Shot teenager’s grandmother urges end to French overnight riots

Paris, France Reuters The grandmother of the teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb said on Sunday she wanted the nationwide rioting triggered by his killing to end, as France braced for a potential sixth night of unrest. Some 45,000 police were deployed again on Sunday night, according to […]
Ukraine reports Russian attacks in east, progress in south

Reuters Ukrainian forces are resisting a Russian onslaught in eastern areas of the front and face difficulties in the northeast, but are making progress near the shattered city of Bakhmut and in the south, the deputy defence minister said on Sunday. Russian accounts of the front line said Moscow’s forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near […]
Sudan clashes intensify with no mediation in sight

Cairo, EgyptReuters Clashes between Sudan’s army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified on Sunday, as the war in the country’s capital and western regions entered its 12th week with no attempts in sight to bring a peaceful end to the conflict. Air and artillery strikes as well as small arms fire could be heard, particularly […]
Baltimore mass shooting leaves two dead, several children among 28 injured

Reuters Two people were killed and 28 others were injured, including an estimated 14 children, in a mass shooting in Baltimore, Maryland, early Sunday morning after a neighbourhood party, police said. An 18-year-old woman and 20-year-old man were killed and nine people were still hospitalised with gunfire wounds Sunday afternoon, including a few in critical […]
Thousands rally across Australia in support of Indigenous reform

Reuters Thousands of people rallied on Sunday in Australia to back a campaign to recognise the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution ahead of a referendum later this year, after a recent dip in support for the change. The referendum, likely to be held between October and December, seeks to amend the constitution and establish […]
US judge awards Black church $US1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Washington DC, US AP A judge on Friday awarded more than $US1 million to a Black church in downtown Washington, DC, that sued the far-right Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest. Superior Court Associated Judge Neal A Kravitz also barred the extremist group and its leaders from […]
UN chief urges international aid in visit to gang-ravaged Haiti

Port-au-Prince Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Haiti’s capital on Saturday, said international aid has not met the impoverished country’s growing humanitarian needs, and urged more support for the Haitian police to fight gangs. The visit was meant to spotlight the crises facing the Caribbean country as it struggles to combat violent gangs that […]
Vatican reports income boost in charitable fund, even as donations dip following financial scandals

AP The Vatican has reported that a key charitable fund, Peter’s Pence, doubled its income in 2022 to €107 million, or more than $US166 million, even as donations from the faithful dipped slightly following years of scandal over financial mismanagement at the Holy See. Overall, the Peter’s Pence fund, which finances the Vatican bureaucracy and […]
Police charge 23-year-old with hate crime at historically Black US church

United States RNS A 23-year-old man has been charged with trespassing and burglary after an investigation of vandalism estimated at more than $US100,000 at a church in the US state of Maryland. Jarren Alexander was taken into custody on Wednesday after an incident earlier in the month at Fowler United Methodist Church in Annapolis, police […]
Papal peace mission: Catholics and Orthodox join forces for peace amid Russian and Ukrainian sceptics

CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on last week’s papal mission to Moscow…