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Yemen: UN cease-fire fails to take hold
15 Jul 2015
A cease-fire brokered by the United Nations that was to allow the delivery of relief supplies failed to materialise in Yemen on Saturday, as a Saudi-led military coalition carried out airstrikes and fighting continued between the…
Canada: Church’s pastor missing in North Korea
15 Jul 2015
The Light Presbyterian Church continue praying for their founding pastor, detained in North Korea since early March. Despite the lack of information, they remain hopeful that God will bring Revd. Hyeon Soo Lim home. A member…
When a Nigerian pastor learned that his daughter, kidnapped by Boko Haram, refused to convert to Islam he said, ‘To die for the sake of Christ, that's the happiest thing for me. I'm grateful that she…
While the US and world powers voice optimism about the historic nuclear deal with Iran that was signed in Vienna, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is furious that the world is giving in, warning of a…
Nigeria: Another bomb blast kills 25
09 Jul 2015
A suspected suicide bomber targeted civil servants at a government building in Zaria city, killing 25 and wounding 32. Boko Haram, which often targets northern Nigeria, has stepped up attacks since President Buhari took office in…
The persecution of religious minorities is now official Vietnamese state policy after Human Rights Watch released a June report revealing that Vietnam’s government intends to persecute any ethnic Montagnards who follow ‘unauthorised’ Christianity (Montagnards are the…