Worldwide
Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:56
UAE: two summits as Bahrain and Israel meet
The kings of Jordan and Bahrain flew to Abu Dhabi for an important meeting with crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as Bahrain’s foreign minister Abdullatif al-Zayani was in Israel meeting his Israeli and American…
Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:53
Armenia hands over liberated territory to Azerbaijan
Armenia has begun handing over liberated territory to Azerbaijan as part of a peace accord that ended six weeks of fierce fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Residents of Azerbaijan's Kalbajar district have been occupied by Armenian…
Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:49
India: pray for Hindus
With over one billion people, Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. The majority of them have never heard the name of Jesus, and fewer than 2% of Protestant missionaries are serving among them.…
Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:47
Ethiopia: Christian women, children and elderly massacred
Survivors of a massacre at a school in the western Oromia region of Ethiopia reported that 54 ethnic Amhara were massacred, probably more. The Amhara are mostly Christians. About 60 armed terrorists, identifying themselves as the…
Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:43
Global: engaging with the Bible
For hundreds of years, the Church has worked hard at translating, publishing and distributing the Bible. Only around 250 million people are still waiting for Bible translation to begin in the language they know best. But…
Thursday, 12 November 2020 20:38
Democratic Republic of the Congo: violence escalates
Father José Arieira de Carvalho, a Portuguese priest who has lived in the DRC for over a decade, reported a critical situation in the north-eastern part of the country ‘where rebel groups roam across the region,…