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. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR UKRAINE, MATTHIAS SCHMALE, CONDEMNS A NEW WAVE OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS AND CALLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS Following the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022, August started with two overnight large-scale attacks by the Armed F...
One reason some Americans are edgy about homelessness: Maybe it could happen to me? Many have a foreboding sense of living on the edge and risking ending up on the streets. A January 2026 US News and World Report survey showed that about a third of us don’t have enough savings to...
Reid Wiseman had just completed the longest journey from Earth in human history, and after he landed, one of his first requests was a chaplain. Wiseman was one of the four astronauts on the Artemis II space mission, NASA’s first crewed mission to orbit the moon in more than 50 ye...
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Yesterday morning, I cradled my two-week-old son and read again the words of Pharaoh in Exodus 1:22: “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile.” There was a time when fathers like me cradled their sons close to their chest, their arms a barricade against...
. AMDA has been continuing its medical relief efforts at an evacuation center established at Yatsushiro Municipal Daiyon Junior High School in Yatsushiro City, one of the most-affected areas in the quake-hit Kumamoto region. Although more than a week has passed since the quake st...
. ASSAM (19 JULY - PRESENT) A total of 87 deaths have been confirmed, and more than 705,000 people have been affected, with Sivasagar being the worst-hit district. Thousands of people remain displaced, many still living in roadside shelters or unable to return home after losing t...
Countries: World, Chad, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mauritania, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda . "The sooner we help families to prepare for these climate shocks, the greater our ability to save lives and protect livelihoods. Severe floods and droughts can quickly push communities from...
. OVERVIEW: According to PAGASA, on 4 August at 2200H UTC+7, a low pressure area west of Luzon developed into a tropical depression with local name “Maymay” and at 0100H today, the system strengthened into a tropical storm with international name “KUJIRA.“ At 0700H UTC+7, PAGASA ...
. Using remote sensing techniques, the seven-day forecast of total rainfall for the country is analyzed against the long-term average rainfall to highlight the areas which are expected to receive above normal, normal and below normal rainfall. The satellite data for a period of t...
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Despite being an upper-middle-income country, Colombia continues to face a complex humanitarian and food security crisis. WFP’s joint food security assessment in the 15 most vulnerable departments found that 37 percent of households—around 7 million people—...
. CURRENT SITUATION A week after the floods, thousands of families remain unable to return to normal life. Homes are buried under silt and debris, livelihoods have been destroyed, access to safe water and sanitation remains limited, and many households continue to live in tempora...
. The outbreak is spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate despite the tireless efforts of frontline medical teams. According to the WHO, 3,605 confirmed cases had been reported by August 1st, making this the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded in the DRC, surpassing th...
. “Two and a half months after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared, the situation in eastern DRC is more critical than ever. The outbreak is spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate, despite the tireless efforts of frontline medical teams. According to the WHO, 3,605 c...
. WFP remains a key food security partner to the Government, strengthening national systems and providing technical assistance to improve the Government’s capacity to manage and implement national programmes. The Lesotho Meteorological Services seasonal climate outlook for July t...
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. INTRODUCTION With the aim of informing cash-based interventions and to better understand market dynamics in South Sudan, the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) was initiated by the South Sudan Cash Working Group (CWG) in August 2019. The initiative is guided by the JMMI ...
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. Siri Aas Rustad Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP),1 2025 saw the highest number of state-based conflicts recorded since 1946 and was the fifth deadliest year for conflict since the end of the Cold War, with approximately ...
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Countries: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Canada . With the Government of Canada’s matching fund, the appeal raised more than $7.5 million from June 25 to July 14, 2026. "We’re very moved by the generosity of Canadians," said Tiffany Baggetta, Executive Director of the Human...
Countries: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic . As of June 2026, Jordan hosts over 393,000 refugees registered with UNHCR, with numbers gradually declining due to voluntary returns to Syria. For over a decade, the Kingdom has generously allowed refugees access to public education, heal...
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. The UNFPA Pacific Community Listening Hub serves as a rapid, community-based accountability mechanism designed to capture and elevate the priorities of disaster-affected populations and frontline responders during humanitarian crises. The Hub empowers local communities by ampli...
Israel (MNN) — Late last week, Hamas agreed to a deal that could bring the Gaza Strip closer to civilian governance. The deal mediated by Egypt, Turkiye, the US, and Qatar calls for Hamas to hand over its weapons in stages and for Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza. It’s the...
Japan (MNN) — Severe summer heat continues to threaten earthquake survivors in southern Japan. A3’s Robert Adair says, “Many are still without running water or electricity,” one week after a pair of high-magnitude earthquakes rocked Kyushu. At last report, nearly 40 people have d...
Middle East (MNN) — In a recent turn of the ongoing U.S.-Iran war, the United States worked together with Saudi Arabia to strike Iran-backed extremist forces in Iraq. Saudi Arabia is reportedly gearing up for a major assault on the Houthis, an Iran-supported terror group in contr...
