The International Voice of Prophecy.

The latest data from Congo’s health ministry showed that 8,067 cases have been confirmed, with 3,901 deaths as of Sept. 26 across 63 health zones in seven of the country’s 26 provinces, with a fatality rate of more than 48%. “The continuously high crude case fatality ratio, and especially the continuously high rate of deaths occurring in communities, highlights the seriousness of the disease and the persistent challenges in timely case detection and access to early and adequate patient care,”...

“And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh” (Joshua 20:7-8). Provision was made when someone accidentally killed another person. Being guilty of manslaughter, he could...

When it comes to defending Israel, Huckabee does not hesitate. There is an intensity to the way he makes Israel’s case that can be difficult to find even among official Israeli spokespeople. He reaches for arguments that are not part of the standard political script: the growth of Israel’s Christian population from 34,000 in 1948 to nearly 200,000 today; Arab doctors heading departments at Hadassah Medical Center and supervising Jewish staff; and the fact that his own wife was treated by an...

Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York facing new fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and escalating prices are already making life much tougher for hundreds of millions of people. France’s UN ambassador, Jérôme Bonnafont, said it is “extremely critical” for world leaders to support the UN as the place where the world’s nations meet, especially at a time of such polarization....

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools. “For us, anyone who comes to Italy and wants to build their future here must learn our language, understand our culture, and respect our rules,” she said to a standing ovation at the Gioventù Nazionale national festival in Rome. “It is the only serious way to welcome them.” But Meloni...

Language is not merely a means of conveying messages, but an essential component of culture. Through language, memory, identity, values, and worldview are shaped. This becomes clear when we consider American, British, or Indian English: Not only do we encounter differences in pronunciation or vocabulary, but also entire cultural worlds. The same applies to the German language as it is spoken in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Even the way people greet one another reveals history, social...