The decision represents a break with traditional US foreign policy. The decision to move the embassy is due to the influence of Evangelical and right-wing Christians. This is part of an apocalyptic "crusade" to speed up the second coming of Jesus.
Iraq’s parliament has picked 12 May as election day. Calls for postponement by Sunni and Kurdish deputies were rejected with Supreme Court ruling against it. The campaign set to focus on corruption and reconstruction. Iraqi Church urges greater participation at home and abroad.
Young nationalists had attacked the St Mary Post Graduate College in Vidisha. Top public officials came out in favour of constitutional protection for minorities. More than 9,500 students, mostly Hindus, attend the school in question.
Vuong Van Tha, his son and two nephews were arrested on 18 May 2017. He used a loudspeaker to speak out against government "mistakes and crimes". He was tried in secret and without legal defence or witnesses.
The PyeongChang Olympics is a first step for new talks. Sanctions weigh on North Koreans. Years of work on food security are at risk. Suffering should be alleviated as much as possible. For clergyman, “Little by little to move forward with also the hope that we can provide more humanitarian aid more freely."
In his message for 52nd World Communications Day, Francis affirms that the fake news is contrary to the "logic of God" for which "human communication is an essential way to experience fellowship". "To discern the truth we need to examine what accompanies communion and promotes goodness and what, on the contrary, tends to isolate, divide and oppose".
