Explainer: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
Mexico City AP Earlier this month Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church and launched an investigation into the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, accusing him of inciting violent actors “to carry out acts of hate against the population”. This is not the first time President Daniel Ortega has moved aggressively […]
Essay: We must not stop until we see change in Myanmar
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says a far more co-ordinated and comprehensive response is needed on Myanmar, one which includes a full global arms embargo against the military, and co-ordinated, targeted sanctions against its enterprises…
Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
Baghdad, IraqAP Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn’t have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, days after an influential Shi’ite cleric gave it one week to dismiss the legislature so that new elections can be held. The decision by the Supreme Judicial Council is likely to increase tensions between followers of cleric […]
Lifestory: Blind Afghan activist who fled Taliban embraces London life
As the Taliban mark one year in power in Afghanistan, Mehdi Salami tells EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, what has happened to him and his wife, Benafsha Yaqoobi, since they fled their homeland…
Ukraine war diverts attention from hunger, Pope says in Somalia appeal
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis said on Sunday that the war in Ukraine had distracted attention from the problem of world hunger and called for urgent food aid to stave off looming famine in Somalia. “The people of this region, who already live in very precarious conditions, are now in mortal danger because of drought,” he […]