A federal religious freedom commissioner has said there is “no excuse†for the Trump administration “delaying action†to place sanctions on Chinese officials for abuses committed in the mass internment of Uyghurs. Nury Turkel, a commission
The United States and Russia have restarted negotiations about their nuclear arsenals following a break of more than a year amid the worst military tensions between the two atomic superpowers since the Cold War.Russian and American negotiators made only carefully scrip
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement on Friday, calling on the Turkish military to halt airstrikes in northern Iraq, and urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to stop the military actions. “USCIRF calls
“Safeguarding Webinars†is a series of online formation organized by the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) in collaboration with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors (PCPM), the Centre for Child Protection (CCP) of the Pontifical Gregorian University
The man, referred to only as Zhou, to protect his privacy, wasn’t exactly slim before the coronavirus started wreaking havoc in Wuhan, prompting the authorities to impose a strict lockdown.But at least he kept his weight in check, worked at a local cafe and led
In view of World Refugee Day on June 20, UNHCR releases its annual Global Trends report, showing 8.7 million people were newly displaced in 2019 alone.The number of displaced people around the globe reached a staggering 79.5 million last year according to the United Na
Brazil records a concerning increase in its Covid-19 death rate, cases on the rise again in China, and the UK announces scientific breakthrough.Currently, more than 8.1 million people have been confirmed to have coronavirus around the world.Ne
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) notes that the economic downturn has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in the Middle East into an ever more desperate situation and has increased their humanitarian needs.The number of vulnerable Syrian refugees w
More anti-racism and counter-protests are due to continue in the U.S. and around the world after the second high profile killing of a black man in the United States within weeks. U.S. authorities say an Atlanta police officer has been fired following the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard B
June 12 is observed as United Nations World Day Against Child Labour. Taking place amid the economic and job turmoil of the Covid-19 crisis, it is feared that millions of vulnerable children could be forced into child labour.Today, throughout the world, around 218 mill