursday that all the deaths and injuries in the 15 March attacks will be reflected in upgraded charges during his next appearance.
Note referencing New Zealand terrorist attack found at possible arson fire at California mosque
Devparna •A note referencing the recent terrorist attacks in New Zealand was found at the scene of a possible arson fire at a Southern California mosque, police said Sunday. Nobody was hurt, and members of the Islamic Center of Escondido were able to extinguish the small blaze before firefighters, officials said.
Burj Khalifa lit up with photo of Jacinda Ardern hugging woman after Christchurch shootings as Dubai thanks New Zealand PM's for empathy after
Fp Staff •Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, tweeted an image of the Burj Khalifa, with a message of thanks to PM Jacinda Ardern and one of solidarity with New Zealand.
New Zealand bans sale of assault, semi-automatic rifles in Christchurch aftermath, 'no point applying for permits,' says Jacinda Ardern
•New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban on the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatics Thursday in a muscular response to the Christchurch terror attack that killed 50 people.
New Zealand attacks a lesson in right-wing extremism; world must acknowledge link between violence and socioeconomic situation
Tara Kartha •The lesson from the New Zealand terror attacks is that violence begets violence — Left, Right or otherwise — in an almost linear progression.
Jacinda Ardern's compassionate response to New Zealand terror attack shows us what a leader should look like
Nishas •We can try to understand whether it is Jacinda Ardern's gender that has prompted her to a respond (first in words and then in action) that did not make a tragedy worse. Or was it the progressive political movements that she has been part of her entire life?
Hotel Mumbai: Dev Patel's film pulled from New Zealand theatres following Christchurch terror attack
Fp Staff •The release of Hotel Mumbai has been suspended till 28 March in New Zealand in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack
Australian counter-terrorism police raids houses near Grafton linked to Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant
•Tarrant, a self-avowed white supremacist, spent his youth in Grafton but has travelled abroad extensively over the past decade and had lived in recent years in Dunedin, New Zealand.