PA: Worldwide
Saturday, 04 August 2012 12:50
India: Pastor and believers attacked
Twenty Bajrang Dal activists roughed up pastor Kamalesh and more than fifty believers at a prayer meeting in a in Bakli Village 55 kilometers from Raipur Chattisgarh. Men women and children were attending a prayer meeting…
Friday, 27 July 2012 16:54
Iraq INSIGHT: Al-Qaeda chief vows comeback
The first online statement from the new leader of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq claims the terrorist network is preparing operations to free prisoners and assassinate court officials. The audio identifies the speaker as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,…
Friday, 27 July 2012 16:53
Syria: Christians caught in conflict
Aleppo has seen fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian government forces, is Syria's largest city and is the country's industrial and financial centre. It has the largest population of Christians in the country, and along with…
Friday, 27 July 2012 16:52
Afghanistan: Indigenous peoples
An Afghan believer writes, ‘A growing number are illegally addicted to heroin – resulting in soaring human and social costs, destroyed families and increased crime. Please pray for the destruction of poppy crops, and planting of…
Friday, 27 July 2012 16:51
Iran & Nigeria: Churches continue to suffer
Churches ministering in Iran and Nigeria are experiencing increasing levels of persecution by authorities and extremists attempting to stamp out Christianity. Assembly of God in Tehran had its summer campsite closed and were warned of severe…
Friday, 27 July 2012 16:50
Worldwide: Legalising prostitution and drugs
A report issued by the United Nations-backed Global Commission on HIV and the Law recommends that nations around the world remove laws against prostitution and decriminalize the voluntary use of illegal injection drugs in order to…