Essay: The children of Sudan have been forgotten
EDGAR SANDOVAL, SR, president and CEO of World Vision US, says the details of the crisis are horrifying…
Postcards: Meat-loving Argentines eat less beef as inflation bites
CANDELARIA GRIMBERG, of Reuters, reports…
Russia says US is responsible for deadly Ukrainian attack on Crimea
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Sunday that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five US-supplied missiles that killed four people, including two children, and injured 151 more. The Russian Defence Ministry said four of the US-delivered Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, equipped with cluster […]
In Sudan, churches, NGOs report growing concerns over humanitarian situation
Kenya, Nairobi Church leaders and organisations working in Sudan have growing concerns about the situation in the country, saying that opposing groups are making it difficult to provide a comprehensive response to the increasing needs of the Sudanese people. The fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has escalated, especially in […]
Seven killed, dozens missing after gunmen attack in northern Nigeria
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters At least seven people were killed and 100 kidnapped on Saturday night when gunmen attacked a rural community in Nigeria’s north-western Katsina state, residents and police said on Sunday, the latest attack against residents in the north of the country. Armed gangs, known locally as bandits, have frequently raided communities in the […]
Death toll at Haj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures
Updated: 9:25am (AEST) Cairo, Egypt AP More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday. Saudi Health Minister Fahd bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel said that 83 per cent of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorised pilgrims […]
Israeli airstrike kills eight at Gaza aid centre, witnesses say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah. The strike hit part of a vocational college run by the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA […]
Updated: Orthodox priest, multiple police killed in gunmen attack in Russia’s North Caucasus, officials say
Updated: 12pm (AEST) Moscow, Russia Reuters Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest and multiple police officers, the region’s head said. “This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the […]