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Church of England membership decline ‘urgently’ needs to be reversed – Welby and Sentamu
15 Jan 2015
The Church of England will no longer be able to carry on in its current form unless the downward spiral in its membership is reversed ‘as a matter of urgency’, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York…
Thousands of patients whose operations have been cancelled because of the growing turmoil in the UK’s A&E departments are facing prolonged anxiety, discomfort and pain while they wait for a new date for their surgery. A…
In an act that is being repeated across Zimbabwe, government authorities have declared new ownership of the Maleme farm in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, threatening its Christian owners with arrest for refusing to leave the land that houses…
Nepal: Up to 8,000 girls trafficked to Dubai
15 Jan 2015
A multi-agency international operation, led by Central Bureau of Investigation, has stumbled upon an organised racket of trafficking young Nepalese girls to Dubai for alleged prostitution, Delhi's IGI airport is the transit point for their travelling…
At least one-third of the country’s territory is now under ISIS influence, with recent gains in rural areas that can serve as a conduit to major cities that the so-called Islamic State hopes to eventually claim…
Libya: Christians targeted
15 Jan 2015
Early on Saturday morning, masked militants kidnapped about 13 Egyptian Christians from a housing complex in Sirte, Libya, according to International Christian Concern (ICC). At 2:30 am, the militants went room to room checking ID cards…