President George W. Bush was described by political commentators in Washington DC as in ënear meltdowní today after his alliance with the religious right failed to stop Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives ñ and probably the Senate too ñ in the mid-term US congressional elections.
At least a million unexploded rocket and artillery cluster bombs are posing huge risks to people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon after the recent war, reports relief and development agency Christian Aid and its regional partners.
One year on from the Kashmir earthquake, Evangelical aid agency Tearfund's disaster risk reduction (DRR) work is reducing the vulnerability of villages in the remote region.
Four Christian peace activists have publicly challenged the Australian government's attempts to silence open criticism of United States military bases in the country.
North Korea's decision to break the nuclear test moratorium and attempt to explode a nuclear device was a predictable consequence of the failure of the Bush administration's diplomacy toward the Korean peninsula, Christians in the US have said.
Dealing with religion can mean entering "the danger zone" That's the conclusion of St-Matthew-in-the-City church in Auckland, New Zealand - who have put up a notice outside their building proclaiming 'Beware of the God'.
Russia's school year began recently with debate raging about the appropriateness and efficacy of a course on Orthodox Christian culture amid reports that four regions were making it mandatory and another 11 introducing it as an optional subject – writes Sophia Kishkovsky for Ecumenical News International.
Amish communities across the United States are in shock after a gunman yesterday shot dead at least three girls and injured seven others before killing himself in an attack on one of their schools in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. It is feard the casulaty list will increase
Two senior United States church leaders have sent out a clear message to the White House and the religious right that God cannot be co-opted as a ‘warrior divinity’ serving national or sectional i