By Wayne King – Compass Direct News Enraged Muslims burned down several Christian-owned homes, surrounded a church and threatened to kill a priest last week in two unrelated incidents in Upper Egypt. On Saturday (June 25) in Awlad Khalaf village, just outside Sohag, 240 miles (386 kilometers) south of Cairo, […]
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Gadhafi
Originally published in Urban Christian News International judges ordered the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi today for allegedly murdering Libyan civilians who rose up against him, as NATO warplanes pounded his Tripoli compound and world leaders stepped up calls for the Libyan leader to The International Criminal Court said Gadhafi, […]
Great live album with BIG worship sound
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman TRUE WORSHIPPERS – Glory to Glory – Live Recording ‘True Worshippers’ is a praise and worship team of the Jakarta Praise Community Church in Indonesia. Glory to Glory is their 12th and latest album. It was recorded live 17th March, 2010 in the biggest indoor […]
Selfmoord neem dramaties toe in Japan
Deur Tobie de Wet Die selfmoordsyfer in die noordooste van Japan het die afgelope 100 dae met 39% gestyg en die owerheid het gewaarsku die land word deur ’n krisis van geestesgesondheid in die gesig gestaar. In die res van dié land, wat bekend is om sy hoë selfmoordsyfer, het […]
Malema and Nelson Mandela compared: who will save South Africa?
From Pastor John Preller, Port Elizabeth Dear Editor We didn’t deserve Nelson Mandela, but we were blessed with his compassion, vision and wisdom, guiding our fledging democracy through the treacherous currents that threatened to abort the birth of our Rainbow Nation. Will we deserve what we tolerate with Malema’s poisonous […]
“Israel alone at its hour of greatest peril”
Originally published (on June 17 2011) in the Jerusalem Post [notice]As was the case in May 1967, when the combined Arab armies gathered with the express purpose of wiping the Jewish state off the map – today again, Israel is alone at its hour of greatest peril, writes Caroline Glick, […]
Sudanese military, militias kill Christians in South Kordofan
Special to Compass Direct News KHARTOUM, Sudan, June 17 — Military intelligence agents killed one Christian, and Islamic militants sympathetic to the government slaughtered another last week after attacking churches in Sudan’s embattled South Kordofan state. Christian sources said a Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Intelligence unit detained Nimeri Philip Kalo, […]
New Al-Qaeda leader: No compromise on Palestine
Originally published in ynetnews.com After naming Osama bin Laden’s long-serving number two, Egyptian-born Ayman al-Zawahri, Al-Qaeda’s new leader, the terror group said it “will never recognize any legitimacy for the alleged state of Israel.” “We assure our people in Palestine that we will not accept any compromise with anyone […]
Palestinians will ask UN to recognise statehood
Originally published in Financial Times (June 16 2011) – via Worthy News The Palestinians will call on the UN in September to recognise an independent state in the West Bank, East Jersualem and Gaza Strip “under any circumstances”, even if peace talks with Israel can be revived, a senior Palestinian […]
US envoys meet Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive peace talks
Originally published in the Jerusalem Post Top US officials met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday in an effort to jump-start the stalled peace talks, as EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton prepared to visit the region. The Americans are working on a formula that would restart negotiations and […]