US: ARE EVANGELICALS EXPECTING TOO MUCH FROM A TRUMP PRESIDENCY?
With exit polls showing more than 80 per cent of evangelicals in the US voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Reporting from the US for Religion News Service, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JEROME SOCOLOVSKY look at what expectations follow…
Syrian Christian spearheads ‘one million voices’ petition to support church to stay in the Middle East
A Syrian Christian now living in the UK is helping to bring hope for the future to his native land as part of a worldwide advocacy campaign. Rami (who can’t use his real name for security) co-ordinates ‘Hope for the Middle East’, working with the charity Open Doors. The advocacy campaign seeks to maintain a presence […]
ORIGINS: OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS – ‘THE TEN COMMANDMENTS’ TURNS 60
DAVID ADAMS takes at look at where it started for Cecil B DeMille’s Biblical epic…
New global protocol tackling forced labour enters into force
An international protocol on forced labour had entered into force this week in what has been described as a “major milestone” to end the practice. The International Labour Organization Forced Labour Protocol requires countries to take effective measures to prevent and eliminate forced labour and to protect and provide access to justice for victims. It entered […]