Former US President George HW Bush dies at 94
Former US President George HW Bush has died at the age of 94. Bush, the 41st President and father of the 43rd, died on 30th November. His death comes just months after that of his wife, Barbara, and follows a long battle with a form of Parkinson’s disease. The couple’s son and former President, George […]
Iraqi Christian family ordered to leave IDP camp but have nowhere to go
World Watch Monitor The last Christian family remaining in an IDP camp north of Erbil have turned to the local government and aid organisations as they have been asked to leave the camp but have nowhere to go, Kurdish news website Rudaw reports. Sena Behnam and her husband said they have to stay in the camp, […]
In the US, ICE deports undocumented immigrant who left church sanctuary
RNS He left church sanctuary for what he hoped was a short appointment with US Citizenship and Immigration Services. He never returned. Instead, Samuel Oliver-Bruno, an undocumented immigrant who had been living at the CityWell Church in Durham, North Carolina, until 23rd November, was deported to Mexico Thursday night. Samuel Oliver-Bruno with his wife, Julia […]
Asia Bibi, in hiding after blasphemy acquittal, is banned from leaving Pakistan
Lahore, PakistanRNS It has been a month since Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy, but her ordeal is far from over. A Christian woman who spent nine years in prison for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad under Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty, Bibi is now in hiding in a government safe house […]