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Mormon Land: why LDS is growing in Africa, and how this patriarchal faith is seen as a 'woman's church.'... Link
S Korean President declares martial law. Populace rebels. Parliament overturns. President backs down. Parliament moves to impeach.... Link
The Syrian rebel who seized Aleppo professes religious tolerance, but many have doubts.... Link
Analysis: The decimation of Hezbollah deprived Assad of key allies and led to a vacuum that enabled stunning Islamist gains in Syria.... Link
Syrian rebel group seizes control of much of Aleppo, surrounding areas; government forces fall back; Russian reinforcements coming.... Link
On Iran and the possibility of delivering lethal chemical weapons (like fentanyl) via drone.... Link
A cease-fire has been negotiated between Israel and Hezbollah/Lebanon. (Est: a similar cease-fire with Hamas less likely)... Link
Christian nurse abducted by Boko Haram describes daring escape... Link
Russians in Yemen: recruiting mercenaries (involuntarily?), negotiating weapons for Yemen... Link
The Christians ensnared to work in Asian cyberscamming ops & Christian orgs working to stop them... Link
World's conflict zones increased 65% since 2010, to 6 million km (double size of India)... Link
The demand for female maintenance workers in China.... Link
Taiwan: when deities promise answers to dating, money woes. Religion has to get practical... Link
Sudan will extend opening of Adre crossing for aid delivery... Link
So bad in Lebanon: Syria now seems a safe haven.... Link
Saudi: NEOM boss has ‘departed from his post.’ A lot of construction worker deaths on the project... Link
Russia’s ban on ‘child-free propaganda’ is ill-defined. A tax on childlessness?... Link
Russia offers ‘total support' to African countries, w/o human rights strings attached.... Link
Qatar stops trying to talk, says Hamas leaders should leave.... Link
Port-au-Prince airport closed after Spirit plane struck by gunfire.... Link
Photo+Essay: life in Ladakh along disputed Sino-Indian border.... Link
Pent Flshp of Nigeria calls for 40 days of fasting for econ. condition of N.... Link
Vietnam’s booming Korea Towns: 178k S Koreans.... Link
On the caste census controversy in India: why some don't want to count the castes... Link
Nigeria: ‘new’ insurgent group, the Lakurawas, in the NW.... Link
Nigeria hunger crisis: 33 million could face hunger next year.... Link
N Korea ratifies major defense treaty with Russia. ... Link
Myanmar rebels seize rare earth mining areas. ... Link
Japan “needs a national strategy for immigrant workers.” ... Link
Israel says ‘no pause’ against Hezbollah until aims are met. ... Link
AI Jesus might 'listen' to your confession, but it can't absolve you of your sins, says Catholic scholar.... Link
The growing militarization of China's Africa policy: might China and Russia eventually clash in Africa?... Link
Ted Esler on seeing and serving micromissions (very small, often husband-and-wife agencies): over 8,000 est. in USA alone.... Link
The world is losing the fight against international gangs: globalization, tech progress leading to a boom in organized crime... Link
August issue of ChinaSource looks at the Catholic Ch in China. ... Link
Is the Missio Dei framework on its way out? Ted Esler says Global South leaders think so.... Link
Dragons and Loongs: much ado about nothing--Westerners don't think Chinese & Western dragons are the same. Also, Matteo Ricci's influence.... Link
I was on Cynthia Anderson's Dare to Multiply podcast... Link
MF: How long to reach the goal?... Link
EMQ: Reporting challenges for movements in a world of misinformation and persecution... Link
1 percent of the world: a macro analysis of 1,967 movements... Link
Unreached, unevangelized, unengaged: the difference... Link