THIS LIFE: A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published on ASSIST News Service, reflects on a famous passage in Ecclesiastes…
Anti-Semitism tops American Jewish concerns in latest survey
RNS A first-of-its-kind survey from the American Jewish Committee finds that 88 per cent of American Jews say anti-Semitism is a problem in the US today and nearly a third report they avoid publicly wearing, carrying or displaying objects or symbols that might help people identify them as Jewish. The Jewish advocacy organisation released the survey last […]
Trump hails death of “depraved” Islamic State leader Baghdadi in US raid
Washington DC, USReuters Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in north-west Syria, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal. Baghdadi, who had led the jihadist group since 2010, killed himself by detonating a suicide vest […]
Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly killed in Syria by US forces
Baghdad, Iraq/Washington DC, USReuters Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to have been killed in a US military operation in Syria, sources in Syria, Iraq and Iran said on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump prepared to make a “major statement” at the White House. The United States had put up a $US25 […]
In the US, immigration officials drop $US300,000 fine for an immigrant in church sanctuary
RNS The message Pastor Isaac Villegas got on his cell phone earlier this week was short and sweet. “Un problema menos,” texted Rosa del Carmen Ortez-Cruz, a mother of four living in sanctuary at a Presbyterian church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “One less problem.” Rosa Ortez-Cruz has been in santuary at the Church of […]
More Russian military police arrive in Syria under peace deal with Turkey
Moscow, Russia/Ankara. TurkeyReuters Around 300 more Russian military police have arrived in Syria, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday, under an accord between Ankara and Moscow which halted Turkey’s military incursion into north-east Syria. The deal, reached on Tuesday by Presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, requires that Russian military police and Syrian border […]
ELIJAH CUMMINGS: PREACHERS AND PRESIDENTS RECALL A MAN OF FAITH
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on the passing of US Congressman Elijah Cummings…