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Friday, 11 December 2015 13:21
Global: social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators
Tashfeen Malik, the woman involved in California’s mass shooting, is the latest in a growing number of extremists using social media to publicise their crimes. Facebook said she used an alias to praise IS online shortly…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:20
Australia: trafficking women for sex
In a country that promotes gender equality, it’s a sad fact that women are being trafficked to Australia and sold for sex. The problem is bigger than most people realise. The UN and the USA have…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:19
Lebanon: Islamist militant activity
Lebanon is bordered by Syria and Israel, and is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean basin and the Arabian heartland. It had a rich identity of peaceful religious and ethnic diversity. Recently the army carried out…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:18
Argentina: Mauricio Macri sworn in
Military dictatorship and the failed Falklands / Malvinas war, followed by economic disaster, have led Argentina into spiritual hunger and receptivity to the gospel of Christ. Operation World states that evangelical numbers, under one million in…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:17
Vietnam: Christian lawyer beaten up by police after human rights conference
Christians constitute 8% of Vietnam's population. On Sunday Nguyen Van Dai, a Christian lawyer, was beaten after leaving a human rights conference that sought to educate citizens about their rights of freedom of religion or belief.…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:16
Egypt: latest election results announced
Since the outbreak of the first uprising in Egypt almost five years ago, two presidential elections, three referendums over constitutions, and two parliamentary elections have been held. However, queuing at polling stations has not yet led…