In Beijing, 34 members of the Shouwang Church arrested
Led by the feisty Rev Jin Tianming, one of the capital's evangelical communities has been denied the right to have a place of worship....
Oil spill off the coast of Thailand’s Koh Samet Island causes environmental disaster
Pipeline leak releases 50,000 litres of crude oil into the Gulf of Thailand. Some of the oil reaches the coast of Rayong province. On...
Pope Francis’ Brazil Visit Sparks Violent Protests, Brazilians Outraged Over Public Funds Used for...
RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL - Brazilian police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters in Rio de Janeiro rallying against the vast...
Textbook Praises Islam, Denigrates Christianity
A world history book used in an Advanced Placement class is under review by a Florida school board over allegations it favors Islam at...
China: no end to “ordinary” violence generated by lack of justice
This morning a man fatally stabbed 3 people in Shenzhen: It is the latest in a series of murders committed by ordinary citizens who,...
An iftar to break the fast and silence between Israel and Palestine
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas resume talks after a three-year hiatus with a Muslim meal. The release of one hundred Palestinians from Israeli prisons...
Give And Take: Italy’s Experiment with A Cash-Free Supermarket
Modena — where milk costs one point and olive oil four points instead of nine euros, where you can buy food even if you don’t...
Italy: Meet The Homeless Man Living Under House Arrest, On A Sidewalk
Every night, Domenico Codispoti arranges his sleeping bag on a fixed patch of sidewalk in central Milan -- and is not allowed to move...
Praying for Mandela in Soweto,birthplace of apartheid revolt
Forty years after government killings here sparked the militant anti-Apartheid movement, the ailing grandfather of modern South Africa is a reminder not to return...
“Violence is not part of us; political murder harms the whole country,” says Tunisian...
The day after the assassination of opposition leader Mohammed Brahmi, Fr. Jawad Alamat spoke to AsiaNews about a "generalised fatigue that afflicts the country....