Headlines- After meeting with Israeli and Lebanese envoys in the White House, US President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
- US President Donald Trump expressed hope for a long-term peace agreement this year on Thursday, saying he anticipated meeting with Israeli and Lebanese leaders in the coming weeks.
- The two airlines operating in Kuwait, Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways, will start operating again on Sunday, according to the Kuwaiti government.
- There is no "time pressure" on US President Donald Trump to reach an agreement with Iran, he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday.
- As part of its blockade on ships departing from or traveling to Iranian ports, U.S. Central Command reported that 33 vessels have been turned back.
- As the United States extends its ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, US President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that there is now no centralized leader in Iran and that the country's administration is divided between moderates and hardliners.
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Day of Prayer on May 14...
The confusing situation, especially in the Mon and Rakhine States – where the army has rejected the truce – makes it difficult to attribute responsibility for civilian deaths to rebels or government soldiers
Religious leaders United to Fight Covid-19;...
Religion teaches that all humanity is interconnected and interdependent: it is a family and cells of a single body”, concludes the statement, reiterating the invitation to unity and the common good
The Emergency of Covid-19 in Central...
Officially, in fact, there are no cases of coronavirus, although there are many doubts, both because in Tajikistan there have been dozens of suspicious deaths, and because Turkmenistan shares a very long border with Iran, particularly affected by the pandemic”
Covid-19: Containment Measures Work in It...
The lockdown should end on May 5: “We must resist until then – concludes brother Elio – then we hope that there will be an opening that allows a recovery of life if not at normal levels, at least to allow poor people to obtain the necessary”
Kazakhstan:.The Policy Towards Religions Does Not...
Freedom of worship guaranteed under Nazarbayev and perpetuated by his successor finds its raison d’etre in the careful policy of control of religions promoted in Kazakhstan, a country with a large Islamic majority, aimed at repressing the possible birth or operation of violent Islamic radical groups. To this end, the government establishes moments of encounter during the year, between the various religious leaders, thus favoring a rather formal ecumenical and interreligious dialogue
A “Non-Migratory” Ramadan Due to Coronavirus:...
The President’s decision aims to prevent, in a nation hosting 230 million Muslims (about 90% out of a population of 260 million inhabitants), at least thirty million Indonesians travelling across the country, in order to curb the spread of Covid-19, which has already registered over 7,400 cases and caused 630 victims in Indonesia. The government had previously issued a “travel ban” related only to employees of public bodies and state-owned enterprises, while Indonesian Muslims had been advised against (but not prohibited) from traveling. The absolute ban comes into force today Friday 24 April and penalties will be applied starting from 7 May
Widespread Information to Contain Covid-19: the...
Afghanistan officially registers 1300 infected and about 50 deaths, but tests are extremely limited and the cases are much higher. The coronavirus-related health emergency is added to political instability, institutional fragility, dependence on international donors
Week of Indigenous Peoples: the Pandemic...
The Week of Indigenous Peoples is inspired by the First Pan-American Indigenous Congress, held in Mexico on April 19, 1940. Considering the need to make this reality more visible and to encourage solidarity with these peoples, the decision to extend the celebration for a week was taken.
Human Rights Do Not Disappear Nor...
Choluteca: “About 300 people originally from Haiti, Cuba and Africa (mostly Haitians) have already overcrowded the rooms they had rented in Choluteca, Honduras for more than 24 days”, this is how the letter sent to Fides by the Pastoral Ministry of Human Mobility of Guatemala begins, in the face of the situation experienced by hundreds …
Coptic Easter Among Closed Churches, “Condoned”...
The list of new Christian places of worship and condoned ecclesiastical properties was also disseminated in the Egyptian media last Monday, while Coptic Christian communities prepare to celebrate Easter on Sunday 19 April (according to the Julian calendar) without being able to access churches, due security measures put in place to deal with the coronavirus epidemic