Distraught Haitians seek medical help at swamped hospitals after quake
Les Cayes, HaitiReuters Doctors in Haiti battled on Monday in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of injured people, including young children and the elderly outside hospitals overwhelmed by a major earthquake that killed at least 1,297 people. Saturday’s 7.2 magnitude quake brought down thousands of homes and buildings in the deeply impoverished […]
Updated: Chaos, desperation at Kabul airport as Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan
Updated: 12pm (AEST)Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Thousands of people desperate to flee Afghanistan thronged Kabul’s airport on Monday after the Taliban seized the capital, prompting the United States to pause evacuations, as President Joe Biden confronted mounting criticism over the US withdrawal. Chaotic scenes at the airport included a group clinging to a US military transport plane […]
Shops close, security guards flee in Afghan capital; Christians living in “great fear”
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Kabul’s streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians trying to flee. Video posted social media showed hundreds of people scampering with their luggage toward the safety of the airport terminal with the […]
Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat
Warsaw, PolandAP Israel condemned Poland’s approval of a law that restricts the rights of Holocaust survivors or their descendants to reclaim property seized by the country’s former communist regime and announced it was recalling its top diplomat in protest. The move on Saturday ignited a diplomatic crisis between Israel’s new government and the nationalist conservative […]
Pressed by US, Mexico hastens migrant expulsions with flights south
Mexico Ciry, MexicoReuters Under pressure from the US Government to contain illegal immigration, Mexico has been quietly flying thousands of undocumented migrants to the south of the country to expedite their departure, according to officials and migrants. The government said in late May it had carried out four return flights of migrants as it began […]
UN calls for Haiti “humanitarian corridor” in gang-held areas
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters A “humanitarian corridor” through Haiti’s gang-infested areas should be established so aid can flow to the southern regions hit by a powerful earthquake on Saturday that killed more than 1,200 people, a UN official said on Sunday. The United Nations and the Haitian Government have struggled to send medical supplies and doctors by […]
Dozens of Rohingya missing after boat sinks in Bay of Bengal
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters More than two dozen Rohingya refugees were missing and feared drowned after their boat sank in the Bay of Bengal while trying to flee a remote Bangladeshi island, officials said on Sunday. “We are devastated that reportedly many passengers, including women and children, have tragically drowned. The confirmed number is not yet known,” […]
More than 60 countries say Afghans, others must be allowed to leave Afghanistan
Washington DC, USReuters More than 60 countries issued a joint statement saying Afghans and international citizens who want to leave Afghanistan must be allowed to depart and added that airports and border crossings must remain open, the US State Department said late on Sunday. The US Government and countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, […]
The Long Read: She wanted to help Ravi Zacharias save the world but ended up defending an abuser
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, speaks to Ruth Malhotra, a former longterm spokesperson for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries who, fired last month after being told her colleagues felt unsafe around her, has accused RZIM’s leaders of covering up abuse by the late Ravi Zacharias…
Australian Catholic bishops call for a more sustainable church
Sydney, Australia The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has committed to working towards a more sustainable church in its annual statement promoting social justice. In the ‘Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor’ statement released this month, the bishops have committed to a seven-year “journey towards seven ‘Laudato Si’ Goals” – a reference to Pope […]