Religion, the church and the global recession is the focus of an international conference featuring economists, theologians and philosophers at the University of Nottingham.

“Reform so as to preserve” is still the mantra of the political elite in Britain. But civil society organisations, faith groups, politicians and ordinary people can help change the agenda, says Simon Barrow.

Protestant churches in Kenya have delivered a one-million signature petition to the International Criminal Court at The Hague urging investigations of post-election violence.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has pointed to nationwide protests against the arms industry as evidence of “public revulsion". Such feelings are expected to increase ahead of the London arms fair in September.

A group of anti-nuclear campaigners have this afternoon assembled peacefully in the central lobby of Parliament, risking arrest by taking part in an unauthorised demonstration. They formed a silent circle and refused to leave.

A United Nations’ chief policy officer has told a United Church of Christ organisation that the way malaria has been tackled may model responses to the global economic crisis.

Campaigners today called on the government to resist the Queen's demands for an increase in the Civil List and has said the costs of the monarchy must be slashed.

As Cardiff was officially announced as host for the second annual Armed Forces Day celebrations in 2010, the government was urged to develop a defence policy focused on conflict resolution.

Today is the UK's first Armed Forces Day. It is a thinly veiled attempt to deflect scrutiny of politicians who have made disastrous decisions about war, says Symon Hill. But sentiment is no substitute for accountability.

Church leaders in Northern Ireland are amongst those who have welcomed news that unionist paramilitaries have destroyed their weapons. The Ulster Volunteer Force has decommissioned its arsenal in front of independent witnesses.