Croatia’s demining experts hope to clear country of landmines by 2026
Gospic, Croatia Reuters The deminers walk painstakingly across a field near the town of Gospic in southern Croatia, using metal detectors to find landmines left during the war waged there over three decades ago. They are part of an operation that is planned to come to an end in less than a year, when the […]
Religious leaders counsel victims, organise prayer gatherings amid violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo RNS Pastor Allan Ngwaba has been offering daily counselling sessions, both in churches and homes, to people affected by the violent conflict in the DRC. The professional counsellor and pastor at Rivers Pentecostal Church in Goma said many civilians he has met with are experiencing severe post-traumatic stress disorder […]
Syria welcomes UN resolution to investigate human-rights violations
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Syria welcomed a United Nations resolution on Friday to investigate violations and improve the country’s human-rights record following the 13-year civil war waged by former President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The resolution, which calls for Syria’s new government to support inquiries into crimes committed during the conflict that started in 2011, passed without […]
Judge orders return of wrongly deported Maryland man to US from El Salvador
Reuters A US judge ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador back to the United States within three days, the latest legal setback for the administration’s hardline deportation policies. The US has already acknowledged Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a Salvadoran migrant who lived […]
Foreign student crackdown: US officials are quietly terminating the legal residency of some international college students
COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and MAKIYA SEMINERA, of Associated Press, report on fears the targeting of foreign students will keep them from studying in the US…
Stocks slump again after China fires back in trade war with tariffs on US goods
Palm Beach, Florida, US/Beijing, China/Washington DC, US Reuters Global stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at US President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34 per cent on US goods, escalating a trade war that has rattled investors and fed fears of a coming recession. The trade war […]
Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94
Washington DC, US AP Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died. He was 94. Archbishop of Washington Robert McElroy issued a statement Friday confirming McCarrick’s death a day earlier but provided no details. His statement focused on those […]
Israeli troops expand ‘security zone’ in northern Gaza
Jerusalem/Gaza Reuters Israeli troops were expanding their control of ground in northern Gaza, the military said on Friday, days after the government announced plans to seize large areas with an operation in the south. Soldiers carrying out the operation in Shejaia, a suburb east of Gaza City in the north, were letting civilians out via […]
Myanmar military limiting aid in earthquake areas, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Myanmar’s military is limiting critically needed humanitarian aid for earthquake victims in areas where it sees opposition to its rule, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also said it was investigating 53 reported attacks by the junta against its […]