IPC: Connections
North Korea: Current Update
The Situation in the North In the weeks following the Hanoi Summit, the issue of North Korean denuclearization has been in the news a lot. As evidence mounts that the North is rebuilding a major missile launching site that it had been dismantling, Trump has been warning against just that.…
Russia: Religious Clampdown Spreading
MOSCOW - In Verkhnebakansky, a town just outside Novorossiisk on Russia's Black Sea Coast, Baptists gather in a small house with a set of windows in the shape of a Christian cross. Their presence in the Krasnodar region goes back 110 years, the past 25 of which -- since the…
Sri Lanka Church Attacks and Global Christian Persecution
Sri Lankan Christians fear more attacks are coming as the nation is still in mourning over the horrific bombings on Easter Sunday. At least 253 people were killed and hundreds more were wounded. Thursday the number was decreased from 350 to 253, officials explaining that they initially thought many people…
SUDAN: coup Military leader vows to ‘uproot regime’
The leader of Sudan's interim military council has vowed to "uproot the regime" two days after a military coup. Speaking on TV, Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan announced the restructuring of state institutions, the end of a night curfew and the release of political prisoners. Protests continue despite the ousting…
