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Friday, 03 August 2018 09:46
Nicaragua: people flee the country
UNHCR is calling for international solidarity and support for countries hosting Nicaraguan refugees and asylum seekers, as thousands flee mounting political tensions, violence and serious human rights violations. Many Nicaraguans could flee to America if the…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:43
Israel: IDF shuts down ‘terrorist’ TV station
On 31 July a Hamas-affiliated TV station was shut down, and the four Palestinians operating it were arrested. Israel had said Al-Quds TV was a terror organisation, and the four suspects are charged with incitement to…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:40
Golan border: Syria pushes into strategic area
Under the terms of a 1974 UN armistice that demilitarised much of the Golan, Israel withdrew from the capital of Quneitra province which it had captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Now, backed by Russian aircraft,…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:38
Pakistan: poverty and persecution
Pakistan plans to seek its largest ever bailout from the IMF as Imran Khan takes office. The loan is to resolve the country’s escalating foreign reserves crisis. However a loan would see IMF impose restrictions on…
Friday, 03 August 2018 09:33
Sri Lanka: ‘They took everything from us’
A Sri Lankan brick-maker is living with death threats after his conversion to Christianity, often seen as a ‘foreign’ religion, even though Christianity arrived in the Indian sub-continent almost two thousand years ago. Nimal is illiterate,…
Thursday, 26 July 2018 23:13
Royal wedding choir signs record deal
The Kingdom Choir, which sang in front of a huge global audience at the royal wedding in May, have now signed a record deal with Sony Music UK. Their debut album comes out in November. Sony…