PA: Worldwide
Friday, 22 August 2014 01:00
Syria: ISIS kill kidnapped journalist James Foley
Dozens of journalists - many freelancers without news organisation backing - disappeared in 2012/13 in Syria. On Tuesday ISIS posted a video claiming to show kidnapped American journalist James Foley’s death. He was kidnapped in Syria…
Friday, 22 August 2014 01:00
Nigeria: Latest Islamist outrage
Witnesses who fled the sandy fishing village of Doron Baga near the shores of Lake Chad said militants clothed in military and police uniforms loaded 97 men and boys on to trucks and drove them away,…
Friday, 22 August 2014 01:00
World: Natural disasters this week
*Japan: After a month’s rain fell in 24 hours, more than 32 died in 10 landslides of mud and rocks buried homes in Hiroshima city outskirts. * Iran: Two Earthquakes. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Abdanan…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Iraq: Please pray
The situation for Christians in Iraq has deteriorated badly. Sinjar, (Northwest of Mosul) is a city of mixed minorities; 30,000+ of these are scattered around and on the mountains. Telkeif, Batnai,Tel Esquff, (Bishops Hill) Bartella, Qara-quash,…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Iraq: Who are the Yazidis?
The name Yazidis means ‘worshippers of god’, which is how Yazidis describe themselves. They call themselves Daasin, the name originates from the Ancient Church of the East. Many Daasin beliefs are rooted in Christianity. They revere…
Thursday, 14 August 2014 01:00
Iraq: How do the Kurds fit in?
The total number of Kurdish Christians is probably in the tens of thousands. There are large numbers in the Syrian Catholic, Orthodox, Assyrian, Armenian Catholic, and Chaldean Catholic churches. Thousands of Christian families have fled violence…