ni The Disciples’ Testimony Concerning Jesus By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni The Beginning of Miracles By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Humility Is the First Law of Ministry By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni The Damning Power of False Religion By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Transitioning to the Cross By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Jesus’ Unjust Trial, Peter’s Shameful Denial By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Paul's Ministry: Fulfilling the Word of God By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Paul's Ministry: The Mystery of Christ in You By feeds.gty.org Published On :: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 00:00:00 PST Full Article
ni Emigration Turns Hardship into Opportunity By Published On :: Thu, 09 May 2013 18:52:00 GMT The global financial crisis may have eliminated job opportunities around the world, but it has opened the door for a cultural boom on new shores. Full Article
ni The Legacy of Guernica By Published On :: Wed, 28 May 2014 11:28:00 GMT A quiet town in the heart of Basque Country, Guernica shows no visible signs of the bombardment it suffered during the Civil War 75 years ago. Full Article
ni Bread and Community in Istanbul By Published On :: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 15:34:00 GMT In the neighborhood of Pangalti, an area rich with history, specialty shops dedicated to fresh and local fare knit a sense of community among the locals. Full Article
ni They Met at Eight Years Old, Married, and Died Together in a Ukrainian Trench By Published On :: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:22:00 GMT They met at eight years old, married, and died together in a Ukrainian trench Full Article
ni UN Weather Agency Predicts Rare 'Triple-dip' La Nina in 2022 By www.voanews.com Published On :: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:03:43 -0400 GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is predicting that the phenomenon known as La Nina is poised to last through the end of this year, a mysterious “triple dip” — the first this century — caused by three straight years of its effect on climate patterns like drought and flooding worldwide. The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday said La Nina conditions, which involve a large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures, have strengthened in the eastern and central equatorial Pacific with an increase in trade winds in recent weeks. The agency’s top official was quick to caution that the “triple dip” doesn’t mean global warming is easing. “It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a La Nina event. Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but it will not halt or reverse the long-term warming trend,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said. La Nina is a natural and cyclical cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, as opposed to warming caused by the better-known El Nino — an opposite phenomenon. La Nina often leads to more Atlantic hurricanes, less rain and more wildfires in the western United States, and agricultural losses in the central U.S. Studies have shown La Nina is more expensive to the United States than the El Nino. Together El Nino, La Nina and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation, and they have one of the largest natural effects on climate, at times augmenting and other times dampening the big effects of human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and gas, scientists say. Full Article Science & Health World News
ni Gunmen Seize 15 Children From School in Nigeria By www.voanews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 18:20:28 -0500 ABUJA, Nigeria — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. School abductions are common in Nigeria's northern region, especially since the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Islamic extremists in Borno state's Chibok village shocked the world. Armed gangs have since targeted schools for kidnap ransoms, resulting in at least 1,400 abducted since then. The gunmen in the latest attack invaded the Gidan Bakuso village of the Gada council area in Sokoto state about 1 a.m. local time, police said. They headed to the Islamic school where they seized the children from their hostel before security forces could arrive, Sokoto police spokesman Ahmad Rufa'i told the AP. One woman was also abducted from the village, Rufa'i said, adding that a police tactical squad was deployed to search for the students. The inaccessible roads in the area, however, challenged the rescue operation, he said. "It is a remote village (and) vehicles cannot go there; they (the police squad) had to use motorcycles to the village," he said. Saturday's attack was the third mass kidnapping in northern Nigeria since late last week, when more than 200 people, mostly women and children, were abducted by suspected extremists in Borno state. On Thursday, 287 students were also taken hostage from a government primary and secondary school in Kaduna state. The attacks highlight a security crisis that has plagued Africa's most populous country. Kidnappings for ransom have become lucrative across Nigeria's northern region, where dozens of armed gangs operate. No group claimed responsibility for any of the abductions. While Islamic extremists who are waging an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria are suspected of carrying out the kidnapping in Borno state, locals blamed the school kidnappings on herders who had been in conflict with their host communities before taking up arms. Nigeria's Vice President Kashim Shettima, meanwhile, met with authorities and some parents of the abducted students in Kaduna state Saturday and assured them of efforts by security forces to find the children and rescue them. Full Article Africa World News Extremism Watch