It’s an offense to the word “writing” to apply it to AI-arranged words and sentences. What AI produces is an impressively polished, usually helpful, sometimes cheeky string of words. But it’s just instantaneous pattern recognition and data organization. It’s soulless slop that ca...
. Description El volcán de Fuego actualmente mantiene un comportamiento atípico, reflejado por una fase eruptiva de más de 24 horas de evolución desde su inicio el 3 de agosto a las 08:30 horas. Esta actividad consiste en la emisión constante de material desde el cráter, lo cual ...
Countries: Armenia, Iran (Islamic Republic of) . Event development Update regarding the event’s development The regional escalation of conflict in the Middle East in early 2026 heightened regional tensions and disrupted air travel and regional connectivity. The escalation affecte...
Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar . A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis Nearly nine years after the large-scale influx of displaced people from Rakhine State in Myanmar into Bangladesh, the situation in Cox’s Bazar remains one of the world’s most protracted and underfund...
. The children’s remains were recovered from beneath the rubble of a residential block destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City in November 2023. Despite the recovery operation, the search is far from over. An estimated 157 more people are still believed to be buried beneat...
Countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine . Highlights UNICEF’s 2026 Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal for the Ukraine Refugee Response enabled the continuation of children’s access to critical services and close coordination among UNICEF, governments an...
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. All information updated for 15 - 28 July 2026 [1] Days 1011 - 1024 since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip Highlights The Gaza Strip UNRWA summer learning activities started on 18 July, with 39,509 children (21,666 girls, 17,843 boys, including 875 children with disabiliti...
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. The NWSW Education Cluster initially determined that 505,170 persons within the education sphere in the NWSW need education related supported in the North West and South West Regions. Also, the cluster targeted 347,585 persons (342,004 children and 5,580 teachers and education ...
. Key results More than 234,000 people living in rural areas of Lesotho (15 percent of the analysed population) are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above, Crisis or worse) between May and September 2026. The acute food insecurity situation is dri...
. The Strategy adopts a coherent approach to improving the use of resources for health. It addresses key priorities – strengthening systems for health, with a focus on high impact interventions, improving access and coordinating effectively across other sectors that impact health...
. Led by the World Food Programme (WFP), the Logistics & Telecommunications Sector (LTS) was activated in North-East Nigeria in November 2016 in response to the protection crisis. LTS (telecoms area) Nigeria Situation Reports are issued monthly. All references to ‘LTS’ in thi...
. Highlights Mali’s humanitarian crisis significantly deteriorated during the first half of 2026, with the 25 April attacks marking a major escalation in insecurity. Conflict incidents increased by 39 per cent between Q1 and Q2, reaching 987 incidents and causing 283 casualties, ...
. The nineteenth Situation Report provides an update on IOM’s response to the 24 June earthquakes in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, covering the period from 31 July to 3 August 2026. Highlights Between 31 July and 3 August, IOM continued its multisectoral response in tempo...
Part One of the series, “When Creation Groans” By ICC Fellow Lisa Navarrette The first light of dawn stretches across a farming village in Nigeria’s Middle Belt as Samuel walks slowly through the field his father once cultivated before him. He kneels and scoops a handful of dry s...
. HIGHLIGHTS At least 4,333 deaths and 12,250 injuries recorded due to hostilities since 2 March, with 353 people killed and 249 injured since the 19 June ceasefire announcement, according to the Ministry of Public Health. 821,077 people reported returning to their areas of origi...
Upper Kauda St. Vincent Catholic Parish in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains had long served as a place of worship, education, and humanitarian care for a community living amid conflict. On June 19, the place of refuge came under attack after a 48-hour ultimatum issued by Izzat Kuku, a Musl...
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, World .
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. Executive Summary Myanmar faces a protracted humanitarian emergency characterized by widespread displacement, ongoing armed conflict, severe economic deterioration, and compounding natural disasters. The crisis demands sustained international attention and coordinated humanitar...
. Executive Summary Myanmar faces a protracted humanitarian emergency characterized by widespread displacement, ongoing armed conflict, severe economic deterioration, and compounding natural disasters. The crisis demands sustained international attention and coordinated humanitar...
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Ghana .
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. Executive Summary The Sudan crisis continues to represent one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies, with the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) driving unprecedented levels of displacement, violence, and suffering. Thi...
. Executive Summary The Sudan crisis continues to represent one of the world's most severe humanitarian emergencies, with the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) driving unprecedented levels of displacement, violence, and suffering. Thi...
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. Executive Summary This Lebanon SituationHub report provides comprehensive situational analysis and actionable intelligence for humanitarian decision-makers responding to the ongoing crisis in Lebanon. The humanitarian situation in Lebanon requires coordinated, evidence-based re...
. Executive Summary This Lebanon SituationHub report provides comprehensive situational analysis and actionable intelligence for humanitarian decision-makers responding to the ongoing crisis in Lebanon. The humanitarian situation in Lebanon requires coordinated, evidence-based re...
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