Ethiopia PM Abiy denounces religious strife after mosque attacks
Ethiopia PM Abiy denounces religious strife after mosque attacks
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday condemned religious violence following attacks on multiple mosques in the Amhara region, the…......

12/24/2019

UNESCO Listing Proposed for Sarnath, Site of the Buddha’s First Sermon
UNESCO Listing Proposed for Sarnath, Site of the Buddha’s First Sermon
The Varanasi circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) this week forwarded a proposal to place Sarnath on the…......

12/20/2019

Muslim leaders gather in Malaysia for summit shunned by Saudi
Muslim leaders gather in Malaysia for summit shunned by Saudi
Leaders and senior representatives from some 20 Muslim nations flocked to the Malaysian capital on Wednesday (Dec 18) to discuss issues…......

12/20/2019

Mexico president opposes bill to end church-state separation
Mexico president opposes bill to end church-state separation
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday he does not support a proposal to further relax Mexico’s strict legal separation…......

12/19/2019

Indian president signs controversial citizenship bill into law
Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), officials said on December 13. "The president…......

12/18/2019

Thai Buddhist Order Finds Itself at Home in Dutch Catholic Church
Thai Buddhist Order Finds Itself at Home in Dutch Catholic Church
In 2017, a Catholic church in the village of Afferden in the Netherlands was sold to Buddhist monastics from the…......

12/13/2019

Indonesia to deploy 160,000 people to protect churches for Christmas
Indonesia to deploy 160,000 people to protect churches for Christmas
Nearly 160,000 security personnel will be deployed to try to make Christmas and New Year celebrations in Indonesia safe, reported ucanews.org.…......

12/12/2019

Turkey calls for more int’l investment in Afghanistan
Turkey calls for more int’l investment in Afghanistan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the international community on Monday to boost investments in Afghanistan during "sensitive" times…......

12/11/2019