Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
Reuters Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by President Daniel Ortega’s government. Vice President and first lady, Rosario Murillo, called the decision “sovereign and irrevocable,” stating Nicaragua would cease participation in all activities […]
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Martin E Marty, religion historian and “churchman in the most serious way”, dies at 97
United States Via RNS Martin E Marty, an eminent church historian, prolific chronicler and interpreter of religion and its role in public life, died at the age of 97 on Tuesday in a Minneapolis care facility where he spent his final years. Marty, who was also a warmhearted friend, mentor and pastor to many, taught […]
US conservative Christian media leaders disagree over Trump’s treatment of AP
Grapevine, Texas, US RNS Normally more likely to voice support for President Donald Trump’s decisions, attendees and speakers at a gathering of conservative Christian broadcasters expressed ambivalence this week about the White House’s resolve to bar The Associated Press from presidential events. Speaking during a panel on “values-driven media” at the National Religious Broadcasters conference […]
US Supreme Court allows Trump’s freeze of foreign aid funding temporarily
Washington DC, US Reuters US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients. Roberts issued an interim order placing on hold Washington-based US District Judge Amir Ali’s action that had imposed a deadline of 11:59pm […]
Former Hong Kong lawmaker, six others jailed for rioting after 2019 mob attack
Hong Kong, China Reuters A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced former lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six other men to jail terms of up to around three years for rioting after being attacked by a mob in the summer of 2019 as pro-democracy protests raged. On the night of 21st July, 2019, more than 100 […]
Poor, indebted countries need collective relief, African leaders say
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters Growing external debt burdens are crippling the world’s poorest countries, a group of former African leaders warned on Thursday as they pushed for a new programme of collective relief from private, bilateral and multilateral creditors. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is hoping to use his country’s current presidency of the […]
UN rights chief warns of “mass deaths from famine” in Sudan
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN human rights chief warned of the risk of a further escalation of the war in Sudan on Thursday and said that there was a growing risk of deaths from starvation on a wide scale. Orphans and children separated from their parents in Kadugli gather to eat boiled leaves for food […]
‘House of David’: Can the Old Testament inspire a TV hit?
KATHRYN POST, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reports that amid the runaway success of ‘The Chosen’, Biblical dramas are having a moment…
Thailand deports 40 Uyghur men back to China after more than a decade in detention
Taipei, Taiwan AP A group of at least 40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said Thursday. The men made a public appeal last month to halt the deportation, saying they faced imprisonment and possible death in China. Thai lawmakers and international officials […]