Pakistan ‘to free Indian pilot on Friday’
Source: BBC Captured Indian pilot to be freed Friday as a peace gesture, Pakistani PM Imran Khan says, amid tension over Kashmir. More:
Abhinandan: Eyewitnesses recount dramatic capture of pilot
Source: BBC Dramatic new details have emerged about the capture of Indian air force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman by Pakistani forces. People in Horran village threw stones at the pilot, who fired several warning shots, eyewitnesses told the BBC. The jet was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday after a […]
Thousands of flights disrupted worldwide as Pakistan airspace closed for second day
Source: CNN (CNN)Pakistan airspace remained closed Thursday morning local time as the country’s increasingly fraught tensions with India disrupted thousands of flights worldwide for the second straight day. All international and domestic commercial flights in and out of Pakistan were canceled “until further notice,” Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority told CNN. […]
India-Pakistan-And we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully that’s going to be coming to an end,” said Trump.
Source: CNN Meanwhile, hot off the heals of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump addressed the crisis in Kashmir and alluded to possible US attempts to deescalate the situation. “They’ve been going at it, and we’ve been involved in trying to have them stop. […]
‘Sometimes you have to walk’: Trump leaves Hanoi with no deal
Source: CNN Hanoi, Vietnam (CNN)President Donald Trump’s Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, meant to demonstrate his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is working, instead ended with no joint agreement after Kim insisted all US sanctions be lifted on his country. That was a bridge too far for the US […]
Cross Clash Could Change Rules For Separation Of Church And State
Source: NPR BY NINA TOTENBERG A giant concrete cross standing in the middle of a busy median strip is the latest symbol of a constitutional fight that has raged for […]
American families of missing Uighurs speak out at DC event
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTINA LARSON WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two years after the Chinese government began to detain members of Muslim minority groups in western China, a growing number […]
Analysis: Pope’s sex abuse summit: What it did and didn’t do
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ summit on preventing sexual abuse was never going to meet the expectations placed on it by victims groups, […]
George Pell: Why was conviction kept secret?
Source: BBC News They were sex abuse allegations that rocked the Catholic Church and generated enormous interest – only for the case to vanish suddenly from public view for nine […]
Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
Source: The Atlantic BY Derek Thompson In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” the economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a 15-hour workweek in the 21st century, creating the equivalent […]
Netanyahu Sparks Outrage Over Pact With Racist Party
Source: The New York Times By David M. Halbfinger JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made something of an art form of cutting deals with small Israeli political parties, […]
As Pope Francis hosts summit on abuse, a N.J. priest speaks publicly about how McCarrick allegedly ruined his life
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein Less than a week after Theodore McCarrick became the first cardinal ever defrocked, a New Jersey priest has for the first time agreed to […]
At Vatican summit, talk of destroyed files riles bishops’ critics
Source: Religion News Service BY Jack Jenkinsjackmjenkins VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On a day packed with emotion and unusually direct criticism of the Catholic Church hierarchy, victims of church abuse […]
US religious freedom envoy: Pakistan has ‘desire to change’
Source: Associated Press By JON GAMBRELL ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan has “a desire to change” its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries […]
Will the nation’s third-largest church split up over LGBT debate? Leaders try to reach an answer.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer and Sarah Pulliam Bailey In recent years, the deep division over sexuality in the United Methodist Church has led many in the church to use […]
40-Foot Cross Divides a Community and Prompts a Supreme Court Battle
Source: The New York Times By Adam Liptak BLADENSBURG, Md. — In the back room of the Colmar Manor American Legion post, about a mile from a 40-foot cross honoring […]
12-year-old charged with drawing anti-Semitic graffiti on school playground
By Augusta Anthony, CNN New York (CNN) A 12-year-old boy was arrested and charged with aggravated harassment on Wednesday after anti-Semitic graffiti was found drawn on a schoolyard in Queens […]
Is Saudi Arabia Pulling Pakistan Into War With Iran?
Source: The Atlantic Council BY FATEMEH AMAN For years, the Pakistani government has avoided taking sides between rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, but now it may be forced to choose. […]
UK: Work begins on rebuilding Baitul Futuh Mosque four years after fire ripped through Morden building
“This scheme – reflecting their high standard of creativity and expertise – will shape the way in which we manage the flow and space in and around this landmark […]