FAITH ON THE RISE IN YEMEN
Despite two years of war in a nation where apostasy from Islam is a death sentence, people are coming to faith in Jesus in Yemen. Open Doors reports that baptisms…
INDONESIAN CHRISTIAN’S JAIL SENTENCE BRINGS EMBARRASSMENT FOR PRINCE CHARLES
THE JAILING OF THE CHRISTIAN GOVERNOR of Jakarta has brought embarrassment to Prince Charles. The heir to the throne is patron of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, which has…
Welby optimistic on Israel visit
Justin Welby described his 12-day-trip to Israel as a “pastoral pilgrimage” The Archbishop of Canterbury told Israeli and Palestinian leaders in May that he believes there’s a window of opportunity…
MACRON LEAVES ‘PALESTINE’ IN THE COLD
New President Macron won’t upset France’s relationship with Israel While Israelis have been upset with Google for recognising ‘Palestine’ as a state, Arabs living in Israel and France may be…
TRUMP BOOSTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Trump takes first step on the road to rewinding the loss of religious freedoms in the US Proclaiming that he is “giving churches their voices back”, on the National Day…
Syrians treated in Israeli hospital
The BBC broadcast a report by Tim Samuels of how he spent a night at an Israeli hospital staffed by Jewish, Muslim and Druze medics that is treating wounded Syrians,…
UK WARNS UN
The British government has made an unprecedented statement against the United Nations Human Rights Council after the latest vote condemning Israel. The UK issued a statement putting the council “on…
PRAYERS AHEAD OF A MOMENTOUS YEAR
The tragic ship Exodus By Jennifer Nevill About 50 people travelled from far and wide to Little Stoke, Bristol to learn and to pray about various events relating to the…
CABBIE DRIVES HOME THE PRO-LIFE MESSAGE
Uber driver Bryan Kemper converts people to pro-life views while travelling in his car Credit: Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia Uber has had some unfavourable publicity recently, but one Uber driver has found…
ARMS CACHE FOUND
Arms and the Spanish policeman: the fruit of a Europe-wide search A massive weapons cache of over 10,000 rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, shells and grenades intended for sale to…
NORWAY POLITICIAN IN THE CROSSFIRE
CROSS ABOUT CRITICISM: Sylvi Listhaug, who has been attacked by a liberal journalist merely for wearing a crucifix Photo credit: Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia A Norwegian minister has been targeted by left-wing…
EAST AFRICA FAMINE: ‘People are eating termites’
People weak with hunger cannot dispose of their dead livestock, which adds the threat of disease to that of famine The famine in East Africa has rightly received a high…
‘GOD PLACED ME HERE’ SAYS TRUMP ADVISOR
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia It has been reported that the new Trump administration has many Christians working for it. The most famous is Vice President Mike Pence. Perhaps the next…
Release International has joined leading jurists from around the world in calling on China to stop the torture of human rights lawyers
Leading jurists from around the world are calling on China to stop the torture of its human rights lawyers, many of whom are Christians. Lawyers who have been tortured include…
WHO DO JUDGES ANSWER TO?
With the Supreme Court voting 8-3 for Parliament to have its say over Brexit, lawyer Philip Quenby explains how it reveals a system in crisis How come 11 unelected men…