International News

Celebration in Indonesia closely followed by flooding and landslides.

A renewal of prayer is happening in our day, we are called to be part of it.

Nearly 700 Haitian students started the school year in newly repaired Salvation Army school buildings.

Turkana, in North West Kenya, remains the major focal point for drought response activities.

The results of the All the World Photographic Competition 2011 have been revealed.

The Salvation Army has begun a famine relief programme in Isiolo District.

General calls for the Army around the world to be united in mission and message.

The Salvation Army in Haiti has now distributed more than a million meals in its response to the earthquake.

Salvation Army medical staff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have played a part in the miraculous survival of 28-year-old Evan Ocinia.

Major Kelly Pontsler shares stories of people linked to The Salvation Army's emergency relief effort in Haiti.

General Clifton says this decision is a strong affirmation of the equal role that women leaders play in the Army's worldwide ministry.

Salvation Army officers safe but substantial damage to Army property.

The Salvation Army in Haiti, working with international delivery company UPS, is replacing handwritten ration cards with high-tech barcode technology.

Salvation Army aid effort moves into Chile's second largest city.

The Salvation Army in southern Chile is combining its resources and using careful planning to help people affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

More than 3,000 enthusiastic Salvationists and friends welcomed General Shaw Clifton and Commissioner Helen Clifton on their arrival at Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo.

A massive landslide in Uganda has caused at least 80 deaths with another 350 people still missing.

Salvation Army begins work in Nicaragua.

The Salvation Army will be heavily and closely involved in rebuilding Haiti well past the conclusion of the current emergency situation caused by massive earthquakes.

More than 15,000 people have been helped and 14,000 rations of food provided to individuals and families.

The Salvation Army in Chile is providing vital assistance to coastal communites damaged by a tsunami.

Most of the meals have been given out in Port-au-Prince, where The Salvation Army has responsibility for 20,000 people living in temporary shelters.

May the matchless joy of that first Easter day and of our Lord’s Resurrection fill us all through and through!

The General has approved the upgrade of The Salvation Army’s work in Rwanda and Burundi from regional to command status.

Brazilian Salvation Army emergency service personnel are assisting the survivors of a massive mudslide in the city of Niteroi.

Over 1100 people took part in ‘Speak Out’, a Salvation Army online conference on social justice advocacy.

The Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Robin Dunster, led celebrations as The Salvation Army in Peru offered thanks to God for 100 years of work in that south American country.

Emergency service workers and volunteers in Brazil worked around the clock for almost two weeks at the scene of a mudslide which swept through Morro do Bumba.

The Salvation Army in the USA has been providing help and hope for almost a week after tornadoes brought devastation in a number of states.

Salvation Army teams in southern USA are providing assistance to workers engaged in the clean-up operation after an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico caused a giant oil slick.

Salvation Army brings emergency relief to flood victims.

The UAE brings the number of countries in which The Salvation Army operates to 121.

Training college hit by stray bullets.

Salvation Army asked to provide meals for 500 detainees.

Salvation Army emergency response teams in Guatemala are providing assistance after the country was hit by two major disasters within 10 days.

While world audiences focus on a black-and-white ball in the FIFA World Cup, The Salvation Army in South Africa is handing out red cards against human trafficking.

4,000 Salvationists attend holiness congress in the USA Central Territory.

General and Commissioner Helen Clifton dine with George W and Laura Bush during tour of Southern Territory.

A Salvation Army film has won a prestigious award at the International Christian Visual Media conference, held in St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Kids clubs and soccer schools in The Salvation Army's Southern Africa Territory have proved hugely popular.

The Salvation Army in Brazil is continuing to provide assistance after heavy rains led to devastating floods in the north-east of the country in mid-June.

The Salvation Army in Chile continues to serve people affected by the earthquake and tsunami that brought devastation over a wide area in late February.

The Salvation Army in Pakistan is preparing to help people who have lost homes and possessions in the worst floods for 80 years.

Flooding is a regular occurrence in some regions of Romania but this year several areas not usually affected have been devastated by lightning floods.

Salvationists in Russia are providing assistance to people affected by wildfires.

The Salvation Army in Pakistan is responding to catastrophic floods that brought widespread devastation to the country earlier this month.

The Salvation Army in Pakistan continued its initial response to the floods that have are now thought to have affected 20 million people.

