One of several northern Nigerian states in which Christians have faced genocidal murder and terror campaigns by Islamic militants determined to impose their version of Sharia law, Kaduna state has seen many Christians murdered, no fewer than 23 pastors killed, and more than 200 churches forcibly shut down since 2019, Barnabas Aid reports.
A UK intelligence assessment said some of Russia’s naval operations in the Black Sea had been relocated following recent Ukraine attacks on its Crimean base.
House Republicans on the Oversight Committee on Monday announced they had launched a probe into reports of Chinese foreign nationals illicitly entering U.S. military bases.
The annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) is set for Sunday, November 5th this year, Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) reports.
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a case involving whether former President Donald Trump should be disqualified from the 2024 election under a constitutional provision barring anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.
Pope Francis has suggested there could be ways to bless same-sex unions, responding to five conservative cardinals who challenged him to affirm church teaching on homosexuality ahead of a big meeting where LGBTQ+ Catholics are on the agenda.
The Pentagon is warning Congress that it is running low on money to replace weapons the U.S. has sent to Ukraine and has already been forced to slow down resupplying some troops, according to a letter sent to congressional leaders.
There is growing frustration among Israeli and Saudi officials over what is perceived to be an over-emphasis by Washington on having Jerusalem make concessions to the Palestinians as a means of moving forward in the normalization process that would see a trilateral agreement between the three countries, Israel Hayom has learned.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is telling President Joe Biden the numbers of migrants arriving to Chicago from the southern U.S. border are accelerating. The situation is overwhelming, untenable and uncoordinated, he added.
The Israeli Air Force reportedly launched an operation Sunday to target an Iranian arms shipment located west of Damascus in Syria, according to Syrian opposition news organizations.
Former President Donald Trump has increased his lead over his Republican rivals following the second Republican primary debate, which he did not attend.
Hungary celebrated Monday after this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Karikó and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman for developing technology that led to controversial mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Mexico’s president warned Monday that tens of thousands of migrants are still on their way to the U.S. border despite the dangers after at least 10 migrants died on Sunday.
Radicalized Fulani herdsmen slaughtered 15 Christians in Kaduna state,Nigeria last week alone, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Fulani herdsmen and other Islamic terrorists have murdered over 50,000 Christians in Nigeria since 2009, rights groups have reported.
A large group of around 50 Muslims conducted an anti-Christian protest at a shophouse church in Depok City, Indonesia, last month, angrily shouting and pushing against the fence surrounding the building, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Authorities in Warsaw said Sunday that about a million people attended the Polish capital’s biggest opposition rally on record ahead of upcoming elections that could determine the level of support for neighboring war-torn Ukraine.
Turkey confirmed late Sunday that it struck Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, hours after a suicide blast hit the interior ministry in Ankara, the capital.
Iran has the infrastructure in place and the know-how to make a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks, according to the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction report.
The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran’s paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit in recent days in a launch that resembled others previously criticized by Washington as helping Tehran’s ballistic missile program.
Syrian media including two affiliated with the opposition, reported an Israeli strike on the outskirts of Damascus early on Sunday, targeting an Iranian arms shipment.