In Gaza, denial and doubt over misfiring rocket claims
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters As the cleanup in Gaza continues from last weekend’s brief conflict with Israel, another battle has continued over which side caused the casualties, after Israel said misfiring rockets from the Palestinian side killed 15 people in the enclave. According to Israeli military authorities, a fifth of the more than 1,000 rockets fired […]
Postcards: India Partition – after 75 years, tech opens a window into the past
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Facebook, YouTube and VR are helping people in India and Pakistan connect, despite the bloodshed of independence in 1947…
Reckoning with their history, Lutherans issue declaration to Indigenous peoples
Columbus, Ohio, US RNS There was a time when Lutherans were recognised as the advocates for Indigenous peoples, according to Vance Blackfox, director for Indigenous ministries and tribal relations for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the United States’ largest Lutheran denomination. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lutherans vocally supported the American Indian Movement, said […]