ni Nigeria resettling people back to homes they fled to escape Boko Haram By www.voanews.com Published On :: Sun, 13 Oct 2024 19:57:13 -0400 DAMASAK, Nigeria — When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country's battered Borno state. The 45-year-old father of seven came back with his family early last year. They are among thousands of Nigerians taken back from displacement camps to their villages, hometowns or newly built settlements known as “host communities” under a resettlement program that analysts say is being rushed to suggest the conflict with the Islamic militants is nearly over. Across Borno, dozens of displacement camps have been shut down, with authorities claiming they are no longer needed and that most places from where the displaced fled are now safe. But many of the displaced say it’s not safe to go back. Boko Haram — Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis — took up arms in 2009 to fight against Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law, or Sharia. The conflict, now Africa's longest struggle with militancy, has spilled into Nigeria's northern neighbors. Some 35,000 civilians have been killed and more than 2 million have been displaced in the northeastern region, according to U.N. numbers. The 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in the village of Chibok in Borno state — the epicenter of the conflict — shocked the world. Borno state alone has nearly 900,000 internally displaced people in displacement camps, with many others absorbed in local communities. So far this year, at least 1,600 civilians have been killed in militant attacks in Borno state, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, a U.S.-based nonprofit. And in a state where at least 70% of the population depends on agriculture, dozens of farmers have also been killed by the extremists or abducted from their farmland in the last year. In May, hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children who were held captive for months or years by Boko Haram were rescued from a forest enclave and handed over to authorities, the army said. In September, at least 100 villagers were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants who opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes in the Tarmuwa council area of the neighboring Yobe state, west of Borno. Analysts say that a forced resettlement could endanger the local population as there is still inadequate security across the hard-hit region. Salisu says he wastes away his days in a resettlement camp in Damasak, a garrison town in Borno state of about 200,000 residents, close to the border with Niger. Food is getting increasingly difficult to come by and Salisu depends on handouts from the World Food Program and other aid organizations. He longs to find work. “We are begging the government to at least find us a means of livelihood instead of staying idle and waiting for whenever food comes,” he said. On a visit last week to Damasak, Cindy McCain, the WFP chief, pledged the world would not abandon the Nigerian people as she called for more funding to support her agency's aid operations. “We are going to stay here and do the very best we can to end hunger,” McCain told The Associated Press as she acknowledged the funding shortages. “How do I take food from the hungry and give it to the starving,” she said. Resettlement usually involves the displaced being taken in military trucks back to their villages or “host communities." The Borno state government has promised to provide returnees with essentials to help them integrate into these areas, supported by aid groups. The government says the displacement camps are no longer sustainable. “What we need now is ... durable solutions,” Borno governor Babagana Zulum told McCain during her visit. As the resettlement got underway, one in five displaced persons stayed back in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, and nearby towns but were left without any support for local integration, the Global Protection Cluster, a network of non-government organizations and U.N. agencies, said last December. Many others have crossed the border to the north, to settle as refugees in neighboring Niger, Chad or Cameroon. The three countries have registered at least 52,000 Nigerian refugees since January 2023, according to the U.N. refugee agency — nearly twice the number registered in the 22 months before that. A rushed closure of displacement camps and forced resettlement puts the displaced people at risk again from militants still active in their home areas — or forces them to “cut deals” with jihadis to be able to farm or fish, the International Crisis Group warned in a report earlier this year. That could make the extremists consolidate their presence in those areas, the group warned. Boko Haram, which in 2016 split into two main factions, continues to ambush security convoys and raid villages. Abubakar Kawu Monguno, head of the Center for Disaster Risk Management at the University of Maiduguri, said the best option is for government forces to intensify their campaign to eliminate the militants or “push them to surrender.” After not being able to access their farms because of rampant attacks by militants, some farmers in Damasak and other parts of Mobbar district returned to work their land last year, armed with seedlings provided by the government. Salisu was one of them. Then a major flood struck in September, collapsing a key dam and submerging about 40% of Maiduguri's territory. Thirty people were killed and more than a million others were affected, authorities said. Farms that feed the state were ruined, including Salisu's. His hopes for a good rice harvest were washed away. Now he lines up to get food at a Damasak food hub. “Since Boko Haram started, everything else stopped here," he said. “There is nothing on the ground and there are no jobs.” Maryam Abdullahi also lined up at a WFP hub in Damasak with other women, waiting for bags of rice and other food items she desperately needs for her family of eight. Her youngest is 6 years old. The donations barely last halfway through the month, she said, but she still waited in the scorching heat. What little money she has she uses to buy yams to fry and sell to sustain her family, but it’s nowhere enough. Her only wish is to be able to get a “proper job” so she and her children would feel safe, she said. “We either eat in the morning for strength for the rest of the day or ... we eat only at night,” Abdullahi said. Full Article Africa World News
