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Ukraine (MNN) — The Slavic Gospel Association (SGA) is partnering with local churches in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, to distribute food and aid to a city on the front lines of the war in Ukraine. Eric Mock with SGA was recently in the country for the National Day of Prayer. He had the...
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China (MNN) — In July, Pastor Ezra Jin of Zion Church was unexpectedly released after more than eight months of detention in China. Authorities had arrested Jin and seventeen other Zion Church leaders in October, under charges likely related to the church’s online ministry. The g...
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“Alexa, please can you turn off the lights?” “Thank you for asking so nicely. I’ll turn them off now.” Back in 2018, Amazon introduced a feature called “Magic Word” for its Alexa devices to provide positive reinforcement for saying “please” and “thank you.” This was in response t...
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. Executive Summary This webinar brought together experts from UNDP, Miyamoto International, the Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Cluster (SLSC), to discuss lessons from the 2026 Venezuela earthquake response. Discussions focused on the continuum from rapid damage assessment t...
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. SITUATION OVERVIEW GAZA • Shelter Cluster partners continued delivering life-saving Shelter and NFI assistance across the Gaza Strip throughout July and August, responding to urgent needs among affected households through in-kind assistance and voucher modalities. • In July, pa...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, occupied Palestinian territory, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen . In the Ea...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen . Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/cholera remains a significant public health concern in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, with major outbreaks impacting multiple countries. Th...
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Countries: Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen . EXECUTIVE SMMARY SITUATION UPDATE • In Yemen, the escalation that began on 6 August generated mass casualti...
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. The UNGA today held its second High-level Meeting on PPPR, following its first staged in 2023 in response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and gaps in global health security. Countries stressed that strengthening PPPR is not a health issue alone – it requires a ...
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. How Ethiopia's Seqota Declaration is uniting a nation to end child stunting in a generation Ethiopia has spent over a decade building the evidence, financing and political will to end child stunting, and since joining the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement in 2012, that ambiti...
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. Government, Donors, Investors Should Ensure Rebuilding Serves Communities (Amman) – The Syrian transitional government is signing billions of dollars in reconstruction deals without a human rights framework that would ensure that rebuilding respects, protects, and fulfills the ...
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Countries: World, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Canada is deepening partnerships, broadening networks and diversifying connections to collaboratively tackle global crises while creating lasting solutions for Canadians and communities around the world. From September ...
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. NDMA Monsoon 2026 Daily Situation Report No 94, covering period from 1300 hours 26 September to 1300 hours 27 September 2026 along with following data as per Annexures as shown against each is enclosed:-...
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. As of 18 September 2026, CHF 5.682 million in confirmed multilateral hard pledges recorded against the CHF 18 million IFRC Secretariat Emergency Appeal (approximately 32 per cent). Continued funding is required to sustain the response and scale up early recovery interventions. ...
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. On 26 August 2026, sudden and severe flash floods affected communities across several districts. The floods have caused significant loss of life, displacement, and widespread damage to homes, infrastructure and essential services (IOM, 2026). The International Organization for ...
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. Kinshasa, le 27 septembre 2026 – Le Coordonnateur humanitaire en République démocratique du Congo, M. Damien Mama, exprime sa vive préoccupation face à la détérioration de la situation sur le site de Kigonze, à Bunia (province de l’Ituri), qui accueille près de 19 000 personnes...
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. HIGHLIGHTS Camp departures accelerated during July and August, with 38,836 IDPs leaving displacement sites, including 19,600 people supported through facilitated return mechanisms. During the same period, 130 IDP sites were inactivated. More than 60,000 IDPs have been supported...
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. CONTEXT Feedback and response systems allow UNHCR and partners to hear directly from refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugee and IDP returnees and host community members with a view to forming a real-time understanding of the protection risks they face and to gau...
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. Executive Summary – Mid-Year 2026 Protection Case Trends, UNRWA Syria During the first half of 2026, UNRWA recorded 587 protection cases affecting Palestine refugees across Syria. Reported cases increased from 266 in Q1 to 321 in Q2, reflecting strengthened case identification ...
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You’ve probably heard the quote attributed incorrectly to Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel at all times; use words if necessary.” And since you’re reading The Gospel Coalition, you’ve likely not only heard this quote but roundly rejected it. As J. D. Greear points out, preac...
