This is what emerges from a study by the Centre for Education and Dialogue, which denounces the increase in attacks by extremists and ultra-religious Jewish groups. The socio-political conditions and the low birth rate make the future of Christians in the country uncertain. The appeal for the ‘involvement’ of the Churches in the world. Hana Bendkowsky: ‘The attackers must be brought to justice’.

Controversy sparked In Uzbekistan  over the small fish farms that disappeared immediately after their inauguration was broadcast live on TV in a village in the Namangan region. A story that recalls the tradition of ‘deceptive demonstrations’ that has regularly resurfaced in the region since the time of the tsars' visits.

Today's news: Burmese military junta rejects rebel groups' ceasefire, as Thailand intensifies investigations into the building that collapsed in quake; Tensions between Japan and South Korea over the opening of a museum; In Madhya Pradesh, ban on alcohol in Hindu sites; Three Christians injured in Iraq during the Assyrian New Year celebrations.

AsiaNews director spoke today in Rome at the conference “The Spirit knows where he takes us” organised by the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute. The “triple dialogue” refers to the path of interiority, the commitment to freedom and justice, and the telling of the story of Jesus: the faces of the reception of Vatican II in the East.

While the world's spotlight is on the tragedy in Myanmar, the rebirth of the Turkish region struck by an equally powerful quake on 6 February 2023 is still far away. “The earthquake is always with us, in the trauma we experienced, in the people we lost, in the destroyed buildings we walk through every day,” said one survivor. In the place where Jesus’s followers were first called "Christians," local Christians are forced to go back and forth from a nearby town.

Some rural areas have been as badly affected as cities. Almost 100 people have reportedly died and 3,000 homes destroyed in a well-known tourist destination. Residents were already hard at work recovering from the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in September 2024. While the main ethnic militias have joined a ceasefire proposal, many fear the military junta will hold up aid.