Somalia: Suicide bombing in Mogadishu
A suicide bomber killed at least five people on Wednesday when he detonated explosives outside a government military base. This is the latest in a series of attacks in violence-ridden Mogadishu. The attacker detonated his explosives after being approached by security forces. The city is regularly targeted by the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab. On Monday, a series of blasts killed at least six people including two people at a hospital for women and children. In recent months, Somali forces backed by African Union troops forced al-Shabab from Mogadishu, but the insurgents have continued to wage guerrilla-style warfare in the capital. The US State Department says it is 'extreamly concned' about al-Shabab's announcmen ot ban 16 international aid organizations' accusing them of promoting secularism, immorality and what it describes as ‘the degrading values of democracy in an Islamic country.’ The UN agencies have been removed from regions where nearly 250,000 people are at risk of starvation and need emergency assistance.
Pray: for life saving aid groups to return and for Kenyan troops and Somalia’s transitional government to win the battle against al-Shabab. (Ps.17:8-9)
More: http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/11/30/five-dead-in-suicide-bombing-in-mogadishu/
Israel: Missiles hit suspected Lebanon rocket sites
The Lebanese national news Agency said the Israeli rockets caused material damage when they exploded in the southern Lebanese town of Ayta Shaab on Tuesday. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. ‘We know that a rocket was fired from the region of Rmeish and we are investigating,’ said a Lebanese army spokesman. The attack followed the Israeli army report that at least two Lebanese rockets landed on Israeli soil. Major-General Alberto Cuevas, commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said the attack was clearly aimed at undermining stability in the area. Israel and Lebanon live under an uneasy UN-brokered truce after the 2006 war between the Israeli army and Iranian-backed Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah.
Pray: that the exchange of fire will not lead to a wider conflict. (Ps.147:14)
Iran: UK embassy stormed – diplomats evacuated
Iranian students stormed the UK embassy in Tehran chanting ‘Down with Britain, down with America, down with Israel’ and ‘Students are awake and hate Britain,’ reflecting official anger at Britain's decision to cut all relations with Iran's financial sector as part of new sanctions in co-ordination with the US and Canada. Protesters petrol-bombed the embassy, brought down the flag and destroyed classified documents. Foreign secretary William Hague said, ‘all staff and diplomats of the embassy are accounted for’ adding ‘Iran faces ‘serious consequences,’ calling the storming a grave breach of the Vienna Convention on diplomats' rights. On Wednesday an outraged British Foreign & Commonwealth Office updated its travel advice for British nationals in Iran, advising British citizens to ‘stay indoors, keep a low profile and await further advice.’ Britain is also evacuating its diplomatic staff from Tehran.
Pray: for God to hide and protect Christian workers in Iran, also for Him to intervene where visas and work/study permits are needed for His work to continue to grow. (Mk.10:28-30)
More: http://rt.com/news/iranian-students-occupy-uk-embassy-481/
South Asia: Thousands seek God's forgiveness
‘I am Kallayya, a 45 year old man. I fell from a tree 5 years ago and had been bedridden after injuring my spinal cord. Doctors said I would never walk again. I was brought to the Crusades and laid on the floor of a nearby building. God touched me through the preaching of His Word. I am completely healed and am able to go to the fields for work.’ Thousands received Christ in South Asia in two days of Gospel Crusades last month. People learnt the simple and profound truth that God loves them and desires an eternal relationship with them. The crusades produced 3,420 decisions to follow Jesus! In a land where human sacrifice still takes place and Christians are martyred for their faith, believers are fully dependent on God as their source. Continue to pray for the people of south Asia as further Crusades are held across South Asia.
Pray: for more of God's anointed teaching, healing and deliverance in every region where people have not yet heard His message. (Mt.24:14)
More: http://www.evangelisminternational.us/ei-news/india/
