PA: Worldwide
Friday, 29 January 2016 11:07
South Africa: worst drought on record
The parched landscape of Free State in South Africa has whirlwinds tossing huge spirals of dust into the sky. Usually January brings tremendous thunderstorms, with up to 90mm of rain falling on this traditional farming heartland…
Friday, 29 January 2016 11:04
Syria: peace talks or military solution?
The UN special envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, hopes to start peace talks in Geneva today between the government and opposition groups. The sides will not talk directly to each other to begin with, but…
Friday, 29 January 2016 11:00
North Korea
For fourteen years North Korea has been the most dangerous place in the world to be a Christian. Believers face arrest, torture, imprisonment and death for daring to think there is a higher authority than Kim…
Friday, 29 January 2016 10:56
Iran's president asks the Pope to pray for him
Pope Francis met the Iranian president on Tuesday, joining in discussions touching on the nuclear accord and Iran's role in the region. Before these discussions, the two men met privately for forty minutes. The Vatican described…
Friday, 29 January 2016 10:53
South Sudan: urgent support needed
An alert from the Integrated Food Classification (IPC) states that in some areas of South Sudan the situation has reached ‘catastrophic’ and ‘emergency’ levels. Over a third of the population are experiencing severe levels of hunger,…
Friday, 22 January 2016 11:10
USA and Uganda Primates in Canterbury
The Most Revd Dr Foley Beach, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, was a full, voting participant in the Primates’ gathering, but did not feel it appropriate to vote as he’s not part of…