This Life: Are you living life as usual?
US columnist CAROL ROUND says we can’t hide or escape from life’s pain, disappointment and heartache, but we can be better prepared by investing in our relationship with Jesus Christ…
Clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region raise concern for historic churches
Nairobi, Kenya/Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Fresh fighting between the Ethiopian army and a local militia in the northern Amhara region has raised concerns among residents for the safety of historic rock-hewn churches in the holy town of Lalibela. Fano militiamen over-ran Lalibela and Gondar, the second-biggest city in the Amhara region, for several days in August […]
Israeli survivor makes emotional return to scene of Hamas attack
Near Re’im, Israel Reuters Tears welled in May Hayat’s eyes as she stood in silence on an emotional return to the site of an Israeli music festival where she narrowly escaped death in a Hamas attack a month ago. Hayat, 30, was working as a bartender at the open-air Nova music festival a few kilometres […]
With crime in focus, UK’s Sunak sets out pre-election agenda in King’s Speech
London, UKReuters Britain’s government set out its plans to tackle crime, boost growth and water down climate change measures on Tuesday, an unashamedly political agenda that could be Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s first and last King’s Speech before an election. In an agenda written by the government but delivered by King Charles III to lawmakers […]
Fire in Chile immigrant neighbourhood kills 14, including eight children
Santiago, ChileReuters A fire in an informal immigrant neighbourhood in the southern Chilean city of Coronel left 14 dead, most of them children, on Monday night, according to local authorities. Hugo Cuevas, the city’s chief prosecutor, said the victims appear to be undocumented Venezuelan immigrants. Members of the emergency personnel work at the scene of […]
Darfur refugees report new spate of ethnically driven killings
Adre, Chad Reuters People fleeing to Chad have reported a new surge in ethnically-driven killings in Sudan’s West Darfur as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took over the main army base in the state capital El Geneina. On Tuesday, a Reuters reporter saw a trail of men crossing from Darfur into Chad at Adre, about […]
Israel says its forces operating in “heart of Gaza City”
Gaza/Jerusalem Reuters Israel said on Tuesday its forces were operating deep in Gaza City in their battle to wipe out Hamas in the Palestinian enclave, and that the Islamist militant group’s leader was trapped inside a bunker. Gaza residents said earlier that Israeli tanks were positioned on the outskirts of Gaza City, Hamas’ stronghold in […]
Russia formally withdraws from key post-Cold War European armed forces treaty
Reuters Russia formally withdrew on Tuesday from a key post-Cold War security treaty designed to de-escalate potential East-West conflicts, in a latest sign of rising tensions between Russia and NATO. “At 00:00 on November 7, 2023, the procedure of Russia’s withdrawal from the CFE [Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe], was completed,” Russia’s foreign […]
Suspected Boko Haram kills 15 farmers in north-east Nigeria
Maiduguri, NigeriaReuters At least 15 rice farmers were killed and several others feared abducted in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked three villages, a local farmers’ leader said on Monday. The attack occurred in the villages of Koshebe, Karkut, and Bulabulin in the Mafa local government area in the state, about […]
Slain Lebanese schoolgirl sisters among latest victims of Mideast war
Aynata, Lebanon Reuters Sisters Rimas, Daline and Lianne Chour were preparing to travel to Beirut for temporary schooling there because of escalating clashes between Israel and Hezbollah militants in their native southern Lebanon. When they set off on Sunday, a missile Lebanon says Israel fired hit their car, killing all three and their grandmother, and […]