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Friday, 26 January 2018 09:25
Hamas races to use tunnels before they are destroyed
In 2017 Hamas said its smuggling and terror tunnel network was twice as large as the Viet Cong’s was at the height of the Vietnam War. In 2018 Israeli technology has proved successful in locating and…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:23
Thailand: slavery in the seafood industry
Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world. The industry relies heavily on trafficked and forced labour on unlicensed vessels. Many victims are from Cambodia, Laos and Burma. Beatings and starvation are commonplace. The…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:20
Central Asia: praying for the unreached
There are 50 million Pashtuns in Central Asia; they are the largest group of unreached people in the region. There are only about 500 Pashtun believers scattered through Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. The number is a…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:02
Iraq: Islamists dump religion for upcoming elections
Islamist parties in Iraq are shedding their religious platforms to focus on reform in the campaign for upcoming elections in May, and are also allying with secular parties. Out of 200+ Islamist parties registered with the…
Friday, 26 January 2018 09:00
USA: Trump’s attitude to dictators
Donald Trump has enthusiastically expressed personal admiration for notorious authoritarian leaders. Recently he sent a message to Philippines president Duterte: ‘I want to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug…
Friday, 26 January 2018 08:57
Eruptions and earthquakes
Volcanoes are erupting and ground is shaking in Indonesia, Japan, Alaska, the Philippines and eastern Russia. On 23 January, 56,000+ residents in the Philippines were evacuating their homes in anticipation of a major eruption by Mount…