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PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS 2018 STARTS IN TORONTO

THE EVENT IS BEING HELD FROM NOVEMBER 1 TO NOVEMBER 7. About 10,000 delegates from a total of 80 countries have gathered in Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada to attend the world's ...

Egypt rationalising food subsidies

The second phase of rationalising Egypt’s database of ration-card beneficiaries will take place in March, Minister of Supplies and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi said earlier this ...

OVER 3,000 EGYPTIAN CHURCHES STILL WAITING FOR LICENSES 2 YEARS AFTER LANDMARK LAW

More than 3,000 churches and church-affiliated buildings are still awaiting legal recognition from the Egyptian government nearly two years after the passing of legislation hailed by some as positive ...

7 COPTIC PILGRIMS KILLED IN EGYPT BUS ATTACK; ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing at least seven Coptic Christian pilgrims and injuring at least 19 others who were traveling to a desert monastery on ...

'Defecating on the Altar': Myanmar's Spiritual Assault on Kachin Christians

Kachin Christians in Myanmar are facing an "existential threat" and "will not be able to continue" in the next one or two generations amid an ongoing civil war between Kachin rebels and the Myanmar ...

YEMEN: A MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE

As the war in Yemen continues to rage, Humanitarian Aid agencies, amongst which the Norwegian Refugee Council, are pleading for one thing only: ...

Christians Dragged Out of Cars and Beaten, Haunted With Fear as Asia Bibi Case Tears Pakistan Apart

Christians have been dragged out of their cars and beaten, and said they are "haunted" with fear of Islamic radicals as the blasphemy case of Christian mother Asia Bibi tears Pakistan ...