Category: Asia
In memory of people killed in Tehran crash
EDMONTON (CNS): If grief is a journey, this is the first painful step: searing heartache….
Posted in Asia
Devotees disappointed over denial of access to Black Nazarene
MANILA (UCAN): The religious procession of Manila’s Black Nazarene image, which attracts millions annually, moved…
Posted in The Philippines
Trying to encounter with the divine
Millions of Filipinos, many of them barefoot, walk the streets of Manila on January 9…
Tagle in peace call as Philippine orders Iraq evacuation
MANILA (UCAN): Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, incoming head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelisation…
Police accused of ignoring attack in university
NEW DELHI (UCAN): Police in India have been accused of failing to intervene when alleged…
Posted in Asia
Illegal mining blamed for deadly floods
JAKARTA (UCAN): Illegal gold mining was the primary cause of flash floods that inundated six…
Deep anxieties after US drone strike assassination
“I think tensions have reached a level never seen before, and this is worrying and further complicates the situation in the region, which truly appears to be intensely heated.”
