Giorno: 7 Febbraio 2023

Islamic extremists in Mozambique kill international aid worker

Extremist rebels in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province have killed a worker for the international charity Doctors Without Borders, shortly after a former vice president of the organization was asked to produce a report into the humanitarian situation in the conflict-hit region. Mozambique’s Islamic extremist insurgency, which started in October 2017, is blamed for the […]

Bomb in southwest Pakistan kills soldier, injures 11 people

A bombing near a vehicle carrying Pakistani paramilitary troops in southwestern Baluchistan province killed a soldier and wounded 11 people, mostly civilians, police and security officials said Monday. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on Sunday. Pakistan has been battling an insurgency in Baluchistan for more than a decade, with […]

Church of England to consider gender-neutral God: reports

The Church of England is considering referring to God in “non-gendered” terms during services, the Telegraph reported. Breaking with centuries of tradition, bishops have announced they are launching a major “project on gendered language” this spring. It may suggest that priests stop using the male pronouns “He” and “Him” when referring to God in some […]

Pakistan bus, car collision kills 22 people, injures 12

A speeding bus collided with a car and plunged into a ravine in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 22 passengers and injuring 12 others, police said, the second such deadly accident in less than a week. The bus was traveling to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from the Ghizer district in the north […]

Nicaragua sentences Catholic priests to 10 years for conspiracy after closed-door trials

A Nicaraguan judge on Monday sentenced four Roman Catholic priests to 10 years behind bars in what critics maintain is part of President Daniel Ortega’s crackdown on dissent. The priests were convicted in closed-door trials in which government-appointed defenders acted as the priests’ attorneys. The conspiracy charges against stem from long-standing government allegations that the […]

Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll passes 7,800 as rescue efforts falter

Read More Aftershocks, freezing temperatures and damaged roads are hampering efforts to tackle the enormous humanitarian emergency triggered by Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria, with 7,800 people now confirmed dead and 380,000 others seeking refuge in Turkey alone. As the scale of the devastation from the initial quake – and a […]

Marjorie Taylor Greene trolls Biden’s State of the Union with white balloon

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., brought a helium balloon to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in an effort to troll President Biden over his response to the recent Chinese spy flight ahead of his State of the Union address. Greene said it was “just an innocent white balloon” in a video she posted to her […]