Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for a war crimes tribunal to prosecute Russia for alleged atrocities. Zelensky made the appeal in the Dutch city of The Hague, where he also denied being responsible for an alleged drone strike targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
European savers are pulling more of their money from banks, looking for a better deal as lenders resist paying up to hold on to deposits some feel they can currently live without.
The annual National Day of Prayer broadcast expects to reach nearly 110 million U.S. households through television, radio and online platforms this year.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant began on Thursday an official visit to Greece and Cyprus, revealing significant progress in Tehran’s nuclear program during a stop in Athens.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met with senior Palestinian officials in Damascus on Thursday, expressing his country’s continued support for them while Iran and Syria signed multiple long-term cooperation agreements. Damascus-based Palestinian official Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid, head of a splinter faction of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, told The Associated Press that the delegation updated Raisi on the situation in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Iran has long provided financial and military backing to select Palestinian factions.
Scientists say this year will have more hurricanes than usual.
A new report by an international alliance of humanitarian organizations shows that 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year, the Associated Press reports. People facing acute food insecurity have so little food to eat that their lives and livelihoods are in immediate danger.
After a massive manhunt, U.S. police detained the man who allegedly opened fire in a central Atlanta medical facility on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring four others, authorities confirmed.
A new report shows an ongoing decline in membership of the Presbyterian Church (USA), with the denomination losing more than 100 congregations and over 53,000 members last year, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Serbia plunged into three days of mourning Thursday after authorities revealed that a 13-year-old boy had shot and killed eight fellow pupils and a security guard at his school in Belgrade.
A Utah district court on Tuesday issued a temporary order blocking the state from enforcing what it described as an “unreasonable” law that would ban abortion clinics from operating after January 1, 2024, but would allow hospitals to continue carrying out abortions until 18 weeks gestation, Reuters reports. The law was due to go into effect on Wednesday, May 3.
The United Nations observed the annual World Press Freedom Day amid warnings that press freedom is under attack globally after the deadliest year for journalists on record.
The U.S. central bank has raised interest rates to the highest level in 16 years as it battles to stabilize prices amid mounting inflation.
U.S. President Joe Biden faced accusations of involvement in a “criminal scheme” Wednesday while prosecutors were reportedly nearing a decision on whether to charge his son Hunter with tax- and gun-related violations.
Israel and China participated in the first direct talks on a free-trade agreement at the end of March since November 2019 and the eighth round since 2016, Globes reported.
The rate of drug overdose deaths involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl more than tripled in the United States from 2016 through 2021, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Wednesday.
The U.S.-led coalition carried out a drone strike Wednesday in northwestern Syria targeting a senior al-Qaida leader, the U.S. military said.
Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attacking the Kremlin with drones overnight in a failed attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin.
The foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria met in Amman on Monday to discuss Syria’s reentry into the Arab League. The talks, which include the discussion of obligations that Syria must fulfill in order to reenter, are part of an initiative led by Jordan.
Christians associated with an organized evangelistic outreach at the recent SatanCon in Boston claimed approximately 100 people converted to Christianity during the event.