Articles
A Messianic perspective on reconciliation
27 May 2016
A Messianic Jew writes, ‘Jews and Arabs, and even Messianic Jews and Palestinian Christians, don’t mix. I am not saying that we don’t attend each other’s congregations or pray together at conferences. Of course we do.…
USA: pray for peace in Baltimore
27 May 2016
A Baltimore police officer has been acquitted of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, a young black man who died a week after he was critically injured in police custody. A judge…
Egypt: air crash investigations continue
27 May 2016
European companies are being hired to find EgyptAir 804’s flight recorders, which are the best chance of finding out what happened on the flight from Paris to Cairo. Egyptian authorities believe terrorism is a more likely…
Muslims welcome Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, as a period of fasting, self-evaluation and spiritual growth. 1.7 billion people (25% of the Earth’s population) will pray and fast during daylight hours. In the…
Canada: update on fire disaster
27 May 2016
Many are calling it the worst natural disaster in Canada's history: a mammoth inferno sweeping across the northern regions. At the time of writing, 26 May, fire conditions are high to extreme, Fort McMurray remains out…
Iraq: fears for families in Fallujah
27 May 2016
Fierce fighting has been raging around Fallujah since Iraq's military launched an offensive on Monday to reclaim the traditionally Sunni-dominated city from IS. The UN says it fears for the safety of an estimated 10,000 families…