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Friday, 07 July 2017 14:40
Iraq: 100,000 trapped in Raqqa
Thousands of people continue to flee the fighting in Raqqa between Syrian forces and IS which is intensifying. According to humanitarian agencies on the ground, 108,000 people have been displaced from Raqqa province - the majority…
Friday, 07 July 2017 14:37
Mexico: media attacks, journalists killed
One journalist was killed while resting in a hammock at a carwash. A second was dragged from his car and shot dead near the newspaper he had co-founded. When another was killed in front of her…
Friday, 30 June 2017 14:49
Syria: a move towards future stability
A civil council, which is expected to rule Raqqa once IS is dislodged from the Syrian city, pardoned 83 of the jihadist group's low-ranking militants recently as a goodwill gesture designed to promote stability. They were…
Friday, 30 June 2017 14:48
Venezuela: grenade attack on Supreme Court
Venezuela's Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a stolen police helicopter, in what President Nicolás Maduro called a ‘terrorist attack’. The court is regularly criticised by the Venezuelan opposition for its rulings which…
Friday, 30 June 2017 14:46
North Korea: arrested after meeting family
A North Korean man has been arrested on 'spying' charges after meeting Christian relatives in China. Kim Seung-mo, 61, was arrested early in June after visiting family in China's Jilin province, which borders North Korea. A…
Friday, 30 June 2017 14:43
Egypt: Copts remain strong in their faith
On 28 May, the day after a deadly attack on a bus of Christian pilgrims, SAT-7 Arabic radio presented a vital Christian viewpoint on the threats that believers face from extremists. The gunmen had demanded that…