Tag: Religion and politics
French Riviera cities under lockdown as new infections soar
PARIS — Residents of Nice in the French Riviera will be denied their strolls along the beach on a sunny weekend, under a temporary...
Iraq’s struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit
Nasser Banyameen speaks about his hometown of Qaraqosh in the historical heartland of Iraqi Christianity with nostalgia. Before Islamic State group fighters swept through...
Jews split over storied charity’s support for settlements
JERUSALEM — Generations of Jews have dropped spare change into the iconic blue boxes of the Jewish National Fund, a 120-year-old Zionist organization that...
N. Macedonia upholds most convictions on fishermen slayings
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s criminal court on Tuesday reduced the sentences originally imposed on two people and acquitted one in a retrial...
Appeal over dictionary use denied in U.Va. lacrosse slaying
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge has rejected an appeal from a former University of Virginia lacrosse player that his 2012 murder conviction...
Canada lawmakers to vote on accusing China of genocide
TORONTO — Canada’s main opposition party called Thursday for the House of Commons to formally declare that China is committing genocide against more than...
Judge lets civil suit in diplomatic immunity case move ahead
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia is letting a British family move forward with its lawsuit in the U.S. against an...
Delayed Legion of Christ extortion trial goes ahead in Italy
ROME — A judge in Milan has ruled that trial can go ahead in a case in which priests and lawyers of the Legion...
Poland’s abortion ruling focus of debate in EU parliament
WARSAW, Poland — Most European Parliament lawmakers on Tuesday lashed out at Poland's near-total abortion ban Tuesday, with several lawmakers arguing it was a...
Biden order reestablishes faith-focused White House office
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday relaunching a White House office aimed at fostering cooperation between the federal government and...
