Pope Cautions against ‘Unfair’ Middle East Peace Plans
ROME, ITALY – Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
In a speech Sunday during a visit to the Italian southern port city of Bari to reflect on peace in countries …
New Visa Rules Set Off ‘Panic Wave’ in Immigrant Communities
After nearly a dozen years moving through the U.S. visa system, Sai Kyaw’s brother and sister and their families were at the finish line: a final interview before they could leave Myanmar to join him in Massachusetts and work at …
Amid ‘Anonymous’ Fallout, White House Adviser Reassigned
WASHINGTON – Victoria Coates, a top official on the National Security Council, is being reassigned amid fallout over the identity of the author of the inside-the-White House tell-all book by Anonymous.
Coates, who serves as national security adviser for the …
US Warns Against Chinese Leadership of Intellectual Property Watchdog
STATE DEPARTMENT – Top American officials are warning that the ability to protect intellectual property is under a grave threat if a Chinese-backed candidate becomes the new director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a self-funding agency of …
Fighting, Food Shortages Stalk Civilians Displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Kayin States
About 300 ethnic Karens have been displaced by armed conflict in Hpapun district of southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin state following hostilities in early February between government forces and rebel soldiers, an official from an ethnic armed group said Monday.
Padoh Saw …
Civilians Bear Brunt of Terror as Kenya’s Operation Against Al-Shabab Continues in Forest
KIANGWE, KENYA – Kenya launched an operation to flush out al-Shabab terrorists from the northeast Boni Forest on the border with Somalia in 2015. The operation was meant to last a few months but � nearly five years later � …
Ministers seek to Reinforce Drive to Cut Libya Arms Supplies
MUNICH, GERMANY – Foreign ministers and other top officials from about a dozen countries gathered Sunday in Germany to keep up the push for peace in Libya after countries with interests in its long-running civil war agreed to respect a …
Algeria Marks One-year Anniversary of Anti-government Protests
PARIS – Algeria is marking the one-year anniversary this week of its massive popular uprising pretty much the way it started � with more street protests and a sense that demands for fundamental political change remain unmet.
The political landscape …
Myanmar Says it Will Compensate Those Who Lose Land to Chinese Project in Kyaukphyu
The Myanmar government will compensate local residents for more than 1,800 acres they had to forfeit for the building of the China-backed Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in western Rakhine state, a Myanmar government official said Friday, yielding to demands for …