The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is working aggressively to expand its terrorist operations in Judea and Samaria, forming new terror cells across the area with help from Iran, a senior member of the organization said over the weekend.
A tense calm returned to the streets of France on Monday after five days of violent protests sparked by last week’s fatal police shooting of Nahel M., a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent.
A locally renowned Muslim criminal in Lahore, Pakistan has confessed to being the lead perpetrator in the abduction, gang-rape and brutal murder of a Pakistani Christian widow who refused his demand to convert to Islam and marry him last month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Ruled by an authoritarian Islamic government, Pakistan ranks 7 on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2023 of top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched its most extensive operation in Jenin since the Second Intifada. At least eight Palestinians were killed and 50 injured on Monday as fighting escalated between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, authorities said.
The IDF launched a counterterrorism operation in Jenin overnight Sunday, as part of which it struck terrorist infrastructure in area, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
The United States Supreme Court has again vacated a lower court decision against a Christian couple in Oregon who were punished for not making a cake for a same-sex wedding.
The national debt will be nearly twice as large as the U.S. economy in 30 years, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian web designer who refuses to work on online, same-sex weddings.
Israel carried out airstrikes on areas near the central Syrian city of Homs early Sunday causing material damage but no casualties, the Syrian military said in a statement.
Israel will buy 25 F-35 aircraft from the United States, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Sunday, in a deal that increases Israel’s arsenal of the stealth fighter jets by 50%.
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned President Biden’s attempt to erase the student loan debt for millions of Americans. The court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority.
Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency revealed the thrilling raid on Iranian soil and arrest of a man who led a terrorist cell in Cyprus that aimed to kill Israelis on the island.
The Biden administration has denied that an “interim” Iran nuclear deal is on the table, but a think tank report outlines a number of indications that diplomatic discussions may have continued, potentially with incoming concessions.
The grandmother of the 17-year-old boy killed by police during a traffic stop in France has urged protesters to stop the riots that have spread across the nation.
Residents in two U.S. states plunged into mourning on Sunday after separate mass shootings killed several and injured dozens. In Baltimore, Maryland, a teenager was among two people dead following a mass shooting there, while in Wichita, Kansas, seven people were shot, and two others trampled amid a shooting inside a nightclub, authorities confirmed.
Hundreds of Muslims have attacked a Christian village community in Pakistan’s Punjab province and tried to burn their homes after a believer published a Bible verse on social media service Facebook, well-informed sources said Saturday.
Pope Francis, who admitted to organizing a peace mission, has appealed for prayers and peace in Ukraine after residents in Kyiv were kept awake overnight by the first massive Russian drone strike in nearly two weeks. Attacks were also reported elsewhere, including in southern Ukraine, where several residents were injured. The ongoing clashes added to the suffering of the people Francis described as “tried.”
French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany to deal with escalating unrest in his country, his office said Saturday. The announcement came after more than 1,300 people were arrested across France in a fourth night of rioting sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenage boy with an African background who was buried Saturday.