. Myanmar has been in crisis since 1 February 2021, when the military (Tatmadaw) overthrew the democratically elected government. This coup sparked widespread protests and armed resistance, leading to a severe political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. The military regime, kno...
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Countries: Rwanda, Afghanistan, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Sudan .
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Faits saillants • Le Gouvernement du Burundi, à travers l’Oce National de Protection des Réfugiés et des Apatrides (ONPRA), et le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) ont annoncé, le 2 juillet 2026, l’a...
Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . Operational highlights • The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, together with UNHCR, convened the second Tripartite Commission in Kinshasa (2-4 June 2026) to discuss the facilitated voluntary ret...
Countries: Somalia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Uganda . In Somalia, June data pointed to a 60% chance of above-average rainfall across the south and southwest, and forecasters are watching a July 15 update that will determine funding and planning for anticipatory a...
Countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan . Key findings: Incidents continued to be recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s southern districts of Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and Malakand, which are known for security challenges and militant activity. In 2025, the pattern of violence against health ...
. Funded by KSrelief, UNOPS started equipping three hospitals in Hama in coordination with the Ministry of Health Hama, July 7, 2026 – With funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman humanitarian aid and relief Centre (KSrelief), UNOPS, in close coordination wit...
. Funded by KSrelief, UNOPS started establishing the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department at Ibn Roshed Hospital in coordination with the Ministry of Health Aleppo, July 7, 2026 – With funding from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through King Salman humanitarian aid and relief Centre...
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. The destruction of healthcare in Ukraine is deliberate and calculated MSF’s latest report indicates that attacks on healthcare in Ukraine are too consistent to be a random consequence of war. Attacks on healthcare are impacting people’s ability to reach care, as well as medical...
. In May 2026, OCHA conducted a humanitarian access severity monitoring exercise to assess humanitarian actors’ perceptions of access constraints and their ability to conduct operations across Ukraine. Given the different access dynamics across the country, the exercise used two ...
. International and national partners mark the successful completion of the "Labor-Intensive Maintenance in Public Schools" project in Jordan Amman, July 12, 2026 – Today, representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Labour, the German Embassy in Jordan, the Ge...
. Highlights 94 partners supported through logistics coordination and information sharing, access to common services and trainings • 20 participants from 9 organizations to the Logistics Cluster Induction training in Kyiv • IMPACCT Customs & Importations course for the first time...
. The Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC) Q1 Dashboard presents a snapshot of the cluster’s activities and achievements. Between 2 and 16 March 2026, the team conducted extensive gaps and needs analysis and deep assessments to evaluate the impact of the escalation in L...
How can God forgive the guilty and still be just? John Piper opens Romans 3:20–4:5 to show how Christ’s death vindicates God’s righteousness.Watch Now
Does past sexual sin ruin a future marriage? Pastor John counsels a confused young man to trust God’s redeeming love for repentant sexual sinners.Listen Now...
One summer in college, I studied abroad in Paris to satisfy some philosophy and art history requirements for my degree. After our plane landed, my class went straight from arrivals to Musée de l’Orangerie, where I proceeded to get lost in Claude Monet’s impressionistic masterpiec...
There’s a wizard character in the Harry Potter series whose work involves close contact with technologies created by ordinary humans. Like any wizard, he has little need of all this: With a flick of the wand and a mouthful of hocus-pocus, he can work wonders. Yet he finds endless...
Nathan Glasper Jr. directs Calvin University’s gospel choir, an ensemble that started as a club at the institution 38 years ago. When the club started, some at the university didn’t see gospel music as a tradition that belonged in higher education. Now the ensemble—an official un...
Earlier this summer, CT started running an occasional feature on reader responses. Here’s a new installment. Ben Sasse Doesn’t Doubt God’s Goodness Ben Sasse’s words brought a sense of both comfort and remembrance to my own situation earlier this year when I came within hours of ...
Doug Wilson is an Idaho pastor and author, a theocratic Christian nationalist—his terms—with a theatrical flair and a vulgar tongue. He founded his own denomination, which now includes Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, after making “so many enemies in Reformed circles that no de...
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • The Dominican Republic, like other Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, is highly exposed to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and droughts, which disrupt livelihoods, damage infrastructure, and strain food systems. Ecosystem d...
. SITUATION OVERVIEW • Zimbabwe is closely monitoring forecasts from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which indicate the potential for El Niño conditions during the 2026/2027 agricultural season. While mor...
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Countries: Ukraine, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, World . Executive summary More than four years after the beginning of the Russian Federation’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, mi...
. Myanmar remains one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with more than 16 million people in need as conflict, displacement, protection risks and access constraints intensify urgent needs nationwide. Nearly 3.8 million people are estimated to be displaced across Myan...
. Afghanistan’s Maternal Health Services Struggle to Meet Rising Needs Women and girls remain among the most affected by Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis. In 2026, more than 10.7 million women and girls require humanitarian assistance. Debilitating restrictions on movement, educ...
. Women and girls remain among the most affected by Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis. In 2026, more than 10.7 million women and girls require humanitarian assistance. Debilitating restrictions on movement, education and employment continue to limit access to essential services, ...
. New evidence on how livelihoods, employment and protection challenges shape the lives of forcibly displaced communities Livelihoods and Employment Opportunity Needs Assessment (LEONA) is a large-scale livelihoods and employment assessment in Myanmar, done in collaboration betwe...