ni Turkey: Broker for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Published On :: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 20:05:00 GMT Despite Israel's ongoing sabotage of peace talks, Turkey continues to work toward reconciliation between theocratic rivals in the Middle East. Full Article
ni Iraq: Consequence of Military Training By Published On :: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:49:00 GMT Decades of Western military intervention and training have stoked the fires of sectarianism and warfare in Iraq and the broader region. Full Article
ni Rwanda: 20th Anniversary of the Genocide By Published On :: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:10:00 GMT Rwandans should be proud of the immense progress they have made since the genocide, but economic inequality and political abuses still plague the country. Full Article
ni U.S.-Africa Summit: Partnership Opportunities By Published On :: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:25:00 GMT The upcoming summit between U.S. and African leaders is likely to make progress on a number of investment, development and security issues. Full Article
ni Tunisia: Escaping the Great Mosque of Uqba By Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 20:58:00 GMT The Great Mosque, in all its majestic grandeur, is less enticing if you're an American woman who somehow finds herself inside it. Full Article
ni Nigeria: Ending the Threat of Boko Haram By Published On :: Thu, 08 May 2014 15:34:00 GMT The kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls should be the last straw. Nigeria must decisively end the menace of the insurgency group Boko Haram. Full Article
ni Renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act By Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 16:50:00 GMT If revised and renewed, the AGOA would encourage growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa while also benefitting U.S. economic interests. Full Article
ni A Quarter of a Billion Friends of Zion Unite for the Anniversary of the October 7 Massacre By www.jpost.com Published On :: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:37:51 GMT Full Article evangelical support for israel Friends of Zion The October 7 Massacre
ni Hagai Yodan brings bold vision to Jerusalem Piano Festival’s opening concert By www.jpost.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:23:01 GMT Hagai Yodan premieres a daring piano-tech concerto at Jerusalem’s 2024 Piano Festival. Full Article Jerusalem jerusalem live music symphony piano
ni Rabbis discuss Simchat Torah and unity in polarized, post-Oct. 7 Jewish society By www.jpost.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:52:18 GMT The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Aaron Reich and Tal Spungin. Full Article Judaism rabbi podcast jpost podcast Simhat Torah
ni Thessaloniki, Greece - the greatest Jewish epic? By www.jpost.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:56:46 GMT The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 93 Full Article Chabad travel Jewish Greece podcast
ni New medical school at Reichman University to open in February By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 22:31:26 GMT Reichman University launches a new medical school to address Israel's doctor shortage, with hands-on training from day one. Full Article health university medicine doctor Reichman University
ni Russian frigate with hypersonic missiles conducts drills in English Channel, enters Atlantic By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:46:54 GMT Russia started mass supplying its military with Zicron missiles to attempt to boost its nuclear forces. Full Article Russia Navy missiles Atlantic Ocean
ni Defense Minister Israel Katz not blocking IDF issuing 7,000 draft orders to haredim By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:48:52 GMT Speculation spiked after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replaced Gallant with Katz that the attempts to draft Haredim would be halted, given Netanyahu and the haredi coalition parties' opposition. Full Article Benjamin Netanyahu IDF Ultra-Orthodox Haredi draft Israel Katz Yoav Gallant
ni Defense Minister Katz: Time is right to hit Iran By www.jpost.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:54:19 GMT Israel's incoming Defense Minister Yisrael Katz declared conditions are optimal for targeting Iran's nuclear program, citing recent successful Israeli airstrikes and broad national consensus. Full Article Iran Israel Katz Iran nuclear Israeli Air Force
ni Netanyahu hints he would hit Iranian oil fields if Tehran attacks By www.jpost.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:11:26 GMT Netanyahu urged Iranians to imagine their free lives without 'the tyrants of Tehran' in an unusual English message. Full Article Benjamin Netanyahu Iran Isaac Herzog Donald Trump Biden administration
ni To recover, Democrats must expel anti-Zionist extremists who put off Middle America By www.jpost.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:27:28 GMT The Democratic Party’s defeat has many causes, but its anti-Zionist wing has clearly contributed to its electoral collapse. Full Article Joe Biden Donald Trump Democrats Rashida Tlaib Kamala Harris The October 7 Massacre Middle Israel
ni Dystopian worlds and surreal animation await at AniNation Festival in Jerusalem By www.jpost.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:05:57 GMT AniNation Festival brings top Israeli and global animated films to Jerusalem Cinematheque. Full Article film film israel bezalel academy animation
ni 'History is back, and the old normal isn’t returning' Bari Weiss tells young Jewish leaders By www.jpost.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:22:32 GMT The Free Press founder urges Jewish leaders to confront rising antisemitism and embrace resilience in her powerful DC speech. Full Article American Jewry Diaspora free press antisemitism Antizionism The October 7 Massacre
ni Sheryl Sandberg: I sit on this stage as a proud Zionist and a proud Jew By www.jpost.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 03:38:25 GMT Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg delivers an emotional address on her post-October 7 transformation, urging Jewish leaders to combat rising antisemitism and campus bias. Full Article Zionism Jewish Federations of North America antisemitism The October 7 Massacre Israel-Hamas War