The third major flood relief distribution effort arranged by The Salvation Army in Pakistan took place on Saturday 21 August.

The village of Kibirga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, no longer exists.

Salvation Army personnel in Indonesia are providing emergency assistance to some of the thousands of people made homeless after the eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano.

The Salvation Army is continuing its work in the flood-hit regions of Pakistan, where it is estimated that 20 million people have been affected.

The Salvation Army in Uganda is providing help to people forced from their homes in March 2010 after heavy rains caused devastating landslides.

The Salvation Army in Haiti is responding quickly after a freak thunderstorm hit Port-au-Prince on Friday 24 September.

Major Raelton Gibbs travelled to Pakistan where The Salvation Army is responding to floods that devastated much of the country in August.

Salvation Army medical workers are providing assistance to people affected by the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia.

The Salvation Army across the Caribbean is responding to damage caused by Tropical Storm Tomas.

Salvation Army teams in Indonesia continue to provide assistance to people affected by the eruption of Mount Merapi.

For the first time in its 82-year history The Salvation Army’s High Council will have more female members than males.

General Shaw Clifton has approved the official commencement of the work of The Salvation Army on the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Tens of thousands of people impacted by an ‘unprecedented’ flood crisis in central and south-east Queensland.

As the cholera death toll in Haiti approaches 3,500 people, The Salvation Army continues to provide treatment to those who have been infected.

In just 37 seconds on 12 January 2010, Haiti was changed forever when a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country.

The Salvation Army's response to flooding and landslides in Brazil is growing by the day.

The Salvation Army in Queensland, Australia continues to provide assistance to people affected by the region's catastrophic floods.

Victoria has been hit with some of the worst floods in the state's history.

There are nine candidates standing for election for The Salvation Army’s nineteenth General.

There were many sacred moments at the 2011 High Council on Sunday 30 January.

On 1 February, The Salvation Army announced that Canadian-born Commissioner Linda Bond has been elected as its new international leader and 19th General.

Land on a Salvation Army farm in Fond-des-Nègres, Haiti, has been transformed into a new cholera treatment centre (CTC).

In northern Pakistan people are facing the cold of winter in very trying circumstances.

Salvation Army Emergency Services (SAES) teams responded immediately in the aftermath of tropical Cyclone Yasi.

The Salvation Army in Japan has three emergency service relief teams operating in areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.

Three Salvation Army teams in Japan are providing vital assistance to people affected by the country's earthquake.

The Salvation Army's earthquake response in Japan is continuing its work despite difficulties caused by snow and the lack of fuel.

General Shaw Clifton has approved the official commencement of Salvation Army work in Togo, effective 1 April 2011.

The ground floor of The Salvation Army’s International Headquarters (IHQ), 101 Queen Victoria Street, London was comfortably filled.

Emergency workers in Japan report that the government disaster response is proceeding well and that most areas in need of assistance have now been reached.

The Salvation Army in Myanmar is responding with emergency supplies after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake.

More than 260 delegates from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Kuwait gathered in Dubai on 18 March to celebrate.

Commissioner Makoto Yoshida, reports that the country's recovery is 'going well'.

General Linda Bond's Easter Message.

A Constitutional crisis in the Ivory Coast has led to many people fleeing the country to seek safety in neighbouring Liberia and Ghana.

A Concert broadcast live in Hong Kong raised more than US$3.3 million for The Salvation Army's earthquake and tsunami response programme in Japan.

Salvationists in Spain are responding to the earthquake that hit Lorca, Murcia, on 11 May.

The Salvation Army in Spain has stepped up its response to the earthquake that caused widespread destruction to the town of Lorca, Murcia, on 11 May.

The Salvation Army in the USA is responding to tornadoes that brought devastation across the country's central states.

The Salvation Army International Staff Band (ISB) celebrated 120 years of mission and ministry in London with a weekend of spectacular events.

It is with a deep sense of loss that we announce that Commissioner Helen Clifton was promoted to Glory at 9:20 pm on Tuesday 14 June.

The service of thanksgiving for Commissioner Helen Clifton was a fitting tribute to a woman of God.

Relationship between The Salvation Army and the Iraqi Salvation Humanitarian Organisation formalised.

Salvationists in Oslo have been meeting emotional and spiritual needs after a bomb blast and massacre.

The first officers appointed to the west African country of Togo have arrived.

Norway Salvationists have been a comforting presence in public displays of remembrance.