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Friday, 18 December 2015 11:47
Burundi: violence ignited and exploding
87 people were killed when violence broke out at three military sites in Burundi last Friday. Eight of the dead were security officers, and 49 people were captured. Residents who found a further 34 bodies in…
Friday, 18 December 2015 11:46
Israel: a typical day of violence
One day’s edition of the Times of Israel reported that a 39-year-old West Bank resident with ‘nationalistic’ motives attacked an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem with a hammer in two separate attacks.…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:21
Global: social media, the new megaphone for violent perpetrators
Tashfeen Malik, the woman involved in California’s mass shooting, is the latest in a growing number of extremists using social media to publicise their crimes. Facebook said she used an alias to praise IS online shortly…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:20
Australia: trafficking women for sex
In a country that promotes gender equality, it’s a sad fact that women are being trafficked to Australia and sold for sex. The problem is bigger than most people realise. The UN and the USA have…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:19
Lebanon: Islamist militant activity
Lebanon is bordered by Syria and Israel, and is at the crossroads of the Mediterranean basin and the Arabian heartland. It had a rich identity of peaceful religious and ethnic diversity. Recently the army carried out…
Friday, 11 December 2015 13:18
Argentina: Mauricio Macri sworn in
Military dictatorship and the failed Falklands / Malvinas war, followed by economic disaster, have led Argentina into spiritual hunger and receptivity to the gospel of Christ. Operation World states that evangelical numbers, under one million in…