BANGKOK — Ding Zhongfu was awakened by loud pounding on his door. Five policemen greeted Ding, an elder in a Chinese church. The officers pinned him to the wall that Thursday morning in November and interrogated him while searching the apartment he shared with his wife, Ge Yunxia, and their 6-year old daughter. Ding’s family … Read more
Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals have announced a two-party center-right coalition that will run the Grand Duchy for the next five years under Prime Minister Luc Frieden ByThe Associated Press November 16, 2023, 5:34 AM LUXEMBOURG — Luxembourg’s Christian Democrats and free-trade liberals announced a two-party center-right coalition on Thursday that will run the … Read more
BAGHDAD — Christian religious leaders in northern Iraq called for an international investigation Monday into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week and slammed the government’s probe, which had blamed the blaze on negligence and lack of precautionary measures. An Iraqi Syriac Catholic priest, meanwhile, said widespread corruption in the … Read more
BEIRUT — Lebanese police said Thursday that a food delivery driver who opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut last week allegedly did so because of a personal grudge against the guards at the compound. The police said they had arrested the suspected shooter on Monday, identifying him only by his initials M.K. and … Read more
MOSUL, Iraq — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise. The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. That’s a predominantly Christian area just outside … Read more
JARANWALA, Pakistan — Police in japanese Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims in a single day after a Muslim mob angered over an alleged desecration of the Quran attacked church buildings and houses of minority Christians, prompting authorities to summon troopers to revive order, officers mentioned Thursday. The Christians residing within the metropolis of Jaranwala within the … Read more
A whole lot of 1000’s of Muslim pilgrims are braving intense warmth to carry out the symbolic stoning of the satan throughout the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia ByRIAZAT BUTT Related Press Muslim pilgrims stroll to wish exterior Namira Mosque in Arafat, on the second day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, close to the holy … Read more