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Friday, 13 November 2015 22:36
Vatican properties allegedly used as saunas and massage parlours
It is alleged that properties in Rome owned by the Vatican are being run as saunas and massage parlours, sometimes used by Catholic priests, according to leaks in the Italian press. The reports also allege that…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:35
Spain: Catalonian parliament backs split from Spain
Catalonia’s regional assembly voted on Monday in favour of a resolution to split from Spain, energising a drive towards independence and deepening a standoff with central government in Madrid. The declaration, which pro-independence parties in the…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:34
Russia: athletics scandal
The World Anti-Doping Agency said the London 2012 Olympics were ‘sabotaged’ by inaction by the world athletics governing body and the Russian federation who turned a blind eye towards Russian athletes with suspicious doping profiles. The…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:33
Gospel advances amid war against IS in Iraq
The coalition units in Iraq during October stepped up military strikes in Ramadi in the west and Baiji in the north. At the same time, Christian workers doing spiritual battle in northern Iraq could barely keep…
Friday, 13 November 2015 22:30
IS releases 37 elderly Assyrian Christians
The Assyrian Human Rights Network has confirmed that the Islamic State has finally released 37 elderly Assyrian Christians on Saturday morning, following their nine months of travail under the hands of the extremists. They were captured…
Friday, 23 October 2015 18:01
US-led air strike kills prominent al-Qaeda leader
An airstrike by the US-led coalition last Thursday killed Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi citizen and the leader of an al-Qaeda offshoot called the Khorasan Group. The Pentagon commented, ‘Al-Nasr was a longtime jihadist, experienced in funnelling…