Nuclear weapons must never be used, Nagasaki survivor tells Putin before Nobel ceremony

Oslo, Norway Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on Monday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors’ group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Terumi Tanaka was referring to threats made by Putin and other senior Russian […]
In Assad’s once loyal hometown, Syria’s rebels win statement of support

Damascus, Syria Reuters The Sunni-led Islamist rebels who toppled Syria’s Bashar al-Assad met elders in the former president’s Alawite hometown on Monday and received their support, in what residents said was an encouraging sign of tolerance from the country’s new rulers. How the rebels treat the sizeable Alawite population, who widely backed Assad and from […]
Most US congregations avoid discussing politics, new study shows

United States RNS Despite the incessant tracking of evangelical Christian, Latino Catholic, Muslim and other religious groups through the recently ended election season, a study released on Election Day by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research showed that most congregations are politically inactive, with nearly half actively avoiding discussing politics at their gatherings. The Hartford […]
US races to find captive journalist Austin Tice after Syria regime collapse

Washington DC, US Reuters US officials were pressing on Monday for information about Austin Tice and to secure the release of the American journalist captured in Syria 12 years ago. Washington’s hostage-affairs envoy Roger Carstens was in Beirut as part of intensive efforts to locate Tice, according to the State Department, while White House national […]
Five deported Ukrainian children return home, officials say
Reuters Five Ukrainian children sent away or placed in care since Moscow’s February, 2022, invasion returned to their homeland on Monday, officials said, part of a long-running campaign to bring home more than 20,000 deported children. Daria Zarivna, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff, said those brought home on Monday included […]
Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US AP President Joe Biden designated a national monument at a former Native American boarding school in Pennsylvania on Monday to honour the resilience of Indigenous tribes whose children were forced to attend the school and hundreds of similar abusive institutions. The creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument – announced during […]
Zelenskiy seeks diplomatic end to Russia’s war, floats role for foreign troops

Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made the case on Monday for a diplomatic settlement to Russia’s war in Ukraine and raised the idea of foreign troops being deployed in his country until it could join the NATO military alliance. The remarks at a joint press conference with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz were the […]
Which church?

There are two types of church. The first attracts youth with modern music and cinematic presentations, yet often their theology is simplistic and focused on the amazing future God has for you. PICTURE: Brandon Griggs/Unsplash This works for those full of possibilities! But few people’s lives go to plan. When disaster hits – it can […]
Despairing Syrians search notorious Sednaya prison for missing relatives

Sednaya, Syria Reuters As families desperately scoured the filthy cells of Syria’s forbidding Sednaya prison on Monday for any sign of long-detained relatives after its gates were flung open by rebels, hope for finding missing loved ones began to fade. Thousands of prisoners spilled out of President Bashar al-Assad’s pitiless detention system after he was […]
Essay: Bhopal – after 40 years, ongoing effects of world’s worst industrial disaster show environmental racism is alive and well

M SUDHIT SELVARAJ, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the 40 year fight for justice for survivors of the 1984 disaster in central India…