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Friday, 29 April 2016 09:17
Droughts and heatwaves
Water levels in Vietnam’s Mekong delta, a region that accounts for 50% of the country's rice and fruit production, 90% of its rice exports and 60% of shrimp and fish exports, are at their lowest levels…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:13
Australia: Queensland government and safe schools
The Queensland government has ignored community concerns surrounding the controversial Safe Schools programme, refusing to release the names of schools that are teaching children that their gender is fluid. The media is reporting an increased focus…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:11
Nigeria: a midnight raid
On Sunday night, in Enugu State, an attack by more than two hundred suspected armed Fulani herdsmen left at least 48 people dead. Scores of people were critically wounded, and sixty houses and two churches completely…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:06
Syria: deadly airstrike on Aleppo hospital
At least fourteen patients and three doctors were killed on Thursday in an airstrike on a hospital in Aleppo, the charity Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says. Among those killed in the al-Quds hospital was one of…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:03
Egypt: Coptic teenager kidnapped for ransom
Earlier this month 13-year-old Anthonius Farag, a young Christian boy, was kidnapped in Upper Egypt. He was released twelve days later after a hefty ransom payment. This is not an isolated case. According to the Coalition…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:01
Pakistan: suspects in 'blasphemy' killing bailed
The four main culprits accused of the murder of Christian couple Shahzad Masih and Shama Bibi, who were tortured and thrown into a burning brick kiln last November, have been set free on bail. This decision…