Ukraine says hundreds of bodies found in recaptured territory evidence of war crimes
Kyiv/Izium Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian officials said on Friday they had found hundreds of bodies, some with their hands tied behind their backs, buried in territory recaptured from Russian forces, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called proof of war crimes by the invaders. Zelenskiy told Reuters in an interview many corpses were also interred in other […]
King Charles III and siblings to hold vigil by late Queen’s coffin
London, UK Reuters King Charles III will be joined by his siblings to mount a silent vigil at the coffin of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II on Friday as thousands of mourners stand in line for miles to pay their last respects to the monarch during her lying-in-state. Charles, his sister Princess Anne, and […]
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Hundreds of seafarers still stuck in Ukraine despite grains corridor – industry
London, UK Reuters Around 82 ships with 418 seafarers remain stuck around Ukrainian ports despite the opening of a UN-backed sea corridor to ship grains with efforts to get the mariners sailing still stuck, shipping industry officials said on Thursday. The agreement reached in July, creating a protected sea transit corridor, was designed to alleviate […]
Cruel or harmless? US pastors mixed on Republican migrant transports
United States AP As Republican governors ramp up their high-profile transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders – many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections. Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for political ends, while others […]
Queen’s death revives memories both fond and bitter in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe Reuters A memorial service in Zimbabwe for Queen Elizabeth II drew a handful of mourners on Thursday but some on the streets of the capital said she was a symbol of British colonial rule that should not be celebrated. Scriptures were read aloud and solemn songs were sung during the two-hour service at […]
Mexico arrests general over 2014 disappearances of 43 students
Mexico City Reuters Mexican authorities have arrested retired general Jose Rodriguez for his suspected involvement in the 2014 disappearance of 43 student teachers, a senior official said Thursday, making him the highest-ranking military officer so far held over the case. Deputy Security Minister Ricardo Mejia said four arrest warrants had recently been issued against military […]
United States, UN hope Armenia, Azerbaijan truce holds
Reuters The United States and the UN have welcomed a ceasefire announced between Armenia and Azerbaijan after two days of violence linked to a decades-old dispute between the former Soviet states over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The fighting, which each side blamed on the other, left more than 170 soldiers dead and threatened to drag […]
“Desert Chaplains”: Pastor-led group seeks missing migrants in border desert
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports from Arizona on how the Capellanes del Desierto (Desert Chaplains) rescue and recovery group work to find missing migrants along the US-Mexico border…
US evangelical group gets racial history tour to spark work toward racial unity
Washington DC, US RNS For missionary Doug Gentile, it was seeing the “shackles for tiny children” used during American slavery. For seminary professor Darrell Bock, it was confronting the specificity of the list of “Black codes” that restricted the lives of Black people after slavery ended – mandates in many states, for instance, that they […]