Asia

Pakistan: serving 'poorest of the poor' for 150 years

08 Nov 2018
An eye surgeon from the Diocese of Peshawar, Khushbakht Peters, celebrates the work of the Christian hospital at Tank in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She writes: ‘Tank is a city in the south of…

Saudi officials tried to remove evidence

08 Nov 2018
Members of a Saudi Arabian team sent to help Turkish authorities investigate the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi worked instead to remove evidence. A Turkish government spokesman said that two members of the…

Iraq: IS left many mass graves

08 Nov 2018
A UN investigation has found more than 200 mass graves in areas of Iraq once controlled by the Islamic State (IS) group. IS seized parts of Iraq in 2014 and imposed brutal rule,…

China denies Uyghur detention camps

08 Nov 2018
Western nations including the USA, France, and Germany have called on China to close down detention camps in the western region of Xinjiang which activists claim hold as many as one million Uyghurs…

India: nuclear submarine’s first voyage

08 Nov 2018
Prime minister Narendra Modi says the first successful voyage by India’s home-built nuclear submarine is a ‘warning for the country's enemies’. The INS Arihant recently completed a month-long ‘deterrence patrol’, meaning India now…

Yemen: vision of ceasefire

01 Nov 2018
Pentagon chief James Mattis said the US had been watching the conflict ‘for long enough’, and believes Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are ready for talks. The comments came as the…

Indonesia: cause of plane crash not yet known

01 Nov 2018
Indonesia has ordered inspections on all its commercial Boeing 737-Max 8 planes, after one crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta, with 189 people on board, on 29 October. There…

Pray for Pakistan: Asia Bibi acquitted

01 Nov 2018
Asia Bibi, a young mother of five who has spent 8 years behind bars unjustly accused of blasphemy against Muhammad by Muslim neighbors, has now been finally acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court of…

Persecution in China intensifies

31 Oct 2018
“Earlier this year we sent out a newsletter entitled "A Special China Issue," which told of the massive and brutal persecution of Christians underway in China. Many people were shocked by what we…

United Prayer Rising Events

31 Oct 2018
UPRISING Global: Jakarta, Indonesia - January 23-26, 2019 (WYPA) World Generation Jakarta, Indonesia, January 23-26, 2019 Please pray for and consider taking part in this world youth prayer assembly in January. Here is…