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Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
New South Wales: Secularists discredit religious education
Scripture books promoting ‘dangerous’ messages about sex and male power are being used in NSW public schools according to a parent-run lobby group, Fairness in Religions in Schools (FIRIS). FIRIS targeted the publication ‘Teen Sex By…
Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
The Islamic State one year on - foreign fighters
Thousands of foreign fighters have travelled to Iraq and Syria in the year since Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL) lightning sweep through the two territories. According to the most recent publicity available Tunisia…
Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
Islamic State one year on - consequence on communities
On 9 June 2014, IS militants invaded Mosul in Iraq. All residents who didn't conform to their brand of Islam had to convert, pay a high tax or be killed. 120,000 Christians and other minorities fled…
Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
Sudan: A prayer request
Christians in Sudan request our prayers for Michael Yat (49) and Peter Yen Reith (36), two South Sudanese pastors on trial in Khartoum who had their latest hearing on 15 June. According to their lawyer, prosecutors…
Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
Gaza: Government is expected to resign
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority told leaders of his political party on Tuesday that the government he formed a year ago after signing a reconciliation pact with the rival Hamas movement would resign within…
Thursday, 18 June 2015 01:00
North Korea: News agency reports bad drought
State news agency KCNA said main rice-growing provinces have been badly affected and more than 30% of rice paddies were ‘parching up’. Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans are believed to have died during a widespread…