Clashes have erupted between the army and demonstrators during a second day of protests across Lebanon.Lebanon is suffering from record high unemployment levels, sluggish growth and one of the highest debt ratios anywhere in the Middle East.No
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that cases of the coronavirus are spreading from capital cities to rural areas in Africa, and that more testing kits are needed.WHO's Africa regional director, Matshidiso Moeti said that ten countries are driving Africa's epidem
The death toll on Wednesday from an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Nigeria’s Borno state rose to 69. The gunmen also razed a village to the ground.Gunmen attacked the village of Faduma Koloram, in the Gubio district of Borno state, on Tuesday afternoo
Abortion clinics in Mexico City are reporting decreases in abortion by as much as 40% due to the coronavirus lockdown.The Mexican daily El Universal reported June 7 that measures implemented by the government to stop the spread of the coronavirus have prevented pregnan
A cardinal has thanked Catholics for their “patience†after the government permitted churches in England to reopen for private prayer from June 15, more than 80 days after they were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. But public Masses wil
A Christian pastor and his pregnant wife were killed on their farm in northeastern Nigeria last week, the latest victims in a series of abductions and killings of Christians in the country.Gunmen shot dead Pastor Emmanuel Saba Bileya and his wife, Julianna, on their fa
US Prosecutors bring new criminal charges against four Minneapolis policemen implicated in the death of George Floyd. The black American died during an arrest that sparked ongoing, nationwide protest and civil strife.Derek Chauvin, the white officer who pinned George F
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order “to advance international religious freedom,†after he visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C.The order calls religious freedom “a moral and national security imperat
Italy lifts its coronavirus travel ban for European travelers more than two months after the country went into full lockdown.Under the June 3 plan, Europeans can visit Italy without a two-week quarantine. Italian citizens will also be able to travel from region to regi
Mexico's President is opening up the country and going on a tour of its south, to re-boot the plummeting economy, in spite of an ominous increase in the new coronavirus infection and death rate in an attempt to find a balance between jobs and lives.Mexican President An