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For our Turkish brothers and sisters, church is not just a weekly service. It's a family where they come together, united in Christ, deepening relationships and encouraging each other. The church is also the training ground where new believers are discipled and equipped to live f...
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The world’s diversions at college may distract and entice. But when we pursue lasting pleasure in God, every semester counts for eternity.Watch Now
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The rulers of this age mistook Jesus, so they crucified him — and ushered him into new glories he shares with his saints.Watch Now
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What does it mean to be satisfied in God? As Christian Hedonists, we believe such satisfaction is possible: God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. We even imitate the psalmist in praying for such satisfaction: “Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast...
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In corners of the internet not far from where you’re reading this, young men are discussing beauty tips and ways of “maximizing” their physical appearance. It’s called “looksmaxxing,” and it's dubious in both origin and ideology. Looksmaxxing draws from Darwinian, and often demea...
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. This report has been prepared by OCHA Venezuela in collaboration with humanitarian clusters and partners, and covers the humanitarian response both in the context of the 24 June earthquakes and the implementation of the Humanitarian Response Plan across the rest of the country....
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. Uncertainty over permanent housing and livelihoods is putting girls at risk one month after the flash flood that killed at least 1,400 people with about 5,700 still missing. [1]. About 1,000 people remain in communal holding centres, where girls have reported concerns about pri...
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By International Christian Concern’s field leader for South Asia Recently, I traveled through Nepal, India, and Bhutan as part of our ministry to the persecuted church, meeting believers and listening to the realities they face because of their faith in Jesus. During the journey,...
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. As delivered Thank you, Penny [Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia], thank you, friends, thank you, Ayman [Safadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Jordan] and colleagues for bringing this group together, and to the Ministerial Group as well for your leadership. So, ...
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. The Situation Report #30 provides an update on IOM’s response to the earthquakes that struck the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on 24 June 2026, covering the period from 17 to 23 September 2026. During the reporting period, IOM maintained management and co-management of four ...
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A pastor and another believer on their way to worship God were among the 13 killed during the weekend in Plateau state, Nigeria. The pastor, his son, and a church worker were traveling to a church service on Sunday morning in Dorowa Babuje when armed men ambushed them. They shot ...
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On Wednesday, the same day Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Washington to be feted by the United States, U.S. Senators James Lankford and Angus King introduced a bipartisan resolution highlighting the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party and commemorating its ma...
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Countries: Honduras, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico . KEY FIGURES 538K people in Honduras targeted for drought assistance through $60M Flash Appeal 1.5M internally displaced people across Haiti as of 25 September 2026 14K people affected or at risk across Colombia’s Pacific region due t...
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Countries: Mexico, Colombia, Haiti, Honduras . KEY FIGURES 538K people in Honduras targeted for drought assistance through $60M Flash Appeal 1.5M internally displaced people across Haiti as of 25 September 2026 14K people affected or at risk across Colombia’s Pacific region due t...
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Countries: South Sudan, Sudan . After a two-month journey marked by insecurity, checkpoint delays, and limited access to food and water, she has recently arrived at the Majokyinthio Reception Centre in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. With no source of income and few resourc...
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. EXECUTIVE FINDINGS Markets across the assessed flood-affected areas are trading, but their recovery remains uneven and supply capacity is fragile. Of 117 traders interviewed across eight municipalities, 64 described their markets as fully operational, 43 as partially operationa...
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. Documento con los conceptos básicos de las opciones de respuesta del Grupo Mayoritario Alcanzado, con el objetivo de que sirva de guía conceptual para el reporte de actividades en la plataforma 345W....
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. EXECUTIVE FINDINGS The August 2026 floods caused widespread displacement and damage to homes, food stocks, agricultural land, livestock, businesses, roads, bridges and markets across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading. WFP conducted this rapid assessment between 5 and 16 September to ...
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. Avec près de 1,5 million de personnes déplacées dans l'ensemble du pays, de nombreuses communautés font face à la convergence des défis posés par l'insécurité, le déplacement et les risques permanents liés à la saison des ouragans. Photo : OIM/2026 Port-au-Prince/Genève, 25 sep...
