USA: One man died and three were injured, including Donald Trump, whose right ear was nicked in an assassination attempt on the former US president at a rally Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania. NIGERIA: At least 22 died when a school building collapsed as students took exams on Friday. The other 132 trapped in the buildingContinue reading “Headline Prayers for USA, Nigeria, Gaza, Canada”
Category Archives: Pray for the world
Hurricane, Heatwave, Landslide, Missiles
USA: Hurricane Beryl left about two million without power in Texas during dangerously high temperatures, and killed one in Louisiana and six in Texas, adding to the death toll of at least 11 in the Caribbean. US states in its northeasterly pathway now face heavy rain and flooding. Meanwhile, heatwaves have caused at least fourContinue reading “Hurricane, Heatwave, Landslide, Missiles”
In Beryl’s Path and Wake
(Updated July 4) At least three people have died in Venezuela, three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and three in Grenada and Carriacou due to Hurricane Beryl this week. With winds close to 160 miles per hour, and gusts all the higher, it is the first storm to reach Category 5 status since EmilyContinue reading “In Beryl’s Path and Wake”
Upcoming Elections
Perhaps the biggest election year in history, 2024 has been dubbed “Super Election Year,” with more than 60 nations holding national elections involving some 2 billion voters. Upcoming Election Events for June-July: FRANCE: Parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7 will also determine the prime minister position. IRAN: After a helicopter crash killed PresidentContinue reading “Upcoming Elections”
Headline Prayers These Days
BANGLADESH: After weeks of heavy rains have flooded farmlands and homes in the northeast, nearly two million stranded people face the threat of food shortages and waterborne diseases. In the south, at least ten Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, including three children, died from mudslides and heavy rainfall in refugee camps. INDIA: Landslides, heavy rains andContinue reading “Headline Prayers These Days”
Churches, Synagogues Attacked in Russia
At least 25 people died and 24 were wounded Sunday in mass shootings at synagogues, churches and police posts in the predominantly Muslim province of Dagestan, Russia. The count includes 15 police officers, a security guard, a priest, several civilians and at least five terrorists. In the city of Derbent, militants killed Father Nikolai KotelnikovContinue reading “Churches, Synagogues Attacked in Russia”
A Hot and Deadly Summer
Up to 448 people have died from intense heat in INDIA since March, and more than 40,000 cases of heatstroke have been reported in recent days, with temperatures over 100F on a constant basis. Most vulnerable to heat exhaustion (dizziness, headaches, shaking, thirst) are those without electricity, such as the homeless and poor. If temperaturesContinue reading “A Hot and Deadly Summer”
More Than 1,000 Die in Hajj Heatwave
More than 1,000 Muslims from around the world have died over the past few days in Saudi Arabia, as temperatures soared to 51.8C (125.24F) during the annual Islamic pilgrimage of hajj. Among the dead are more than 600 Egyptians, almost 100 Indians, 60 Jordanians, at least 11 Americans, five Iranians, and an unknown number ofContinue reading “More Than 1,000 Die in Hajj Heatwave”
Where Tensions Rise
NORTH KOREA: North Korea has sent yet more trash-laden balloons into South Korea, which has retaliated with anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts blasted on loudspeakers. Lord, please give every heart in North Korea a deep hunger for truth and freedom, and open the way for them to hear the good news about Christ and be saved. BeContinue reading “Where Tensions Rise”
Praying Through This Week’s Headlines
KUWAIT: A fire in a residential building housing foreign workers killed about 50 people Wednesday; 45 of them were Indian. INDIA: At least nine people died and 33 were injured in a terrorist attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir’s Jammu Province Sunday. Two more attacks followed in the same area on Tuesday, killing one civilianContinue reading “Praying Through This Week’s Headlines”
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