A list of statues and monuments that should be immediately withdrawn from Skopje’s city center is in the hands of Culture Minister of fYROMacedonia, Robert Alagjozovski, with the final decisions to be taken by prime minister Zoran Zaev. The list was put together by a working group of the ministryContinue Reading
Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement to potentially repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled the country, a Burmese official has said. “We are ready to take them back as soon as possible after Bangladesh sends the forms back to us,” said Myint Kyaing, a permanentContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis visits Myanmar next week, a delicate trip for the world’s most senior Christian to a majority Buddhist country accused by Washington of the “ethnic cleansing” of Muslim Rohingya people. He will also visit Bangladesh to where more than 600,000 people have fled from what Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
Kawkareik: Father William’s 16- strong flock on Myanmar’s eastern border is one of the Catholic Church’s tiniest outposts, but next week they will join a tide of 200,000 faithful in Yangon for a historic mass led by Pope Francis. The Pope, renowned for powerful entreaties for peace no matter howContinue Reading
The United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Wednesday convicted Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life in prison for the atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war. Mladic, 75, was found guilty of commanding forces responsible for crimes, including the worstContinue Reading
Aden: In recent days “the Christian cemetery in Aden was desecrated,” including the tombs of the Sisters of Mother Teresa killed during the attack against the retirement home they ran, said Mgr Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar of southern Arabia (UAE, Oman and Yemen), speaking to AsiaNews. The economic, social andContinue Reading
Vatican: Abdullah bin Fahad Allaidan, advisor to the Minister of Islamic Affairs of Saudi Arabia met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Nov 22. The Saudi Arabian representative expressed the admiration and esteem they have for him in the Saudi Arabian kingdom. The pope thanked him for his words.“Thank you.Continue Reading
The rate at which babies are being born in the UK has fallen to its lowest level for a decade. There were 774,835 live births in the UK in 2016, the lowest rate since 748,563 live births in 2006 and down from a peak of 812,970 births in 2012, new data fromContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Manila, The Philippines: An Indian professor is to speak on the Rohingya issue in the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) on Dec 5. UPD is country’s national and premier university that attracts international studies across the world. Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen, Assistant Professor and Executive Director ofContinue Reading
The World Bank has agreed to provide a loan of $98m and a grant of $2m to the Government of India for setting up large scale solar plants in the country. The Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks Project will use the loan to finance Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA),Continue Reading
