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Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
USA: Charleston response to killings
The shooting in a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, has raised new concerns about racism and gun violence. On Wednesday night, 21-year-old Dylan Roof walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and after…
Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
Pakistan: Bid to reduce false accusations of blasphemy
In a move to prevent the abuse of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, the government has drafted a bill attempting to reduce false accusations. A mandatory death sentence for the crime of ‘defiling the name’ of Muhammad makes…
Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
Vatican State: Pope speaks out on climate change
On 18 June Pope Francis called for a radical transformation of politics, economics and individual lifestyles to confront environmental degradation and climate change, criticising consumerism and irresponsible development and calling for swift and unified global action.…
Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
Lebanon: Prayer for government, help to refugees
As Muslims fast and pray during Ramadan, we pray for them. ‘The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.’ Christians in Lebanon are asking us to pray Psalm…
Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
Pakistan: Searing heatwave
224 people are believed to have died so far during Pakistan's heatwave in southern Sindh province (nearly 1,700 people died in a similar heatwave in India last month). Most of the deaths have been in Karachi,…
Thursday, 25 June 2015 01:00
Australia: Same sex marriage might put government senate seats at risk
Anti-gay marriage forces inside the Abbott government are circulating election polling surveys claiming that at least three Senate seats, and potentially five, would be at risk if MPs were allowed a conscience vote and that the…