| SYRIA

A goldsmith was murdered by a gang of criminals for refusing to pay protection money. This incident confirms the climate of impunity and lawlessness in large areas of the country. Al-Sharaa's reassurances are of little use in a Syria that is becoming increasingly Islamised. In Beirut, the Executive Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches remembers and prays for the ‘martyrs’ of Damascus.


Four children are among the dead, with several more wounded. The airstrike came in the wee hours of this morning. The military regime has not yet issued a comment. For ASEAN, a vote in Myanmar is "not a priority." The bloc is pushing the junta to "live up to its commitments" to engage in talks and achieve peace.

| 11/07/2025
| MYANMAR
by Nirmala Carvalho

In Gurugram, Radhika Yadav, 25, was murdered by her father with five gunshots. The man confessed, saying that his fellow villagers mocked him for living off his daughter, a talented tennis player who ran her own academy. A tragedy that puts the spotlight back on honour killings in India.

 

 

| 11/07/2025
| INDIA

A ceremony is scheduled today in Iraqi Kurdistan to mark the movement's farewell to arms. Its leader Öcalan recently praised “politics and social peace,” while delinking his personal fate from the peace process. Meanwhile, the crackdown on the main anti-Erdoğan party continues, with over 500 people jailed in just a few months.

| 11/07/2025
| TURKEY – IRAQ

At least four people are reported dead in the attack that saw the Yemeni group resume hostilities against maritime trade in the Red Sea in retaliation for the war in Gaza. Ten have been rescued, but the rest of the crew, mostly Filipinos, are still missing. Stella Maris appeals to the Manila government: ‘The safety of seafarers must be protected.’ Sunday is the day when the Church focuses on workers at sea.

| 11/07/2025
| PHILIPPINES - YEMEN

Today's news: the flood in Nepal that killed at least nine people was caused by the emptying of a glacial lake. In India, two people have been arrested on charges of forcing teenage girls to strip naked to prove they were menstruating. New arrests in Hong Kong. The United Nations says the current Syrian government has no “active links” to al-Qaeda.

| 11/07/2025
| ASIA TODAY
by Vladimir Rozanskij

During his recent visit to Istanbul, Armenian Prime Minister Pašinyan reportedly gave the green light to the “Turanian route”, which was one of Azerbaijan's main objectives in the war. A direct meeting with Aliyev to finalise the peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku is expected to take place in Baku in mid-July. This would be a turning point that would see Erdogan as the real winner in the region, given the weakening of Moscow and Tehran in global conflicts.

| 11/07/2025
| ARMENIA - AZERBAIJAN
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