Essay: Arab evangelical Christians invite Zionist evangelicals to restore “one body in Christ”
Palestinian journalist DOUAD KUTTAB, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the plea finds a ‘discernible missional gap’ between the Western church and the churches of the Middle East…
Sight-Seeing: Whose Christianity do Christian nationalists want?
In an article first published by Religion News Service, MARCI A HAMILTON says it was the diversity of Christianity, as much as other faiths, that inspired the founders’ concern for religious liberty…
Trump and Harris to debate on ABC, Trump says he wants two more
Detroit, US Reuters US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris will debate on 10th September on ABC, setting up the first face-to-face matchup between the rivals in what polls show is an extremely close race. In a rambling news conference at his Palm Beach, Florida, residence, Trump said he wanted additional […]
Rwanda government shuts more than 5,000 churches, claiming code violations
Nairobi, Kenya RNS In a crackdown, Rwanda has shut down more than 5,600 places of worship over failure to meet the conditions required for operation. Churches, mosques, caves and tents affected by the shutdown were found to have fallen short of the standard requirements set by 2018 laws, according to officials conducting the two-week process […]
Catalan separatist Puigdemont evades capture on chaotic return to Spain
Barcelona, Spain Reuters Former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont defied an arrest warrant to appear at a rally in Barcelona on Thursday after seven years of self-imposed exile, before reportedly fleeing the scene with a car belonging to a regional police officer. Amid a heavy police presence, Puigdemont had told a crowd of thousands of […]
Russia battles Ukrainian troops for third day after shock incursion
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world’s biggest nuclear power that has forced Moscow to call in reserves. In one of the biggest Ukrainian attacks on Russia of the two-year-old […]
Nobel laureate Yunus takes charge of Bangladesh, hopes to heal strife-torn country
Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge of Bangladesh’s caretaker government on Thursday, hoping to help heal the country that was convulsed by weeks of violence, forcing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit and flee to neighbouring India. Known as the “banker to the poor”, Yunus is the pioneer of the global […]
Israel kills 40 Palestinians in Gaza airstrikes amid fears of wider war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces stepped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider war in the region. Israeli airstrikes hit a cluster of houses in central Gaza’s Al-Bureij camp, killing at least 15 people, […]