Asia

North Korea: Kim Jong Un’s message

04 Jan 2019
In a New Year speech, Kim Jong Un has said that he is prepared to meet Donald Trump at any time, while warning he would pursue an alternative course if Washington kept up…

Yemen: pray for the first truce in years

21 Dec 2018
A fragile calm took hold in Hodeidah on 18 December, after sporadic gunfire between Houthi fighters and forces loyal to the government. Two days later it was being hailed by many as a…

Indonesia: United Prayer Rising 2019

14 Dec 2018
A World Generation Gathering is about to see the Holy Spirit poured out in Jakarta between 23 and 26 January 2019. A similar event in South Korea in 2016 saw a wonderful move…

Geopolitics of 5G

14 Dec 2018
Although Donald Trump and President Xi recently announced a trade agreement between the US and China, some believe 5G mobile networks might yet spark a further ‘trade war’. These mobile data networks will…

China: church leaders and churchgoers detained

14 Dec 2018
In Beijing, police have detained dozens of churchgoers and leaders of Early Rain Church in Chengdu, one of China's most prominent Protestant ‘house’ churches, in the latest government action against unregistered religious groups.…

Pakistan expels Christian charities

14 Dec 2018
After a two-year battle to re-register their work, World Vision has been expelled from Pakistan, along with Catholic Relief Services and 16 other organisations, for ‘deliberately spreading disinformation’ and ‘non-compliance’. World Vision has…

Yemen: peace talks begin

06 Dec 2018
On 6 December, delegations from both the Yemeni government and the Houthi rebels began peace talks near Stockholm. Abdullah al-Alimi, a representative of the Yemeni government, tweeted that the conference was ‘a true…

Turkey: Christian persecution

06 Dec 2018
The high degree of Turkey’s religious nationalism places incredible pressure on Christians. The government doesn’t target Christians directly, but its nationalistic bias leaves little room for Christians to preach the gospel, which is…

Syria: 31 Days of Prayer - December 2018

01 Dec 2018
Syria: 31 Days of Prayer - December 2018 It’s easy to master the art of ignoring other people’s pain when we don’t recognize their faces, and the chaos is not right IN our…

Turkey – Prayer Requests

01 Dec 2018
Muslim refugee had dream about God, found Him in Spain Fearing for their lives, Achmed and his family left Syria’s raging civil war and managed to make their way to Madrid, Spain.  Before…