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Friday, 19 May 2017 12:31
Iran: what people think of today’s election
Iran’s presidential election today is seen as a referendum on Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to Western nations and his nuclear deal with world powers. The following are comments by some Tehran residents: ‘- I decided not to…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:25
USA: growing sense of crisis
Escalating events: -President Putin claims to have records of the meeting between Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and President Trump. -Reports that Trump asked former FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation into the former…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:22
Middle East: prayer request for pastor
On 5 May Prayer Alert readers were invited to praise God for many baptisms of former Muslims. At the time Pastor Paul mentioned that he had been stoned and injured by radical militants after one of…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:18
Libya: slavery threatens refugees
Desperate West African migrants, fleeing joblessness and violence and hoping for a better life in Europe, sometimes pay exorbitant fees to smugglers to get to Libya (a launchpad for Italy). Few are aware of Libya’s current…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:15
Israel: cars attacked, stone-thrower killed
Arabs are blocking a main road leading to Israeli communities and stoning cars as they pass through. Cars are sustaining heavy damage. One motorist, fearing for his life when attacked with cinder blocks, opened fire at…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:07
Yemen: cultural capital of conflict
The city of Taiz has 2.4 million people, living in tragedy resulting from the two-year war. The city is important geographically, as it lies between the southern provinces, controlled by Hadi’s forces, and the northern provinces…