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Friday, 16 September 2016 12:10
Iraq: tragedy for Christians
IS has spread from Syria to Iraq; giving Christians the ultimatum - convert, submit, or die. In Basra and Baghdad Christian women are threatened in the workplace and forced to wear headscarves. Many have been driven…
Friday, 16 September 2016 12:08
Thailand: Pakistani Christians are unwanted
New rules regarding the UNHCR process have been decried by Christian advocates in Thailand, who claim that the change in rules disproportionately target Pakistani Christian refugees. Fleeing persecution in their homeland, Pakistani Christians comprise the largest…
Friday, 16 September 2016 12:07
Israel: ‘Study the Bible’, says Netanyahu
At a cabinet meeting ahead of the new school year, Benjamin Netanyahu urged students to study the Bible and their Jewish heritage. ‘Our objective is to carry out an education revolution,’ he said. ‘This will be…
Friday, 16 September 2016 12:00
UN global tax?
A UN tax on all foreign exchange transactions is being considered, with a move towards new models of funding, ‘believing that in our interconnected world there is a need to find new ways to fund solidarity…
Friday, 16 September 2016 11:56
Iraq: new UN goodwill ambassador
A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by IS is to be appointed a UN ambassador. Nadia Murad, who is also a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will become the UNODC goodwill ambassador for the…
Friday, 09 September 2016 10:37
Israel: ‘risk of civil war’
‘Israeli society is heading for civil war and the country must take steps to counter it’, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo stated last week, in his first public remarks since stepping down as the spy agency…