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Friday, 09 June 2017 12:22
Israel: Friday prayer points
Ramadan is a time of increased security tensions, particularly on Fridays when hundreds of thousands of people gather on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for prayer. Lord, give wisdom to Israel’s security forces during this month…
Friday, 09 June 2017 12:19
Yemen: cholera killing one person an hour
Unicef reports that cholera cases in Yemen could quadruple in the next month to 300,000. A runaway epidemic is killing someone nearly every hour and threatening the lives of thousands, says Oxfam. There is an urgent…
Friday, 09 June 2017 12:17
Iraq: underground prison found in Mosul
On 3 June, while liberating western Mosul, Iraqi troops discovered a huge underground prison with dozens of detainees from Anbar province. The detainees were treated medically and then transferred to another place to check their identities.…
Friday, 09 June 2017 12:14
Iran / Middle East tensions
Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran on 7 June, killing at least 13 people. IS claimed responsibility, and threatened more attacks against Iran’s majority Shi'ite population. Iran's Revolutionary…
Friday, 09 June 2017 12:10
Israel: plight of Eritrean refugees
A Christian agency in Israel said, ‘We see a great deal of fear among vulnerable members of our Eritrean community,’ after a new law, known as the Deposit Law, was implemented by the government. It deducts…
Thursday, 01 June 2017 23:58
Extreme weather: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
The worst monsoon since 2003 hit Sri Lanka after two months of drought. 194 people died, and the toll is expected to rise. 99 people are missing, and 112 injured. Over half a million people are…