Afghanistan: kidnapped Finnish woman freed after four months
World Watch Monitor A Finnish aid worker held hostage for nearly four months in Afghanistan was freed on Thursday. The aid worker had been kidnapped from an international guesthouse in Kabul, run by her employer, Operation Mercy, when it was attacked in May; her German female colleague and Afghan guard were killed. The unnamed woman was studying Dari, preparing […]
‘National scandal’ as report shows soaring homelessness in England
Thomson Reuters Foundation Homelessness in England has risen by 60 per cent in the past six years, fuelled by rising rents and welfare reforms, a public spending watchdog said on Wednesday, with 77,000 families in emergency accommodation. The number of rough sleepers has more than doubled to about 4,000 people in six years, the National Audit […]
KNOW IT ALL: THE CASSINI MISSION TO SATURN
NASA’s mission exploring Saturn and its moons comes to an end this week as the Cassini spacecraft deliberately dives toward the planet and burns up in its atmosphere. DAVID ADAMS looks back at its 13 year journey…
Swiss Lutherans commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation
Lutherans from across Switzerland gathered in Geneva this month to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and 50 years of the Federation of Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Speaking at a service held on 10th September at the Temple de la Madeleine Reformed church, Rev Dr Martin Junge, general secretary […]
ESSAY: THE FORGOTTEN CHRISTIANS
Noting Jesus’ call to stand with those on the margins, NILS VON KALM says it’s time we engaged in a greater way with the plight of the Palestinian Christians…
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY: FROM HOMELESS CHEFS TO FIRE HOSE HANDBAGS, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS THRIVE IN THE UK
ZOE TABARY, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how ‘social entrepreneurs’ in the UK are tapping into consumer demand to tackle social issues within the community…
Jailed Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi nominated for EU’s Sakharov Prize
BosNewsLife Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi – who faces execution by hanging on controversial charges of ‘blasphemy against Islam’ – has been nominated for the European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by an influential group of European legislators. The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), the third largest group in the European Parliament, nominated […]