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Friday, 11 September 2020 04:32
Afghanistan Peace Talks Resume in Qatar
Talks are now set to begin in Qatar this week, aiming to put an end to two decades of war and the loss of thousands of lives in Afghanistan. They were meant to begin in March,…
Friday, 11 September 2020 04:31
Doomsday Glacier is melting from the inside
Antarctica’s ‘Thwaites Glacier’ which is a thousand miles from the nearest research base, has been investigated by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey. The glacier is melting rapidly due to warmer water entering the glacier via…
Friday, 11 September 2020 04:30
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: New charge 'a political game', says husband
A new charge against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, is "a new stage in a long-running political game", her husband Richard has claimed. "She is clearly being held as a bargaining chip," Mr…
Thursday, 03 September 2020 20:54
Global: prayer movements, houses of prayer
In 1727 the Moravian community in Herrnhut, Germany started a 24/7 unbroken prayer watch, which continued for over 100 years. Moravian influence on John Wesley helped start the Wesleyan revival. Their vision of sending missionaries (they…
Thursday, 03 September 2020 20:48
UAE / Israel: Palestine fears birth of ‘Arab Zionists’
The PLO’s chief negotiator and executive secretary expressed concern that the UAE’s peace agreement with Israel will lead to other Arab states reaching similar ‘normalisation’ agreements. The PA sees such agreements as disregarding their demand that…
Thursday, 03 September 2020 20:44
Ethiopia: at least 500 Christians slaughtered
An Ethiopian Christian leader called for an international inquiry into over 500 Christians killed since the end of June - including pregnant women, children and whole families. The coordinated slaughter was by the Muslim Oromo ethnic…