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Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:05
Global: Pro-gay cartoons for children on the increase
When the animated series The Legend of Korra ended its three-season run with the two heroines holding hands and dissolving into a mist – thus making explicit a lesbian love interest that hitherto had only been…
Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:04
USA: California blaze grows, prompting more evacuations
Wildfires are charging through the parched West and forcing people to flee. Some residents had to evacuate their homes twice in recent weeks after blazes exploded in size and changed direction. In Northern California a blaze…
Thursday, 13 August 2015 14:03
Syria: IS seize key Christian town
Suicide bombers stormed Qaryatain, paving the way for overnight clashes resulting in IS jihadists finally overwhelming al-Assad regime soldiers on Wednesday morning. Capture of the town allows IS to unify several key areas under its control.…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 15:01
Australia: Christians call ‘time to defend the faith with flowers’
A private member’s bill to legalise same sex marriage is expected to be presented to Federal Parliament in the week beginning Monday 10 August. In response to this move Christian ministries and organisations are asking Christians…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 15:00
China: International concern as more lawyers detained
United Nations human rights experts, the European Union, UK, US and others have expressed concern regarding the detention of over 200 lawyers and activists in China since 10 July. (See Prayer-Alert 15July)On 16 July, five UN…
Thursday, 06 August 2015 14:59
Canada: North Korea shows captive Canadian pastor ‘confessing’
Last month we reported on a Canadian Church having very little information about their founding pastor, Hyeon Soo Lim, detained in North Korea since early March. On 2 August North Korea released video footage of him…