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Friday, 15 July 2022 09:52
Israel - Saudi Arabia: Joe Biden visit
Joe Biden will visit Israel and Saudi Arabia from 13 to 16 July. The 16th is a Jewish fast day in remembrance of Jerusalem's walls being breached. On that day the president will visit Saudi Arabia…
Friday, 15 July 2022 09:50
Global: hunger - no time to lose
Hunger is stalking the world. In 2017 the UN vowed to eradicate it by 2030. Yet the number of people affected globally reached 828 million last year, and an unprecedented 345 million are currently experiencing acute…
Friday, 15 July 2022 09:47
Sri Lanka: financial and leadership crisis
The prime minister, the president with his family, and his brother the finance minister all fled the country after thousands stormed the president’s residence, demanding their removal for mismanaging the economy and causing Sri Lanka’s financial…
Friday, 15 July 2022 09:45
Nigeria: mass escape from prison
Hundreds of prisoners escaped from the Kuje medium-security prison near Abuja due to an attack attributed to Boko Haram. Equipped with explosives, the attackers freed 600 of the 994 inmates and only about half of the…
Friday, 15 July 2022 09:42
Iran: prayers for the Church
85 million people, 98.6% of Iran’s population, are Muslim; only 0.2% are Christian. Massive numbers of Iranians have come to Jesus in recent years. From only 500 Muslim-background believers in 1979, many estimates suggest the number…
Friday, 15 July 2022 09:39
USA: ‘Don’t run Joe’ campaign
A left-wing group that supported Joe Biden in 2020 announced it is going to work against him with a public pressure campaign to block his renomination as the Democratic candidate in 2024. The group has an…