Armed conflict prevents more than 13 million children from attending schools in Middle East and North Africa
Armed conflict is preventing more than 13 million children from attending school in the Middle East and North Africa. A new report from child focused UN agency UNICEF shows that in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya alone it is estimated that more than 8,850 schools can no longer be used because they are damaged, destroyed, […]
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner calls for submissions for inaugural roundtable on religious freedom
Australia’s Human Rights Commission Tim Wilson has this week called for submissions in the lead-up to an inaugural roundtable on religious freedom to be held in November. Mr Wilson said in a statement he hoped the roundtable would be the first of a number aimed at stimulating “much needed dialogue on exercising religious freedom in […]
Essay: No easy answers in Europe’s refugee crisis
In the text of a statement released this week, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, JUSTIN WELBY, says there are no easy answers to the refugee crisis currently engulfing Europe…
Origins: A century on, the Panama Canal continues to provide a vital link between oceans
Having celebrated the centenary of its opening last year, DAVID ADAMS looks at the history of the Panama Canal…