Migration activists, migrant church leaders and representatives of ecumenical groups from Africa, Europe and the Middle East have been meeting this week.

The World Council of Churches is organising a regional conference in Lebanon from 5-7 December to address the global issues of migration.

Religious leaders and disarmament campaigners have hailed the decision by 50 countries to derail a deeply flawed worldwide accord on cluster bombs.

World church leaders have met in Scotland's capital to discuss plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons and to meet civic and political leaders.