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Friday, 16 November 2018 00:18
USA: fires in California - Paradise lost
Crews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says. They have contained 30% of the fire, stretching over 125,000 acres, but do not expect to…
Friday, 16 November 2018 00:15
Sudan: Christian converts arrested and tortured
Sudanese security agents raided a house in the city of Nyala, and arrested 13 people when they admitted to being Christians. Two believers were released, but ten converts from Islam and their pastor, Tajdeen Yousif, were…
Friday, 16 November 2018 00:11
India: Christian families persecuted
Five Christian families in eastern India were at a service in October when they received a phone call telling them to return to their homes immediately. They rushed back, but found that the villagers had been…
Friday, 16 November 2018 00:07
Uganda: Christian boy refuses to convert to Islam
Radical Muslims left a 12-year-old Christian boy unconscious recently, after threatening to strangle him unless he converted to Islam. Emmanuel Nyaiti was walking to his grandmother’s house 200 metres from his home in Moru village when…
Friday, 16 November 2018 00:04
Australia: needles in fruit
On 13 November Clare Bonser, a make-up artist with ABC News Breakfast, was driving when she casually bit into her pear. She happened to look down before taking the next bite and spotted a needle, so…
Friday, 16 November 2018 00:01
Democratic Republic of Congo: UN concern before December elections
The UN has raised the alarm over fighting in eastern DRC, warning that the violence could hamper next month's elections. Leila Zerrougui, a UN special representative, said that three provinces were most at risk. ‘There is…