Countries: Lebanon, Japan . Across Lebanon, many families remain displaced while others continue to recover from economic hardship and the lingering effects of insecurity. Humanitarian assistance remains essential to help families meet their basic food needs and stabilize their l...
. Gender Alert on the monsoon flood, flash flood and landslide situation affecting Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Kurigram highlights the gender-differentiated impacts of the current emergency, with women, girls, persons wi...
. Gender Alert on the monsoon flood, flash flood and landslide situation affecting Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Kurigram highlights the gender-differentiated impacts of the current emergency, with women, girls, persons wi...
. What was received: This quarter, 25,893 feedback entries were received, a 14% decrease from the baseline and down from last quarter. Requests for assistance, services, and repairs continued to account for nearly all feedback (99%), with slope protection remaining the most repor...
. Key Messages From June to October 2026, outcomes aligned with Stressed (IPC Phase 2) are expected in southern agropastoral zones and much of the coast. The March-June national cereal harvest was below average, and rural households will likely deplete their food stocks and becom...
. The Bangladesh Anticipatory Action Technical Working Group (AATWG), in collaboration with the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR), the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP), the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), and the Bangladesh Meteorological Department ...
. Key Messages In Al-Hudaydah, Hajjah, and Ta’izz governorates, Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are likely to persist throughout the projection period, while the rest of the country will remain in Crisis (IPC Phase 3) with pockets of households facing Emergency (IPC Phase 4). An...
Countries: Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Pakistan . Key Messages Slow recovery from multiple years of drought, below-average production, and few labor opportunities are expected to drive Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes in Daykundi, Faryab, and Ghor provinces through Janu...
Countries: Sudan, Chad, South Sudan . Key Messages FEWS NET estimates that 22.0-22.99 million people will be in need of humanitarian food assistance through September. Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected to spread across North Darfur; parts of Central, South, and East D...
. Key Messages FEWS NET estimates that 3.0-3.49 million people will be in need of humanitarian food assistance between June-January, with needs expected to peak between September and October, during the typical height of the lean season. The populations of highest concern remain ...
. Overview Historical data show that the Far North Region has experienced recurrent cholera outbreaks, with the largest outbreaks recorded in 2010 and 2011. Although recent outbreaks have been smaller in absolute numbers, the current 2026 outbreak is concerning because the case f...
. Key Messages From June to September as the 2026 lean season peaks, widespread Crisis (IPC Phase 3) in northern, central, and southern areas is most likely due to high food prices, limited income-earning opportunities, and high market reliance. Concurrently, the belg harvest is ...
Countries: United Republic of Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo . FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Erratic temporal distribution of seasonal rains affecting yields of “Masika” and “Msimu” crops Maize national average price in May close to its year‑earlier level Pockets of...
. The Kyrgyz Republic faces a complex and evolving nutrition challenge. Despite progress in reducing childhood malnutrition over the past decade, recent trends show stagnation and even reversal in key indicators. Child stunting has risen from 12 to 14 percent, while wasting and o...
. Through four events held during the Health Assembly, more than 300 participants helped advance priorities on sustainable health financing and stronger civil society participation in global health governance. The Commission, which brings together more than 540 civil society orga...
. Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are ongoing across Northeast Syria (NES) and Northwest Syria (NWS). Despite an improved harvest, seasonal gains are bypassing poor households. Income remains concentrated among wealthier households and is largely absorbed by debt repay...
. FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Production of the 2026 main paddy crop anticipated to be slightly below average Above-average import requirements expected in 2026/27 marketing year Rice prices slightly up the year-earlier levels, while prices of black beans moderately lower year-on-year...
. Progress, results achieved and lessons from 2025 in UNICEF humanitarian action Highlights The lives of millions of children in 2025 were shaped by violence, lack of food, famine, intensifying climate shocks and disruption of essential services. Challenges to humanitarian access...
Countries: Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan . Key Messages FEWS NET projects 2.5-2.99 million people will need food assistance between June and January 2027, with widespread Stressed (IPC Phase 2) and worse outcomes across most of Uganda. Needs are expected t...
. Key Messages Food assistance needs are expected to be extremely high through January 2027, with monthly estimates peaking at 6.0-6.99 million people in late 2026. Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected in highly crop-dependent areas of Bay, Bakool, Gedo, and Hiiraan; mul...
What happens when AI promises not just to help us work but to help us become the selves we most want to be? That question runs through this episode with Rachel Gilson, director of theological development and culture for Cru and the author of Born Again This Way and Parenting With...
. Key Messages Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expected through January 2027 in isolated frontline and Russian-occupied areas where conflict has severely disrupted markets, access to income, and agricultural production. Households remaining in these areas are disproportionately...
India (MNN) — A mob of tribespeople in Chhattisgarh, India recently attacked 60 Christians, including children, with axes, curtain rods, and sickles, sending 13 to the hospital with severe injuries. The attackers were quickly released on bail. Greg Musselman with Voice of the Mar...
Haiti (MNN) – Haiti's gangs aren't slowing down. New reports say increasingly well-armed criminal groups now operate across roughly half the country's regions, while security forces struggle to contain the violence. With the latest UN security mission withdrawn and a replacement ...
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