Failures by Mexican law enforcement aggravate rise in killings of women
Mexico City, MexicoReuters When 27-year-old Ariadna Lopez was found dead beside a highway in the central Mexican state of Morelos in October, local investigators were fast to declare there were “no signs of violence.” Their version – that Lopez died of asphyxiation as a result of alcohol intoxication – quickly unravelled. A girl places a […]
Priest dies from stabbing on seaside promenade in Egypt
Cairo, EgyptAP A knife-wielding man mortally wounded a Coptic priest during an attack on the popular seaside promenade in Alexandria on Thursday evening, Egypt’s interior ministry said. The ministry said the priest died while being treated for his wounds. It said the suspected attacker had been arrested. The priest was identified by the Coptic Orthodox […]
UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death
Leigh-on-Sea, UKReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday laid flowers at the church where a lawmaker was stabbed to death a day earlier, in what police say was a terrorist attack probably linked to Islamist extremism. The attack on David Amess, from Johnson’s Conservative Party, comes five years after the murder of Jo Cox, […]
Uganda probes killing of 10 refugees in row with locals over water
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Uganda is investigating the deaths of 10 refugees and a local teenager in a dispute over water, a government minister said on Wednesday, urging the world to do more to help Africa’s biggest refugee host country. Violence erupted last week after a disagreement over who should have priority at a borehole […]
“RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW”
People have long looked at nature and wondered: ‘What type of world do we live in? Kill or be killed, survival of the fittest?’ As Tennyson put it, the world is “red in tooth and claw!” A leopard with its kill in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. PICTURE: Colin Watts/Unsplash It’s a challenge to the Christian idea that […]
Colombian pastor found shot dead; speculation his killing may be linked to protests
A Colombian pastor was shot and killed in his home in the country’s north late last week with speculation that it was linked to a church protest calling for the restoration of peace in the region. PICTURE: Pastor Plinio Rafael Salcedo/via Facebook UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW says the body of Pastor Plinio Rafael Salcedo, […]