NCD and Gulf continue to be in drought for some time now whilst Western has just transitioned to drought critical this month. El Niño is firmly established and strengthening. Forecasts show El Niño is likely to persist into early 2027. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is neutral. A positive IOD may possi
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Maldives (MNN) — What would you do if professing Christ meant losing your citizenship? That is the bitter reality for believers in the Republic of the Maldives, a small island nation to the southwest of India. Floyd Brobbel with Voice of the Martyrs, Canada says that the Maldives...
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International (MNN) — Today marks the International Day of Sign Languages, highlighting the importance of language access for Deaf communities. “There's all kinds of situations where having access to your language, especially if it's the only language that you know, is a really c...
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Iran (MNN) — A spokesperson for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it will use different weapons, strategies, and targets if the United States escalates the war. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is the militia arm of Iran’s regime, controlling the majority of activity in...
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. Description According to local authorities and online sources, heavy rainfall has caused flooding across northern and north-central Viet Nam. The Department of Dyke Management and Disaster Prevention and Control reported on 21 September 2026 that three deaths remain confirmed i...
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. Nigeria has recorded more than 65,000 suspected cholera cases across 35 states and about 195 Local Government Areas (LGAs) since the start of the year, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). Borno State remains the epicenter, with Maiduguri, ...
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. IOM Yemen DTM continues to record the displacement caused by escalation in the west coast. On 21 September 2026, IOM Yemen DTM recorded the increase of 2,892 individual IDPs compared to the previous report, making the displacement between 1 August to 20 September reach an appro...
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. Ahead of the 2026 - 27 rainy season, the IOM Needs and Population Monitoring Programme, in collaboration with the Site Management Cluster (SMC) and Shelter Cluster, conducted a mapping-based assessment to identify displacement sites and populations at risk of flooding across th...
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. New global recommendations help States safeguard nationality and protect stateless people amid climate crisis Joint press release: UNHCR and Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne GENEVA/MELBOURNE – The impacts of climate change worldwide are incr...
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Countries: Djibouti, Yemen . Highlights As of 18 September 2026, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity, just over 3,100 people have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen. Nearly half of them are children, including 523 children aged five and under. The pace of arriv...
