No one is immune to suicide. But there is hope
Source: CNN By Faith Karimi Suicide affects people from all walks of life, sometimes in silence and isolation. It can reach across social, political and economic lines. That was the […]
India the most dangerous country to be a woman, survey shows
Source: CNN India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of […]
David Goldblatt, who documented apartheid South Africa, dies
Source: Al Jazeera News Renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, whose work documented the abuses and divisions of apartheid, has died aged 87. “He passed away peacefully in the early […]
What next for Turkey after Erdogan’s executive presidency win?
Source : Al Jazeera News Istanbul, Turkey – Turkey’s high-stakes elections might be over, but the dynamics that will emerge after ushering in a new executive presidential system are yet to be seen […]
Four Arab states ‘support US plan’ for peace in the Middle East
Source: Al Jazeera News Four Arab states have backed the US plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, regardless of the position of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli newspaper […]
Saudi Women Can Now Drive. Overcoming Beliefs on Gender Will Be Harder.
Source: The New York Times By Margaret Coker June 24, 2018 JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — What if, for 40 years, government-run schools and mosques taught the same refrain — that women’s […]
Thai crackdown targets Buddhist monks amid accusations of embezzlement and fraud
Source: The Washington Post By George Styllis Officers escort Phra Buddha Issara, 62, an activist monk, at the Thai Police Crime Suppression Division headquarters in Bangkok on May 24. (Reuters) BANGKOK […]
EU penalizes Myanmar generals for Rohingya violations
Source: Reuters LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union imposed sanctions on seven senior military officials from Myanmar on Monday, including the general in charge of an operation accused of driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. FILE PHOTO: A Rohingya refugee is seen in Balukhali refugee camp […]
After Canadian court ruling, Christian law school re-evaluates community covenant
Source: Religion News Service BY Mark A. Kellner (RNS) — Days after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the accreditation of a Christian university’s proposed law school, school leaders […]
Kenya’s ‘rapper priest’ suspended by Catholic Church
Source: BBC News A Catholic priest in Kenya has been suspended from leading public mass for a year because he rapped during sermons, his superior has told the BBC. Father […]
‘Everything was destroyed’: Monsoon begins to take deadly toll on Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Source: The Washington Post By Vidhi Doshi Refugees wade through water pooled after a storm at the Chakmarkul camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on June 10. (Kristiana Marton/Save the Children/Reuters) COX’S […]
Facebook vows to fight hate speech, but it may be too late for Rohingya Muslims
Source: Religion News Service (RNS) — A social media network set up to connect people is now acknowledging it needs to do more to prevent the spread of hate speech […]
86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
Source: Associated Press By SAM OLUKOYA LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores are dead after vicious weekend clashes in central Nigeria between mostly Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report […]
Turkey’s Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after election victory
Source: Reuters By Tuvan Gumrukcu, Nevzat Devranoglu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in landmark elections that also saw his […]
There’s more support than ever for those ‘escaping polygamy’
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Nate Carlisle Rose believed God would punish her for leaving her family in the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. That […]
Community rallies around Mosque
Source: Post-Bulletin By John Molseed jmolseed@postbulletin.com Rev. Jay Rowland, of First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, creates a sign saying “Love thy Neighbor” before a sunrise solidarity vigil for the Rochester […]
Prince William Is Visiting the Middle East. Here’s What to Know About Britain’s Controversial Role in Shaping the Region
Source: Time By BILLY PERRIGO When Prince William arrives in Tel Aviv on Monday for a trip that will include time in Israel and the West Bank, he will become the […]
In Europe, leaders back Africa, Balkans migrant reception centers
Source: The Times News By The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The leaders of 16 countries survived the “frank talk” of an emergency meeting on immigration and emerged with a veneer […]
There’s a Better, Cheaper Way to Handle Immigration
Source: The New York Times By Sonia Nazario And now, it has come to this. “We are trading kids in cages for families in cages,” said Cory Smith of Kids in […]
In southern Syria, the US faces a Russia-Israel challenge
Source: Al Jazeera News by Joe Macaron Dynamics in the southern front in Syria have reached a tipping point. Russian-Israeli coordination is taking precedence over the ceasefire agreement that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir […]