Foreign Affairs

A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime. It is the latest violent incident to be reported in a politically charged British summer, during which incidents of Islamophobic and antisemitic hate have remained high, and comes just days after a deadly attack outside a …

A disagreement over a disputed hospital bill has led to the refusal to release the body of a retired Nigerian Air Force officer, Air Vice Marshal Terry O. Okorodudu (Rtd), who died at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi on September 9, 2025. The hospital had withheld the body pending the settlement of an outstanding bill of Sh9.8 million …

The United States could see an unprecedented 15,000 churches shut their doors this year, far more than the few thousand expected to open, according to denominational reports and church consultants. The unprecedented contraction, expected to continue over the next decade, risks leaving gaps in communities nationwide — particularly rural ones, where churches often are crucial providers of food aid, child …

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has accused the United States, its Western allies, and some Nigerians of plotting to incite a religious war in the country. In a statement titled “The Fiction of Christian Genocide and the Conspiracy Against Nigeria” posted on X on Sunday, Fani-Kayode alleged that recent comments by American and Canadian figures about “Christian genocide” in …

U.S. President Donald Trump gave Hamas until Sunday night to agree to his proposal, opens new tab to end Israel’s war in Gaza, warning ” ALL HELL” would break out in the Palestinian enclave if it fails to get on board. After Trump’s latest threat to the militant group, Al Jazeera reported on Friday that Hamas had handed over its …

The appointment of Dame Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury has stirred strong reactions across the global Anglican community, with Gafcon (Global Anglican Future Conference) issuing a firm statement of rejection. In a letter addressed to Anglicans worldwide, Gafcon Chairman, The Most Reverend Dr. Laurent Mbanda, expressed sorrow over the announcement, warning that the decision by the Church …

The counterterrorism police named the assailant as Jihad al-Shamie, 35, a British citizen of Syrian descent. He was shot dead by the police after killing two people and injuring three others in an attack on Yom Kippur. A man attacked a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday, killing two people and seriously injuring three others in what the police called …

Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate – the first woman to be chosen for the role. A former NHS chief nurse, the 63-year-old became a priest in 2006 and was appointed as the first female Bishop of London in 2018 – the third most senior member of clergy in the Church of England. …

US Government shuts down: The federal government has officially shut down for the first time in six years after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on — and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next. Blame game: Once the funding deadline passed, Republicans and Democrats immediately began pointing fingers at …

China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan ($38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. The court ruled that the bribes “caused …