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Friday, 18 March 2016 09:22
Australia: we can do better than ‘Seven Year Switch’
In television’s ever-growing quest for shock-driven ratings, Channel 7 has stooped to a new low with its ‘Seven Year Switch’ offering. Australian Christian Lobby managing director Lyle Shelton said a programme glamourising partner-swapping and disloyalty did…
Friday, 18 March 2016 09:20
Iraq: IS dig countless tunnels under captured cities
Kurdish forces recapturing cities from Islamic State in Iraqi Kurdistan have discovered incredible tunnel networks which jihadists use as escape routes. In the Yazidi city of Sinjar, seventy tunnels have already been discovered. The narrow tunnels,…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:27
Turkey: freedom of press
An Istanbul court has ordered the newspaper Zaman, Turkey's best-selling daily newspaper, into administration, which is ‘deeply concerning’. Zaman is linked to a US-based preacher who is the arch-enemy of the Turkish president. The newspaper has…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:24
Israel: hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers arrested
On Tuesday an illegal Palestinian killed an American tourist and injured ten other people, five critically, in a stabbing spree at the Jaffa Port and along the Tel Aviv beach promenade. The next day, police arrested…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:22
Syria: peace talks in Geneva on Monday
A partial ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Russia and the US, finally came into force at the end of February. It does not apply to terrorist groups operating in the country. Despite alleged breaches on both…
Friday, 11 March 2016 10:20
China: persecution increases
The attitudes of Chinese local authorities towards Christians have turned sharply negative recently as the Christian population has grown. Authorities have been removing hundreds of crosses from churches, saying they violate building codes. Bao Guohua, a…