PA: Worldwide
Tuesday, 17 February 2015 00:00
Global: Banking scandal
Authorities in 203 countries are considering examining HSBC's actions in helping 100,000+ wealthy individuals avoid paying tax. In the UK the Public Accounts Committee plans to investigate HSBC's former Head. There have been calls for action…
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00
INSIGHT Nigeria: Pre election prayer needed
Boko Haram and other militants have stepped up attacks in the run-up to Nigeria’s election on 14 Feb. On Monday a suicide bomber killed one bystander and injured 18, just minutes after the President left a…
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00
Burma (Myanmar): Christians killed by Burmese soldiers
Clashes broke out again between the Kachin Independece Army and the Burmese Army on 15 Jan. On the 19 Jan two Christian volunteer teachers were raped and killed and 2,000+ Christian-majority Kachin had to flee their…
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00
Kazakhstan: Rehab centre experiencing police harassment
In mid-January a judge upheld one of two administrative fines totalling three months' average wages imposed on a Protestant-run drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in Sychevka in north-eastern Kazakhstan. She refused to explain why the authorities…
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00
Global: Medical missions
Ebola in Africa, refugee crises growing around the world, violence from Muslim extremists that’s hitting every continent on a regular basis. There continue to be victims from every single scenario and the needs of these victims…
Friday, 06 February 2015 00:00
Global: Medical missions
Ebola in Africa, refugee crises growing around the world, violence from Muslim extremists that’s hitting every continent on a regular basis. There continue to be victims from every single scenario and the needs of these victims…