Dario Salvi

Mgr Warduni, auxiliary bishop of Baghdad, warns that the problem is “real and serious”. The government has so far stopped 50 sham sales, but at least 350 transactions are involved. The Catholic Church has tried to help in getting properties returned but it faces with “powerful people”.

Manama has signed an agreement with Bell Trident Textron Inc. for $ 912 million. Air Force Commander: "the latest and most advanced in the world" means "added value". On the internal front, repression continues: sentences of up to 10 years for six activists.

In the historical patriarchal headquarters a handshake between the leader of the Lebanese Forces and the head of Marada. A meeting that heals a 40 year-old wound. The mediation of Card. Beshara Raï. From justice the foundations for a "true peace": A gesture that is also valid for Muslims.

The 57 year-old bureaucrat beat the secular Ofer Berkovitch in the run-off. The latter does not accept defeat and speaks of fraud. Lion set an electoral campaign on fear and danger of "secularization". Lieberman resigns as a protest on the truce in Gaza.

Mgr Marcuzzo praised Egypt and Jordan for their mediation in achieving a fragile truce in the Gaza Strip. The two sides are far apart and violence has become a regular occurrence. The UN Security Council is paralysed. For Israeli expert, Hamas sought to capture Israeli soldiers as bargaining chip.

The 52nd session of the Assembly of Patriarchs and Catholic Bishops (Apecl) opens. The cardinal recalls the value of "civilization" of the Land of Cedars. It has "a role and a mission" for the region. Religious affiliations and loyalty to political leaders restrain the country's future.

Tensions between Israel and Hamas continue in the Gaza Strip. For Sobhy Makhoul, the violence caught everyone by surprise at a time of negotiations and calm with Egypt and Qatar mediating. US interests weight heavily in the area. The next few hours will be crucial.

For the general secretary of the organizing committee the idea is "an integral part" of the operational plan. A final evaluation will be taken together with FIFA. Much will depend on the number of participants, 32 current or up to 48. 600 thousand hotel rooms needed for competition.

Signed by more than 400 students and scholars, the letter calls for a unified solution to solve the crises the country faces. It also calls for stronger multiculturalism and social reforms based on solidarity. Actors and celebrities also start an online campaign against US sanctions, which, contrary to Trump’s lies, affect the weak.

Palestinian sources speak of undercover operation by the Israeli army. The military penetrated 3 km inside the territory. Rockets from Gaza hit southern Israel. Air force responds with ground raid. Netanyahu interrupts the visit to Paris for the celebrations of the centenary of the end of the Great War.

Five years after he went missing, an event still shrouded in mystery, a seminar was held in Beirut dedicated to the Jesuit missionary in Syria who challenged the country’s regime and tried to deal with jihadis. His parents “call for every effort to be made to know his fate”.

After coming to Saudi Arabia on fake passports during Hajj, many Rohingya have been held in detention centres for years. The Saudi government is planning to forcibly repatriate them. The kingdom has no refugee plan nor signed the 1951 Refugee Convention.