
Gang Boss In Haiti Threatens To Kill Abducted Missionaries
The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren't met.

The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren't met.

Opponents include faith leaders and a number of Christian groups who warn that the vulnerable would be put at risk.

Israel re-opened its borders to individuals for tourism and business on Monday, providing they are fully vaccinated with a recognized vaccine or have recovered from COVID-19.

After sealing its borders to most visitors for a year and a half, Israel will open up to fully vaccinated tourists and those who have recovered from COVID-19 beginning on Nov. 1.

After a brief hiatus for summer break, the Italian parliament is back at it and is set to address two controversial legislative proposals later this month, including a potential referendum on euthanasia and a disputed anti-homotransphobia bill.

As sporadic attacks against religious institutions continue in Chile, the leaders of the country’s faith traditions came together to ask the committee tasked with re-writing the national Constitution to guarantee religious freedom.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren’t met.

A group of some 1,700 British doctors say they will not participate in assisted suicide, amid a push by some lawmakers to legalize the practice in England and Wales.

The amendment would ensure that Catholic priests can administer the last rites at crime scenes.

The process will open simultaneously in Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Cyprus.