Open Doors disputes ‘90,000 Christian martyrs annually’ claim
World Watch Monitor Global charity Open Doors has disputed the way in which statistics on Christian “martyrs” are collected, arguing that an annual figure of 90,000, recently reported widely, is significantly higher than the accurately verifiable number. The figure, reported by some media and cited by an Italian academic on Vatican Radio, was published in research […]
Death toll from Melbourne Bourke Street rampage rises to five; more than 30 injured…
The death toll from an incident on Friday afternoon in which a car was allegedly deliberately driven at pedestrians in central Melbourne has risen to five with more than 30 people injured. Police have said those who have died include a 10-year-old girl, a 25-year-old man, a 33-year-old women and a three-month-old baby boy who […]