Afghanistan has a 70 percent poverty rate. There has been ongoing war and strife with no end in sight. This is a land that lacks adequate farmland, and what they do have often is used to grow and sell opium, a lucrative cash crop. The only people with [...]
Cambodia is a Buddhist country with a long history. Buddhism first came there in the 400s, and Christianity didn’t arrive until the 1500s. Today this country is only about three percent Christian of any form, and almost everyone else is Buddhist. Though Buddhism is the state religion, preferred by [...]
Iran suffered a blackout Sunday at its underground Natanz atomic facility, calling it an act of “nuclear terrorism.” Iran immediately blamed Israel for the failure at its facility. The “failure” at the plant coincided with Israel’s celebration of Independence Day. After repeated “attacks” against its facility, Iran is [...]
Ebola has raised its ugly head again in Guinea. The 2013-2016 outbreak killed 11,300 people, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Already the country is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, and this second blow has medical workers questioning what is going on. Sunday, health officials confirmed three people had [...]
