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Friday, 25 August 2017 17:06
Pakistan: millions at risk from arsenic
It is called the largest mass poisoning in history. Wells drilled in the Indian subcontinent in the 1970s exposed millions to arsenic leaching into their drinking water from surrounding rocks and soil; this has caused skin…
Friday, 25 August 2017 17:05
Asia: blasphemy battles
The Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a report on blasphemy laws globally. The five worst-scoring nations are Iran, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Qatar, while 71 of the world's 195 countries penalties ranging from fines…
Friday, 25 August 2017 17:03
Mongolia: Christian outreach
CBN News joined 46 Christians from Russia going to remote Mongolian provinces where few have heard of Christ's love. 17-year-old Alena Barsokov said, ‘What I am attempting to do is raise a new generation of Russian…
Friday, 18 August 2017 16:32
Armed disputes reveal Iraqi Christians' discord
On 6 August Patriarch Louis Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic church, called on Iraqi Christians to unite under one banner and work past their various political affiliations and differing doctrines. In his statement, issued after…
Friday, 18 August 2017 16:30
Saudi Arabia: Hajj - 30 August to 1 September
Each year, two to three million Muslims complete the Hajj to Mecca. Those who have done so add the title ‘hajji’ to their names. Jesus told people, ‘Your sins are forgiven.’ The same desire for forgiveness…
Friday, 18 August 2017 16:29
Asia / Africa: devastating floods and landslides
The annual monsoons in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sierra Leone have caused hundreds of deaths, while thousands have fled flash floods and mudslides. In Nepal’s southern plains, the home to much of its agriculture, huge swathes…