PA: Worldwide
Friday, 26 May 2017 11:00
Sudan: government campaign against Christians
Recently, members of the Sudan Church of Christ gathered for worship in the Khartoum suburb of Soba al Aradi. Before the service began, a bulldozer rumbled toward the church and demolished it, the last church still…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:34
Venezuela: desperate humanitarian disaster
Thousands scavenge on the streets for scraps of food. Masses wait in long queues for basic necessities that are largely unaffordable and unavailable. Venezuela's economic crisis is now a humanitarian disaster. 82% live in poverty. There…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:31
Iran: what people think of today’s election
Iran’s presidential election today is seen as a referendum on Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to Western nations and his nuclear deal with world powers. The following are comments by some Tehran residents: ‘- I decided not to…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:25
USA: growing sense of crisis
Escalating events: -President Putin claims to have records of the meeting between Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and President Trump. -Reports that Trump asked former FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation into the former…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:22
Middle East: prayer request for pastor
On 5 May Prayer Alert readers were invited to praise God for many baptisms of former Muslims. At the time Pastor Paul mentioned that he had been stoned and injured by radical militants after one of…
Friday, 19 May 2017 12:18
Libya: slavery threatens refugees
Desperate West African migrants, fleeing joblessness and violence and hoping for a better life in Europe, sometimes pay exorbitant fees to smugglers to get to Libya (a launchpad for Italy). Few are aware of Libya’s current…