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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: New charge 'a political game', says husband

11 Sep 2020
A new charge against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran, is "a new stage in a long-running political game", her husband Richard has claimed.  "She is clearly being held as a bargaining chip," Mr…

Global: prayer movements, houses of prayer

03 Sep 2020
In 1727 the Moravian community in Herrnhut, Germany started a 24/7 unbroken prayer watch, which continued for over 100 years. Moravian influence on John Wesley helped start the Wesleyan revival. Their vision of sending missionaries (they…

UAE / Israel: Palestine fears birth of ‘Arab Zionists’

03 Sep 2020
The PLO’s chief negotiator and executive secretary expressed concern that the UAE’s peace agreement with Israel will lead to other Arab states reaching similar ‘normalisation’ agreements. The PA sees such agreements as disregarding their demand that…

Ethiopia: at least 500 Christians slaughtered

03 Sep 2020
An Ethiopian Christian leader called for an international inquiry into over 500 Christians killed since the end of June - including pregnant women, children and whole families. The coordinated slaughter was by the Muslim Oromo ethnic…