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USA: thousands homeless after floods
01 Jul 2016
Parts of West Virginia are facing a prolonged clean-up effort after widespread flooding killed 23, left thousands homeless, and prompted Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to declare a federal disaster. The inundation swamped entire areas of the…
USA: God is moving mightily
24 Jun 2016
In the coal region of West Virginia, a revival that began in April has brought 4,000 souls to Christ over eight weeks. Matt Hartley, a Tennessee evangelist, was God’s instrument to spark revival. He has taken…
Canada: Prayer Sunday
24 Jun 2016
26 June is this year’s Prayer Sunday, the date for Canadians to pray for their nation’s leaders. Join them in praying that the leaders will not be swayed from the Charter of Rights, which begins ‘Whereas…
Iraq: Fallujah refugees suffering
24 Jun 2016
Since Fallujah was all but liberated last Friday, people have escaped to four camps outside the city that were already brimming with thousands of families who fled when the fighting began in May. These makeshift camps…
Iran: increase in sex-trafficking
24 Jun 2016
Prostitution and sex-trafficking take place in Tehran, and the number of women working in the profession is growing. The government agency charged with overseeing morality is turning a blind eye to the issue, to avoid dealing…
Bangladesh: 2,000 Christians pray
24 Jun 2016
Christians and Hindus make up 10% of Bangladesh's population of mainly Sunni Muslims. On Monday 2,000 Bangladeshi Christians from various denominations prayed for ‘humanity to wake up’ to the growing threat of Islamic terrorism in the…