ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian disabled brutally killed
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nazir Masih, 50, a Christian disabled and father of four children, was attacked by three Muslims who brutally killed him. As Fides learns, the complaint of the tragic incident, which occurred on ...
ASIA/YEMEN - The critical health situation after a year of conflict
Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Data reported by WHO: Since the escalation of the conflict in Yemen, more than 6000 people have been killed and 30 000 injured in Yemen. More than 21 million people, 82% of the total population a ...
9 April 2016
ASIA/IRAQ - Czech government: Christian Refugee Program Halted
Prague (Agenzia Fides) - The Czech government has cancelled its "selected" program reserved for Christian Iraqi refugees forced to leave their homes in the Nineveh Plain fallen under the contol of the jihadists of the Is ...
9 April 2016
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Former Italian missionary Del Torchio released
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Businessman and former missionary Rolando Del Torchio, kidnapped in Dipolog City last October, was released on Friday, April 8. The Philippine police - reported local military sources - pick ...
ASIA/INDIA - A forum of NGOs to be closer to the poor
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – To set up a national network of non-governmental agencies to improve and better coordinate the work of support and development among the poorest of society: with this spirit the Indian Jesui ...
8 April 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods in the North, people isolated
Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - "The floods have mainly affected the extreme North of the country, the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, a very difficult area to reach due to the conformation of the territory. Only the army is ...