UN Climate Change fund: COVID an ‘opportunity’ to raise money and ‘relaunch’ green world
The UN-funded financial arm of the Paris Agreement has called the Chinese Coronavirus an “opportunity” to raise funds for climate change action and “relaunch economies on low-emission, climate-resilient trajectories.” According to a new report by Sky News, the statements have been published in a document by the Green Climate Fund, an international More...
The New Face of Europe: Immigrants between East and West
Writing about Europe’s refugee crisis is not an easy task when we consider the fact that this crisis could be presented and understood in many ways, depending on one’s political standing. For some progressive More...
Bishop of Aleppo Antoine Audo says mission in Syria is ‘attention to the poor’ serving people
Syria, in its present war-torn, broken state, while an immediate detriment to its inhabitants and concern to its neighbors, has presented the Church with a unique opportunity to serve its neighbors. Such a task More...
Eritrea worst than North Korea, communist China for a free press
On Tuesday, the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a report ranking the top ten countries with the least Freedom of Press. The list was topped by Eritrea. The other nine on the list included More...
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Car Bomb Detonated Outside Church in Northeast Syria
(International Christian Concern) –A car bomb was detonated outside the Virgin Mary Church in Qamishli, a city in Northeast Syria, injuring eleven. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. Communications More...
Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Syria car bombed, at least 7 killed or injured
(International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on July 11, 2019, a car bomb exploded next to the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in the Syrian city of Qamishli. The Assyrian More...
Adam Raishani Sentenced 20 Years for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that ADAM RAISHANI, a/k/a “Saddam Mohamed More...
Dear Mr. President: Bipartisan, bicameral letter urging the completion of the Syria withdrawal process
Republicans and Democrats, Senators and Representatives. A diverse group of lawmakers sent President Trump a letter in support of his decision to bring U.S. troops home from Syria and urging the completion of the More...
Jaysh al-Izza faction of the Free Syrian Army blamed for attack on Christian City
(International Christian Concern) –The Syrian Christian city of Mhardeh is once again under attack, this time from the Jaysh al-Izza faction of the Free Syrian Army. The attack severely damaged a thermal power More...
Jesuit priest Father Paolo Dall’Oglio remembered after disappearance in Syria six years ago
Portrait of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio SJ, founder of the Community al-Khalil in Deir Mar Musa, Syria, taken in the premises of the Community’s new monastery Deir Mariyam al-Adhra in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi More...
