Sudan’s resistance committees take centre stage in fight against military rule
Khartoum, SudanReuters Ahmed Ismat has a tear gas canister wound across his cheek. Aya no longer sleeps at her home to avoid arrest. A coup in Sudan on 25th October has propelled these young people and other members of the “resistance committees” onto the front line of the struggle against military rule. But as their […]
Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup
Reuters Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime told Reuters. Authorities in Laos, Thailand and Myanmar seized at least 90 million methamphetamine tablets and 4.4 […]
Jewish umbrella group asks publisher to pull Anne Frank book
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters The main umbrella group for Europe’s national Jewish communities urged HarperCollins to pull a book that suggests a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank, saying it had tarnished the teenage diarist’s memory and the dignity of Holocaust survivors. The US-based publisher released the English language edition of The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A […]
At least 60 people killed in militia attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters At least 60 people were killed in a militia attack early on Wednesday at a displaced persons’ camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the head of a local humanitarian group and a camp resident. Both sources told Reuters that the CODECO militia was responsible for the […]
Deadly threat: Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
JOHN DAVISON, of Reuters, reports on the re-emergence of Islamic State…
Senator Chris Coons: This year’s National Prayer Breakfast in US is a “reset”
Washington DC, US RNS Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, an organiser of the National Prayer Breakfast in US which scheduled to take place on Thursday, believes this year’s iteration will be a “positive reset” for the controversial event and feature speeches from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking to Religion News Service […]
Essay: Quitting online church is abandoning the one for the 99
Christian writer and activist SHANNON DINGLE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, on why online services should remain part of the church’s suite of tools to connect with people…