Asia

North Korea Further Briefing (Dec 2017)

30 Nov 2017
I trust you have been following the news about the current threat from North Korea that could impact both Asia and North America, especially if Kim Jong Un, fires another ICBM and accidentally…

Uncertainty in Lebanon and the Middle East

30 Nov 2017
Many people from around the world are contacting us to ask about the situation in Lebanon. Lebanon is living under uncertainty; many people are living in fear and news of an imminent war…

Shakings on the Borders of Iraqi Kurdistan

30 Nov 2017
As we write, reports are still coming in of a large earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) which struck during the night on the border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran. The quake, centered…

Prayers for the future of Kurdistan, Iraq

30 Nov 2017
An independence referendum for Iraqi Kurdistan was held on 25 September 2017, with results showing approximately 93 percent of votes cast in favour of independence. The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) claimed that…

China’s surging military prowess

30 Nov 2017
The Washington Free Beacon reports China is developing an array of advanced, high technology weapons designed to specifically defeat the U.S. in a future conflict. “China is pursuing a range of advanced weapons…

Afghanistan - prayers for the security situation

30 Nov 2017
Afghanistan continues to be plagued by suicide attacks, violence and war. Recently more than 100 army and police personnel were killed within a three-day rampage. Government and media offices as well as significant…

'Only God can save us': Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border

30 Nov 2017
Iona Craig in Aden, Sana’a, Taiz and Hodeidah Abdulaziz al-Husseinya lies skeletal and appears lifeless in a hospital in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah. At the age of nine, he weighs less…

Saudi Arabia recently reopened two key ports in Yemen. That won’t prevent a famine

30 Nov 2017
For the past few weeks, Saudi Arabia has made it almost impossible to get food to Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world. Yemen became an independent state in 1990, after…

SPOTLIGHT: Critical situation in Yemen

30 Nov 2017
We are focusing a special spotlight this month on the very needy Middle East country of Yemen. We would encourage our prayer partners to join with us as we intercede for the complex…

China: Crackdown on human-rights

24 Nov 2017
Jiang Tianyong, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has been jailed for two years, the latest conviction in Beijing's crackdown on rights activists. He was found guilty of inciting subversion of state power…