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oPt: Education-Related Incidents in West Bank 3rd Quarter 2026 (July - September 2026)
. During the third quarter of 2026 (July–September), the Education Cluster recorded 185 education-related incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, affecting 149 schools. Compared with the same period in 2025, recorded incidents increased by 99%, while the number of a...
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Can’t You Let Me Just Attend?
We live in a chronically noncommittal society. No wonder, then, that this has been dubbed the age of anxiety. Surely, covenant relationships aren’t the only cure, but it might surprise us how much stability of soul comes from deep, reliable, unflighty fellowship. Today, most of t...
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Afghanistan Nutrition Surveillance Bulletin, 16th Edition – Quarter 3, 2026
. The Community Nutrition Sentinel Site system works across 465 sites in 401 districts to track under‐five malnutrition. It uses simple mid‐ upper‐arm measurements and checks for swelling. The system began in 2023 through close collaboration with partners and local communities. T...
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Contend Without Being Contentious
“How do we contend for the faith biblically without becoming quarrelsome and contentious?” A member of my (Barry’s) congregation posed this thoughtful yet difficult question when our church was studying the letter of Jude. In his purpose statement (vv. 3–4), Jude says he wants to...
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Afghanistan: Health Cluster Dashboard for Humanitarian Response Services (September 2026)
. The dashboard provides an overview of humanitarian health services across Afghanistan, showing coverage, population reached, and overall progress toward annual health targets. It highlights coordinated efforts by partners to deliver essential health services to communities in n...
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CENTRAL ASIA: "Fear Was Inside of Me, But the Holy Spirit Used My Lips"
Ruslan Chaldanbayev worked as a youth pastor for 10 years in Central Asia, seeing many young people leave Islam to follow Christ. Today he helps lead a youth movement called 2CA; their goal is to see 2% of Central Asian youth become followers of Jesus Christ. He and his wife both...
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‘Young Man, You Look Miserable’
God changed the heart of a young “prince of preachers” all with a single, simple verse: Look to Jesus and live.Watch Now
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1 Corinthians 3:10–11: The Foundation Dictates How We Build on It
How did Paul see his role as the first preacher a church might hear? He laid the groundwork for generations of faithful preaching.Watch Now
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Five Counseling Missteps and the Holy Spirit’s Help
As we were finishing a counseling session, Jill looked at me with concern, her eyebrows furrowed. “You got distracted,” she bluntly stated. Unfortunately, Jill was right. Just outside my workspace, several pastors gathered in the church office lobby, talking and laughing. I’d got...
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Editor’s Pick: New Children’s Picture Books
Autumn is a season of changes. At our home, as the leaves yellowed and the days shortened, my youngest child started middle school. That means picture books have me feeling a little nostalgia for the past these days, right alongside a lot of excitement for new things to come. Man...
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How Memorizing the Sermon on the Mount Reorders My Heart
A couple of years ago, two college students challenged me—a woman in her 50s—to memorize the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7). Inwardly, I balked, but now I know that few things in my 35 years of following Jesus have been more transformative than committing Jesus’s most famous ser...
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Egyptian Christian Martyred in Libya
In early October, a 20-year-old Coptic Christian was kidnapped and killed at the hands of the Islamic State group. Milad Malak lived in Sebarbay, Egypt, and served as a church deacon at a local Coptic church. However, because of the country’s economic decline, he traveled to Liby...
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Haiti: Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update as of 6 November 2026
Countries: Haiti, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Ecuador, Peru . KEY FIGURES 1.5M people now internally displaced across Haiti 114K families affected by drought in Bolivia between June and October 56K people affected by El Niño-related rains in Ecuador HAITI: VIOLENCE ...
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Haiti: Violence and displacement in the commune of Kenscoff – Situation Report No. 3 (as of 27 October 2026)
. HIGHLIGHTS 47,800 gallons of water reached 257 displaced people in Lotin (Fermathe): 45,000 gallons of water for domestic use and 2,800 gallons of drinking water. 38 children and pregnant women received vaccines against vaccine-preventable diseases. 390 children received nutrit...
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World: IFRC-DREF: Donors pledge support to scale locally led disaster response and early action
. The IFRC-DREF Pledging Conference brought together 50 partners and organizations to strengthen support for locally led humanitarian action through predictable and flexible financing. The event featured 25 pledging statements and focused discussions on pre-arranged financing for...
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Somalia: Radio Ergo Weekly Feedback Report, Issued: 6 Nov 2026
. Brief Analysis Calls to Radio Ergo’s audience feedback platform in the week 29 October to 4 November 2026 were mainly on the theme of rainfall that was largely beneficial for lives and livelihoods, according to the messages. Rainfall was cited by callers across central and sout...
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Children's Hunger Rising as Southern Lebanon Farms Struggle to Recover
. Latest figures from the global hunger monitor, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said the number of people struggling to meet essential needs amid conflict, a fragile economy and rising living costs had risen 15.4% since April, with 2.15 million people – ...
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India: Cyclones Arnab & Murasu - Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Yanam (Date: 6 November 2026 Time: 18:00 IST)
. SITUATION UPDATE Key developments since SitRep 02 (30 Oct) Murasu: crossed the coast near Ongole on 3 Nov. AP's count has risen to 8 deaths, ₹1,919 crore loss, 1.47 lakh ha of crops and 983 houses. Arnab, Odisha: 3 deaths in a Kandhamal landslide; ₹107.7 crore sanctioned for 4....
