PA: Worldwide
Friday, 08 October 2021 09:15
Afghanistan: winter and fatigue threaten
Many Afghan Christians have fled from cities to remote regions to escape Taliban detection; others are hiding in communities. World Mission’s Greg Kelley learned of a Christian leader caught by the Taliban, who publicly tortured and…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 22:34
Eritrea: releases of prisoners followed by arrests
A wave of releases of Christian prisoners was not a change in policy, as had been hoped. It has been followed by the arrest of eight Full Gospel Church leaders, and 35 Christians were detained after…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 22:31
North Korea’s ‘ghost disease’
North Korea’s dictatorship says Covid-19 is not a problem, but the people secretly call it the ‘ghost disease.’ North Korea has reported no Covid cases and rejected millions of vaccines. However, reports on the ground tell…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 22:28
Nigeria: trauma-healing workshops
Nigerian Christians have experienced horrendous violence against their communities in recent years. Many have been killed, thousands have fled homes and land, and many live with the trauma of seeing loved ones killed or brutalised. Their…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 22:07
Afghanistan: executions will return
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, the Taliban's notorious former head of religious police and now in charge of prisons, said that extreme punishments will resume but may not be meted out in public, as they were previously. Human…
Thursday, 30 September 2021 22:05
Code red for humanity
A panel of hundreds of international scientists has released a report on climate change. The UN secretary general described the report as ‘code red for humanity’ the alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable.’…