(The photo above has no afflation to the content) Hello? I am Maung, living in Myanmar. Before believing in Jesus, I was a drug addict and illiterate, unable to read or write. On the day of my aunt's funeral, while keeping vigil through the night, I met a foreign friend and talked with him. That friend shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with me. As I heard about Jesus, my curiosity grew, and I asked, “Would God accept someone like me, a drug addict?” Then my friend replied, “J

The Palestinian armed group Hamas sent a delegation to Egypt, a ceasefire mediator, to discuss the second phase implementation plan of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza Strip peace plan. The source said that "the latest situation in the Gaza Strip and 'Phase 2' will be discussed," and that "measures to prevent an escalation of the conflict" will also be addressed. This move by the Hamas delegation is has been given attention as it came immediately after the UN Security Counc

In Africa, Nigeria experienced another large-scale student kidnapping just four days after a previous incident. According to AP and AFP on the 21st (local time), in the early morning, at St. Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Agwara Papiri, Niger State, western Nigeria, students and staff were abducted by armed assailants. At least 227 people were kidnapped, including 215 female students and 12 teachers, though some students managed to escape, according to a spokesperson for

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported that a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred at 10:38 a.m. local time on the 21st in the Gorashal area, 28 km northeast of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The epicenter was at latitude 23.89°N and longitude 90.58°E, with a depth of 10 km. According to the Associated Press, local authorities reported that at least six people died and dozens were injured due to the earth

The Syrian Kurdish armed group, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), attacked government forces, resulting in two deaths, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA on the 20th (local time). According to the Syrian Ministry of Defense, in the early morning, the SDF shelled government force positions in the northeastern Raqqa region of Syria and captured some of them. This attack caused the death of two government soldiers and injured several others. The Syrian Ministry of

On the 17th, near Medina, one of the Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia, a bus carrying pilgrims was involved in a collision that left 42 people dead. Among the victims, it was later revealed that an entire family of 18 from Hyderabad, India, lost their lives at once, adding to the tragedy. The family included three generations, and especially heartbreaking is that nine children were among those who died. The accident occurred on the 17th when the bus carrying the pilgrims co

Iran, facing the worst drought in its history, has attempted “cloud seeding” to induce artificial rain, BBC reported on the 16th (local time). According to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, Iranian authorities carried out cloud-seeding operations the previous day in the region of Lake Urmia in the northwest. Cloud seeding is the act of dispersing “cloud seeds,” which are tiny particles that serve as condensation nuclei or ice nuclei, into clouds to increase rainfall and indu

Violence by Jewish settlers toward Palestinian residents is not stopping. According to reports on the 13th (local time) from Palestinian WAFA news agency and Israeli outlet Ynet, settlers set fire early that morning to the Hajah Hamida Mosque (Islamic temple) in the village of Deir Istiya near Nablus in the northwestern area of the West Bank. Residents discovered settlers pouring flammable liquid at the mosque entrance and setting it on fire, and they managed to extinguish it

(The above images has no affiliation with the content) Hello? I'm Samiya, living in Bangladesh. I was born the only daughter of a poor family. Due to our difficult circumstances, I attended school only until fifth grade before dropping out and staying home all day. One day, a Korean teacher began visiting our neighborhood weekly to give facial massages to the local women. They eagerly counted down the days until her arrival. One day, while giving massages, the Korean teacher

The Pakistani government has arrested four suspects in the recent bomb terror attack in the capital Islamabad, in which 12 people were killed and 27 injured. According to AFP and other sources on the 15th (local time), the Pakistani government announced that it had arrested four members of a militant faction suspected of involvement in the suicide bombing that occurred near the Islamabad district court on the 11th. It added that these four individuals were three members and o

At a South African airport, it became known that more than 150 Palestinians, including a woman in late-term pregnancy, were trapped inside an airplane for 12 hours due to travel document issues, and on the 14th criticism poured out toward the South African authorities. A pastor who was allowed to enter the plane and meet the passengers said that it was extremely hot inside the airplane and that the children were screaming and crying. South Africa’s border control authorities

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) claimed on the 16th (local time) that it was attacked by the Israeli army (IDF) in the southern region. "This morning, the IDF opened fire on UNIFIL from a Merkava tank near an outpost in southern Lebanon," UNIFIL said in a statement. "The machine gun round struck the peacekeepers about five meters away as they were walking." He continued, "We requested the IDF to cease fire through communication channels, and 30 minut

Bomb attacks occurred one after another in India and Pakistan, countries that share a border and have long been rivals, and in just one day tensions are rising again between the two nations, which had barely maintained a ceasefire since their armed clash in May. According to Bloomberg News and others on the 12th (local time), at around 6:52 p.m. on the 10th, a vehicle exploded near the famous Red Fort heritage site in Delhi, India. Eight people were killed and 20 were injured

(The above picture has no affiliation with the content) Hello? I'm Sarah, living in Israel. I grew up in a strict Jewish religious household. Judaism felt hypocritical and oppressive to me. When I wanted to leave the Jewish community, I was kicked out of my home and ended up wandering the streets for a week. This experience led me to suffer from severe depression for several years. It was so difficult that I attempted suicide. Even my doctor called my survival after that atte

The Israeli government announced on May 9th (local time) that it would exclude Turkish troops from the International Stabilization Force (ISF) to be deployed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. According to Reuters, Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian stated at a press conference that "Turkish troops will not set foot in (the Gaza Strip)," adding, "This has not happened in the past, it is not happening now, and it will not happen in the future." The ISF, to be establis

Anger is exploding after a 20-year-old activist who burned a picture of Iran's supreme leader died mysteriously in his car, the British Guardian reported on the 8th. According to Iranian media, Omid Sarlak (22) was found with a gunshot wound to the head and gunpowder traces on his hands in his car in western Iran on the 1st. Police have declared Sarlak's death a suicide, but fellow activists suspect he may have been killed for his views. Opposition media and activists say the

The Kurdish separatist armed group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), announced it will withdraw from Türkiye. According to Reuters on the 26th (local time), the PKK released a statement from its base in the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq saying it has decided to withdraw all armed fighters from Türkiye. This measure is a follow‑up step after the group declared in May that it would disband and end the armed struggle it had been waging against the Turkish government. They

Recently, the Pakistani government announced on the 29th (local time) that ceasefire negotiations with Afghanistan, following deadly armed clashes that killed dozens, have collapsed. Ataullah Tarar, Pakistan’s Minister of the Intelligence Bureau, stated on X (formerly Twitter) that the four-day ceasefire talks held in Istanbul, Turkey, had “failed to produce a viable solution.” Minister Tarar criticized Afghanistan, saying, “The Afghan side avoided responsibility, relied on d

According to AP on the 30th (local time), North Africa’s Morocco has prosecuted 2,480 people in connection with nationwide protests led by Generation Z (born in the mid-to-late 1990s to early 2000s). The report states that the charges include armed rebellion, insulting and assaulting public officials during the performance of their duties, and incitement to serious crimes. Among them, 1,473 people have been prosecuted while in custody. In Morocco, protests led by the youth gr

Reports continue to emerge that in key cities of western Darfur, Sudan, controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), civilians are experiencing mass killings and other harms. According to The Guardian , on the 30th (local time), at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council held in New York, senior UN officials testified that after the RSF captured Al-Fashir, the last stronghold in western Darfur, the local situation had turned into an “even darker hell.” Ma