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UNHCR Facilitated Return of Syrian Refugees - Lebanon, 31 October 2026
Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic . Since January 2025, 711,632 Syrians known to UNHCR have returned to Syria and consequently been inactivated from UNHCR Lebanon records. This includes refugees confirmed to have returned! and those inactivated due to prolonged absence and...
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World: El Niño Deepens Across Asia Pacific, Highlighting Future Climate Risks and the Need for Greater Preparedness
. What was once a forecasted threat is now an unfolding humanitarian challenge, with risks becoming increasingly clear and humanitarian consequences expected to continue into 2027, placing growing pressure on health, food security, livelihoods and vulnerable communities. Water se...
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Nepal - Meeting Minutes, Kathmandu, 3 November 2026
. 1. Situation updates Requests continue for airlifting humanitarian cargo to remote affected locations. Partners continue to require CDO recommendations and NDRRMA approval prior to requesting transport support guided by government one door policy. Additional road access has reo...
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Nepal - Coordination Meeting Slides, 3 November 2026
. Agenda 01 Situation Updates 02 Logistics Updates 03 Partners’ Updates 04 AoB
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Cambodia: World Vision Situation Report #5: Humanitarian Response to Flooding (31 October 2026)
. Synopsis: Prolonged heavy rainfall and flooding have affected communities across Cambodia, disrupting livelihoods and increasing the needs of vulnerable families. As of October 31, 2026, World Vision International in Cambodia had reached 2,635 households, representing 15,560 pe...
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World: Crop Monitor for Early Warning | No. 121 – November 5th 2026
. Overview In northern East Africa, below-average yields have resulted across many areas for main season crops due to prolonged rainfall deficits and high temperatures during the June to September rainfall period. Planting of secondary-season crops is underway in the south under ...
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UNHCR Chad | Forcibly Displaced Persons (October 2026)
Countries: Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sudan .
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UNHCR Tchad | Population des personnes en déplacement forcé au Tchad (Oct. 2026)
Countries: Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sudan .
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Hungary: From good practices to systemic change: Educational integration of refugees from Ukraine
Countries: Hungary, Ukraine . An advocacy brief showcasing educational practices implemented in Hungary between 2022 and 2025 to support the inclusion of Ukrainian refugee children and youth, with recommendations for moving from individual good practices toward sustainable, syste...
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AMDA Emergency Relief #3: Flash Floods in Nepal (6 November 2026)
. On 4 November, AMDA’s joint relief team continued its medical assistance activities in Uttargaya Rural Municipality, Rasuwa District, one of the areas severely affected by the August flash floods that struck the Nepal-China border region. Just as the day before, the team worked...
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World: UNDRR brings disaster data to the new UN System Data Commons
. Developed as part of the UN80 Initiative, the Data Commons allows users to search trusted UN data using common, everyday language. At launch, the platform brought together nearly 44 million data points from 26 UN system entities, including the United Nations Office for Disaster...
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Lebanon marks World Tsunami Awareness Day with national workshop on coastal resilience, science, and youth engagement
. Organized in cooperation with Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L) and the National Disaster Risk Management Unit, in partnership with the Arab Science and Technology Advisory Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (Arab STAG), the workshop brought together mo...
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Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa: One Year Later
Countries: Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti .3 million in direct financial assistance to local healthcare partners serving areas affected by the hurricane, including Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the s...
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World: FAO Food Price Index edges down in October amid subdued demand
. The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI), which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket of globally traded food commodities, averaged 133.9 points in October 2026, down 1.6 points (1.2 percent) from its revised September level, as lower price indices across most c...
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Map of Syrian Refugee Population in Lebanon - October 2026
Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic .
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Malaysia: El Niño deepens across Asia Pacific, highlighting future climate risks and the need for greater preparedness
. What was once a forecasted threat is now an unfolding humanitarian challenge, with risks becoming increasingly clear and humanitarian consequences expected to continue into 2027, placing growing pressure on health, food security, livelihoods and vulnerable communities. Water se...
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IOM Nepal Flood Response Situation Report #8 | 5 November 2026
. SITUATION OVERVIEW Two months after the 26 August flash floods in central Nepal, displacement and damage to homes, infrastructure and essential services continue to drive humanitarian and recovery needs. Access constraints remain a challenge for assistance and impact verificati...
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Three Reasons Billy Graham Captured the World's Attention
Recently my wife, Katherine, and I moved into a senior living complex in our hometown of Cary, North Carolina. Soon afterward the building manager, a young man from Ghana named Godfred, knocked on our apartment door. He had seen a stack of books about Billy Graham outside the doo...
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Shock, Anger, Stimulate, Numb
How can Christians wisely navigate generative artificial intelligence, divisive social media algorithms, and new uses of technology that have (and could have) widespread ramifications? In this video from CT’s Big Tent convening in Oakland, California, Felicia Wu Song and Brian Do...
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Hard, Soft, and Spiritual Power
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Azadeh Moaveni, The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America’s First Ladies (St. Martin’s Press, 2026) Last year, workers tore down the East Wing of the White House so that President Donald Trum...
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Political Turmoil Needs More Than Political Solutions
Europe is burning. Not everywhere, and not all at once. But the recurring images of cars aflame, shattered storefronts, angry crowds, and riot police on the streets of Germany, Spain, Italy, and France should concern us. For American Christians, they may warn of a future we are n...
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Wisdom the World Cannot Receive
What blinds us to God’s wisdom in Christ? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 2:6–13 to show how craving power and acclaim keeps us from seeing Jesus as the Lord of glory.Watch Now...