More than 30 feared dead as dinghy bound for Spain’s Canary Islands sinks
Madrid, Spain Reuters More than 30 migrants were feared dead after a dinghy headed for Spain’s Canary Islands sank on Wednesday, two migration-focused organisations said, as they criticised Spain and Morocco for not intervening earlier to rescue the vessel’s passengers. The groups, Walking Borders and Alarm Phone, said the dinghy was originally carrying around 60 […]
Kenyan suspect in religious cult deaths dies in custody after hunger strike
Mombasa, Kenya Reuters A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers, who were members of the Good News International Church, […]
Third culture kids: How the internet is changing the way missionary families engage with education
DAVID ADAMS reports…
Neo-Nazi groups multiply in a more conservative Brazil
Itajai, Brazil Reuters Last November, just hours before a social gathering for Haitian immigrants in the town of Itajai in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, event organiser Andrea Muller received a chilling message. “Cancel the Haiti exhibition or we will commit a massacre,” read the subject line of the email, seen by Reuters. “Santa Catarina […]
Essay: Welcoming the stranger
On Tuesday, World Refugee Day was marked around the globe. BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, accepting refugees professionally and compassionately is part of America’s history…
Azza Karam resigns as secretary general of Religions for Peace
RNS Religions for Peace, an international interfaith coalition that advocates for nonviolent solutions to the world’s conflicts, announced in a 16th June statement that Azza Karam, its secretary general since 2020, has resigned her position. Azza Karam on 23rd August, 2019. PICTURE: Christian Thiel/Religions for Peace The organisation’s executive committee noted in the statement its […]
Postcards: Philippines’ women seaweed farmers keep coastal families afloat
Seaweed farming in the Philippines, increasingly led by women, is a lifeline to poor coastal families often hit by disasters. MARIEJO RAMOS report for the Thomson Reuters Foundation…
Ukraine offensive “slower than desired”, Zelenskiy says; Putin sees “lull”
Kyiv. Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted on Wednesday as saying progress in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces was “slower than desired”, but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up. “Some people believe this is a Hollywood movie and expect results now. It’s not,” Britain’s BBC quoted him as saying in […]