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Friday, 16 March 2018 09:17
Syria seven years on: Church’s conduct ‘shameful’
Father Nassar, a Syrian priest, has said the Church’s conduct is ‘shameful’, and it is not doing nearly enough in the fight to end the bloodshed. His comments come on the seventh anniversary, 15 March, of…
Friday, 09 March 2018 10:01
North Korea: breakthrough?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US president Donald Trump are to meet in person by May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. This news came after South Korean officials…
Friday, 09 March 2018 09:59
Burkina Faso: attack by Islamist terrorists
Arriving in pickup trucks and shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’, suspected Islamist terrorists in coordinated attacks struck both the French embassy and the army headquarters in Burkina Faso's capital on 2 March. There was great confusion, especially near…
Friday, 09 March 2018 09:55
Australia: anti-Semitism
On 15 February anti-Semitic flyers were distributed around Melbourne’s inner west suburbs. The Anti-Defamation Commission said they promoted dangerous stereotypes, conspiracy theories and fear, and was concerned that anti-Semites are ‘redoubling their efforts as never before’.…
Friday, 09 March 2018 09:53
Rwandan government closes 700 churches
700 churches in Rwanda have been closed in a mass government clampdown. The board which monitors public and private organisations said, 'Some churches conduct worship services in shoddy, unclean structures, to the detriment of health and…
Friday, 09 March 2018 09:49
China: unlimited presidency and neighbours
Oh Ei Sun, of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute, has said that scrapping the two-term limit on the Chinese presidency will have profound ramifications for the region. But it looks likely to happen, and Asia…