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At least 25 Christians, including a 2-month-old, were killed in separate attacks during the weekend in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. The first attack occurred on Saturday night, July 11, in the Kum an
On July 8, the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra ordered a time-bound, statewide audit of land parcels owned by churches and Christian missionary organizations to identify illegal encroach
By Pieter Vermeulen, ICC Board Member, as part of a series, “Persecuted but not Forsaken.” By the time we encounter the story of Jim Elliot, we are no longer in the world of the Reformation or the ear
According to a six-year study conducted by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), Islamic Fulani militias are by far the deadliest persecutors of Christians in Nigeria. The network of
Hours before giving birth to her first child, a 22-year-old mother became a widow after an Islamic Fulani militia attacked her rural community in Nigeria. The attack, which occurred between June 21 an
An elderly bishop, who has a pacemaker and is a cancer survivor, was subjected to short-term arbitrary detention on June 29 and 30 in Estelí, Nicaragua. Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara serves as bis
A statewide mobilization program to counter an alleged surge of fabricated social media content and false allegations of mass religious conversions has been announced by West Bengal’s top Christian bo
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa had hoped to showcase his country’s transformation toward democracy during French President Emmanuel Macron’s historic visit to Damascus this week. Instead, the visit
Community leaders in Plateau state, Nigeria, are appealing for international attention after the killing of a Christian church worker and community leader, John Telle Danjuma, and the separate killing
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian accused of blasphemy, has been acquitted by a court in Lahore, Pakistan, after spending 10 distressing months in prison. Lahore Additional Sessions Judge Sa
Iranian authorities are moving to confiscate the country’s oldest Protestant church and ordering Christians to leave their homes, signaling a new escalation in the Islamic Republic’s decades-long camp
The European Union announced new economic assistance and expanded market access for Armenia, signaling deepening ties with the South Caucasus nation as it faces growing economic pressure from Russia.
International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries, including person
Chinese authorities recently released Zion Church Pastor Ezra Jin, who had been detained in southern China for the past eight months. Jin arrived in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday and was welco
Since she decided to follow Jesus in June 2025, 15-year-old Indii Mikaa’el has lost her education and the comfort of her home. She could also lose her life. Born into a Muslim family in Haroji Wado, n
As a child in Gawo Kebe, Ethiopia, Taha Abduraman Dinka faithfully attended the mosque and adhered to his community’s Islamic beliefs. He never imagined his life would ever take a different direction.
Advocacy groups recently wrote Thomas Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye and Envoy to Syria and Iraq, asking the U.S. to intervene in the detention of a Syrian Christian. The letter,
On Monday morning, Gunmen attacked Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno state while students were sitting for National Examinations Council examinations,
On June 24, a group of Muslims attacked a prayer house in the Hegarmanah Indah Housing Complex in West Java, Indonesia, demanding that it be closed. The violent mob attacked several members of the chu
Two years after Manish left Hinduism to follow Jesus in 2008, he began sharing the gospel full-time in local Hindu communities in India. Recently, Hindu nationalists have started to push back. On Feb.
Dr. Greg Cochran, ICC Fellow When it comes to scheduling meetings, my thoughts echo those of economist Thomas Sowell, who reportedly once said, “People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of an
On June 22, the government of India issued two notifications, one of which explicitly bars non-governmental organizations from using foreign funds for proselytizing. The notification explicitly prohib
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At least 25 Christians, including a 2-month-old, were killed in separate attacks during the weekend in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. The first attack occurred on Saturday night, July 11, in the Kum and Wereng-Comp communities of Ryom County in Plateau state. Residents told International Christian Co
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Mitch McConnell is still alive, but our knowing that was subject to a weekslong filibuster. At least for the moment, the aging Kentucky senator’s “proof of life” photo from his hospital bed is a kind of avatar for an era in whic
. The contextualized training material for Colombia was developed based on the Global Training Template and adapted to the national context through a collaborative process, thanks to the valuable contributions of specialists in the environment and humanitarian action. The materials include a total o
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. Data collected by Insecurity Insight shows that between 07 October 2023 and 23 June 2026, at least 3,354 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care took place across the occupied Palestinian territory. 95% of all incidents were attributed to Israeli forces. Gaza: 2,339 a
Countries: World, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia . Southern Africa is bracing for a confirmed El Niño event in the upcoming season, with early projections indicating it may rival or even exceed the severity of the 1997/98 episode. Against this backdrop,
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. HIGHLIGHTS: Precipitation: Rainfall across Yemen remained generally low throughout June 2026, with localized convective activity over the southern uplands. Despite this, the monthly mean was slightly above the five-year average. Rainfall anomalies: Compared to the long-term average and June 2025,
. KEY HIGHLIGHTS • After a prolonged pipeline break, more than 1,600 mt of the approximately 6,000 mt of nutrition commodities expected in the country have arrived, enabling WFP to reach 80,000 children and 25,000 mothers. • Since early July, funding shortfalls have forced WFP to suspend famine-prev
. OPERATIONAL CONTEXT & HIGHLIGHTS: • The Russian Federation has significantly intensified aerial attacks against Ukraine, with Kyiv and other cities subjected to multiple large-scale strikes. The UN HRMMU reported that civilian casualties in Ukraine were higher in June 2026 than in any other mo
.C., 15 July 2026 (PAHO) – Childhood vaccination in the Americas continued to recover in 2025, with the number of unvaccinated children under the age of one falling from 1.3 million to 1.1 million. However, declining measles vaccination coverage is leaving communities increasingly vulnerable to outb
. In 2026, the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Cash Working Group (CWG) in Pakistan established a taskforce to develop a report providing members with guidelines for calculating the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) as well as multipurpose and sectoral cash transfer values. The report is intended to guide
. In 2026, the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Cash Working Group (CWG) in Pakistan established a taskforce to develop a report providing members with guidelines for calculating the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) as well as multipurpose and sectoral cash transfer values. The report is intended to guide
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. KEY HIGHLIGHTS • In June, WFP provided assistance to 2,411 people (93 percent women) through a combination of emergency assistance, capacity strengthening, and malnutrition prevention activities. • In parallel, WFP prepared and prepositioned over 322,300 food rations (January-June) to enable a rap
Countries: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen .
Countries: Somalia, Oman, Yemen .
Countries: Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Romania . Appeal highlights The war in Ukraine has entered in its fifth devastating year, marked by an escalation of unrelenting attacks since April 2025 and the systematic destruction of critical infrastructure. The war continues to endanger c
. Overview The Iran–United States crisis in 2026 has evolved from a high-intensity conflict into a fragile and uncertain de-escalation phase, but its global repercussions remain significant and ongoing. While recent pauses in military exchanges and indirect negotiations have reduced immediate violen
. The other €10 million, subject to the approval of the Budgetary Authority, support the search and rescue, medical and other expert teams' operations, along with in-kind assistance deployed in the country. The announcement comes as Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib vi
. In two months, this outbreak has become the third largest, and fastest growing, Ebola disease outbreak on record. Expanded international support is urgently needed to ensure the response is adequately resourced. BUNIA — Two months after the Ebola disease outbreak was officially declared in Democra
We walked down stories of stairs into the earth. Our whispers echoed off the walls. At last, there it was: a wooden dock crouching over an underground pool of dazzling blue water. We had arrived at our first cenote. Cenotes occur naturally in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where my wife and I spent par
“Alcohol use disorder,” to use the formal term, has always existed in America. It’s often hidden among the housed and visible among those on the streets—or half visible, as it was with Barry, a 50-year-old at the Watered Gardens homeless mission I visited on a reporting trip to Missouri. On a beauti
In April, nearly 1,000 youth gathered in a packed church hall in Ziro, a town in the mountains of India’s Arunachal Pradesh State, which borders China. As electrifying worship music echoed through the crowd, some raised their hands in praise as others knelt and wept silently. About three dozen peopl
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Biological risks, whether naturally occurring, accidental, or deliberate, do not respect geopolitical borders. The current Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda once again demonstrates how rapi
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), Momentum Wheels for Humanity Ukraine (MWH) Participants: Momentum Wheels for Humanity, GIZ, CF ‘ZDOROVI’, MSF OCB, Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), NGO ‘Fight for Right’, National Committee of Red Cross of Ukraine, CF "Save Ukraine", NGO "SHDC", In
Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo . The review found that Uganda’s systems enabled the outbreak to be detected within seven days, notified to the relevant public health authorities within one day and followed by priority response actions within seven days. It also identified critic
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda .
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. Chairs: World Health Organization (WHO), Momentum Wheels for Humanity Ukraine (MWH) Participants: Momentum Wheels for Humanity, GIZ, CF ‘ZDOROVI’, MSF OCB, Central Project Management Agency (CPVA), NGO ‘Fight for Right’, National Committee of Red Cross of Ukraine, CF "Save Ukraine", Enabel, Belgia
. Key findings: Health worker kidnappings surged and health facilities continued to be attacked. Reports of targeted health worker killings persisted, while patients in hospitals were also targeted. Armed groups opened fire on health facilities and aid convoys, erected barricades, vandalized infrast
. AGENDA 1. Introductions and Welcome Remarks 2. READY Port Initiative 3. APW 2026 Outcomes and Emergency Preparedness – Thematic Area ToR Discussion 4. Humanitarian Leadership Group on Supply Chain (HLGSC) Updates 5. Importation and Customs Clearance Together (IMPACCT) Updates 6. WREC and Emergency
. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is a unique public private partnership with six core partners, including Rotary International. What role do partnerships play in the progress we have made against polio? When Rotary first dreamed of a polio-free world, we knew we couldn’t make that dr
. KEY FINDINGS: The assessment used a longitudinal baseline–follow-up design, tracking 442 beneficiary householdsbetween Q4 2024 and Q3 2025 after an average of seven rounds of food assistance (cash or in-kind)and LNS-MQ supplementation, measuring changes in food security, dietary diversity, and nut
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