ni Nigeria: Police Dismiss Rumour of Bomb Explosion in Jos By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:08:38 GMT [Premium Times] The police on Tuesday morning received a report that a bomb was allegedly planted around Murtala Way, Jos. Full Article Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria West Africa
ni Uganda: COP29 - Nankabirwa Calls for Clean Cooking Solutions to Support Refugee Communities, Protect Forests By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:35:19 GMT [Nile Post] Energy Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa, has called for sustainable clean cooking solutions to support Uganda's extensive refugee population and safeguard the country's forests. Full Article Food and Agriculture Economy Business and Finance Climate Conflict Peace and Security East Africa Energy Environment Refugees and Displacement Uganda
ni Nigeria: WFP Calls for Urgent Life-Saving Support in Nigeria As 33 Million People Face Food Insecurity in 2025 By allafrica.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:06:10 GMT [WFP] Geneva -- This is a summary of what was said by Chi Lael, WFP Spokesperson for Nigeria (speaking from Abuja via Zoom) - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Full Article Food and Agriculture External Relations Governance International Organizations and Africa Nigeria West Africa
ni Africa: Every Breath Counts on World Pneumonia Day By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:57:48 GMT [allAfrica] World Pneumonia Day is held every year on November 12. This year it focuses on events around partnerships, aiming to lower mortality rates and strengthen pandemic defenses by uniting organizations to expand access to life-saving interventions. Full Article Africa Climate Environment External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa
ni Ethiopia: Dereja, in Partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Skills and the Mastercard Foundation, to Host the 5th National Career Expo, Connecting Over 30,000 Recent Graduates By allafrica.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:53:23 GMT [Mastercard Foundation] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Dereja, in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MOLS) and the Mastercard Foundation, will host the 5th National Career Expo on November 6 - 7, 2024, at Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa. The event will connect over 30,000 skilled professionals to the job market. Full Article Economy Business and Finance Children and Youth East Africa Education Ethiopia Investment
ni Ethiopia: CPJ's Five-Year Review Reveals Significant Decline in Press Freedom Since Ethiopia's Last Review By allafrica.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:52:57 GMT [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) presented to the UN's Human Rights Council a five-year review of press freedom in Ethiopia ahead of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Ethiopia at the 47th Session taking place today by the UN's Human Rights Council. Full Article East Africa Ethiopia Governance Human Rights Press and Media
ni Cancer medication funding to be taken over by health ministry from community chest fund By www.maltatoday.com.mt Published On :: Tue,12 Nov 2024 08:46:22 +0100 Responsibility for the funding of cancer medication is set to be taken over by the Health Ministry from the Malta Community Chest Fund • Minister announces Paola Health Hub set to launch operations this week Full Article
ni Edwin Balzan: You never stop learning in life By www.maltatoday.com.mt Published On :: Wed,13 Nov 2024 06:30:00 +0100 Co founder of Electronic Music Malta Edwin Balzan tells all in our Q&A Full Article
ni Portraying the Xinjiang Attack: Ethnic Conflict or Terrorism? By Published On :: Sun, 05 May 2013 21:39:00 GMT While the Chinese government has made clear that the Xinjiang attack was an act of terrorism, Western media has misreported it as an incident related to ethnic conflict. Full Article
ni The International Criminal Court in Afghanistan By Published On :: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:32:00 GMT Transitional justice efforts have failed in Afghanistan. The ICC has become one of the few serious accountability options still available to this war-torn country. Full Article
ni Afghanistan's Upcoming Presidential Elections By Published On :: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:40:00 GMT On April 5, the Afghan people will vote in the country's third-ever presidential elections, but corruption and security pose significant obstacles. Full Article
ni Australia: Fanning the Flames of Warming and Warfare By Published On :: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:31:00 GMT Australia is a case study for how the West prioritizes fossil fuels and military intervention over developing alternative energy and regional accord. Full Article
ni Iranian Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani Could Face Execution By Published On :: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:12:00 GMT According to reports, Amir Nasr-Azadani, a soccer player from Iran may face execution for participating in ongoing anti-government protests in the country. Full Article
ni Minigrids: The Next Energy Beacon By Published On :: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:30:00 GMT Village-scale solar-powered minigrids are the most promising path for India to meet its linked aims of GDP growth and access to electricity for all. Full Article
ni The July Revolution in Bangladesh Is Rooted in Meta-Modernist Philosophy By www.ipsnews.net Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 09:10:33 +0000 The students and the common people of Bangladesh dared to do something in 36 days of July-August that was considered simply impossible by most people just days before August 5, 2024. They said ‘enough is enough’ to an old order that outraged their humanity, robbed their dignity and the rulers imagined that their citadel of […] Full Article Active Citizens Asia-Pacific Crime & Justice Education Featured Headlines Human Rights TerraViva United Nations