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I spent five years planting a church in London, a city that had largely forgotten the faith that forged it. Then I accepted a call to pastor a 205-year-old congregation in downtown Nashville. And when
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. Situation Report No. 11Earthquakes in Venezuela04 July 2026Time: 8:00 pm Highlights Following the 24 June earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 (18:00 local time), authorities report more than 940 aftershocks. At least seven (7) states have been impacted. La Guaira remains the most affected state.
. Situation Report No. 10Earthquakes in Venezuela03 July 2026Time: 7:00 pm Highlights Following the 24 June earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 (18:00 local time), authorities report more than 800 aftershocks. At least seven (7) states have been impacted. La Guaira remains the most affected state.
. The fifth Situation Report provides an update on the impact of the 24 June earthquakes in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and summarizes IOM’s ongoing and planned response in support of affected populations and national efforts. Highlights As of 2 July 2026, official figures reported at least
. HIGHLIGHTS At least 4,298 deaths and 12,196 injuries due to hostilities recorded by the Ministry of Public Health since 2 March. 646,107 people having returned to their areas of origin, while nearly 500,000 people remain displaced, including 47,143 Internally Displaced Persons (over 53 per cent wo
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, near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, Mikaa’el now lives under constant threats from her family and comm
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. At the request of the Government of Venezuela, USAR teams from 29 countries, with more than 2,400 personnel and 188 search dogs, arrived in the country to locate and extract people trapped by collapsed structures and provide initial medical support. Some teams are now preparing to leave the countr
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. Today we mark 1,000 days of crisis in Gaza. Humanitarian NGO Action For Humanity has analysed publicly available records relating to aid accessing Gaza since October 7th, finding that there have been more days with no aid entering Gaza, than days when the UN minimum target for aid trucks (150 per
. Data collected by Insecurity Insight shows that since the military coup on 01 February 2021 and 04 June 2026 at least 1,943 incidents of violence against or obstruction of access to health care took place across Myanmar: equivalent to one attack on health care every day for more than five years 65
. Over the past 1,000 days Israeli actions have targeted the fabric of Gaza’s entire society – killing families, blocking aid, destroying infrastructure and economic production, and herding civilians into crowded ghettoes. For 1,000 days we have seen unprecedented disregard for international law and
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . La mise en œuvre de restrictions générales ou d’interdictions de voyage en réponse à l’épidémie actuelle de maladie à virus Ebola de Bundibugyo n’est pas soutenue par les données probantes de santé publique et pourrait compromettre les objectifs
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Countries: Lebanon, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, occupied Palestinian territory . This decline follows the announcement of an agreement to implement a ceasefire, reached during negotiations in Washington on 3 June. Despite the reduction, Lebanon remained one of the region’s most active conflic
. The UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory condemns the killing of a Palestinian man accused of collaborating with Israeli forces by a group affiliated with Hamas on Wednesday, 1 July 2026. According to a statement by a group which self-identifies as the “Resistance Security”
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda . Implementing blanket travel restrictions or bans in response to the current Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease outbreak is not supported by public health evidence and could undermine both national and global health security goals. Countries are advis
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. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose: The Continental Immunization Strategy (CIS) provides a pragmatic, time-bound roadmap to strengthen immunization systems across Africa by anchoring vaccination within resilient, epidemic-ready primary health care (PHC) and health-security frameworks. It aims to close equi
. Ahead of the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva next week, which will bring together humanitarian, technology and development actors to explore how AI can be used responsibly for social good, UNHCR is highlighting practical examples of how AI is already supporting humanitarian action in displacem
Countries: Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania . Countries including Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and parts of Kenya may experience below-average rainfall and warmer-than-normal temperatures during the July–September period, increasing pressure on w
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. This report outlines the interventions led by five groups of young people living in Western and Northern Ukraine, supported by Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation and War Child Alliance. This report details their concerns regarding the escalating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) needs
.E. Mr Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, today welcomed the President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, to the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Kinshasa for a high-level meeting focused on accelerating the Ebola response in the DRC and mobilising African suppor
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