An American missionary was taken by armed terrorists. The abduction occurred when terrorists overran the missionary's home, injuring guards. Further details about the event are available.
The missionary had been living in a town when the incident happened. Terrorists then moved the missionary to another country. More information about the missionary's ordeal can be found through the source, including the duration of time spent in captivity.
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. Almost everyone now wants to be associated with it. Donors promote it, international agencies build strategies around it, national organisations claim the role, and staff pursue related positions. It is both a policy agenda and a source of funding and legitimacy. This is not in...
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In our household, bedtime is confessional—at least for my 10-year-old, who rattles off his fears, sins, and secrets once his little sister drifts to sleep in the bottom bunk. After a day of baseball camp this summer, the top bunk grew quiet before the reveal. “Hey, Mama? A kid sh...
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At Halton Hideaway, you won’t see the tall skyscrapers and shining skyline for which Singapore is best known. Instead, the white two-story colonial house is tucked behind lush banyan and mangosteen trees, just a short walk from the ocean. Kingfishers and hornbills call out to vis...
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The most revealing sign of civic unrest is not the slogans shouted in public but the relationships abandoned in private. Since 2020, I’ve traveled around the country giving talks on a destabilizing ideology that seemed, almost overnight, to be everywhere. The Q&A sessions quickly...
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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...
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. Executive Summary The Occupied Palestinian Territories face a catastrophic humanitarian crisis marked by severe food insecurity, mass displacement, and the near-collapse of essential services. In Gaza, the majority of the population relies entirely on humanitarian assistance, w...
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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...
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. The following report contains information about the trends in support requests received by the GPC between 1 January and 30 June 2026. The GPC tracks requests from country protection clusters, requests from global partners and requests from other coordination platforms. Between...
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Zambia .
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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia ....
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. For women who are heading households, our data show that the impacts of violence, demolition of homes, and movement restrictions are even more devastating. Settler violence, military operations, and movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank have reached a two-decade high,...
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. Provided by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), with technical and operational support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the workshop was organized within the framework of the Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) initiative. It brought together professionals from diverse fields a...
