Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday signed another law making it illegal to provide help within the state’s boundaries to minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, speaking at a press conference on Monday night, announced that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant would remain in his post, despite earlier announcements of his dismissal.
According to a New York Times report, a leaked Pentagon document revealed that Israel may supply Ukraine with lethal weapons in certain scenarios. The document assessed that Israel would only provide Ukraine with weapons if diplomatic ties with Russia were at a crisis point, either from Russia’s ties with Iran or if Israeli aircraft were to be damaged by Russian defense systems in Syria.
Residents in the U.S. state of Kentucky faced calls for prayers Monday after authorities confirmed that at least four people were killed, including friends of the governor, while eight others were injured in a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville.
Amid an ongoing spate of government-sponsored church closures in Indonesia, the Purwakarta Simalungun Protestant Christian Church (GKPS) was forced to give up worshiping and building a sanctuary in Cigelam Village because the Purwakarta Regency Government in West Java refused to issue the requisite permit and de facto shut the church down, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
An entire congregation of more than 60 asylum-seeking Chinese Christians has arrived in the US after their application for refugee status on the grounds of persecution by China’s government was rejected by both South Korea and Thailand, the Washington Times reports.
Pope Francis said Monday he was praying that the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) signed 25 years ago ending violence in Northern Ireland can be “consolidated” to benefit the people of all of Ireland. But the Pope’s appeal came as the agreement, impacting the many Catholics and Protestants in the territory, has come under strain following Britain’s exit from the European Union.
The federal budget deficit soared to $1.1 trillion for the first half of fiscal 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday, $430 billion more than in the same time frame the previous year.
The United States sent a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East in a standoff with Iran, the U.S. military confirmed.
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has subpoenaed several more banks for records on the Biden family’s business dealings, following Bank of America records that revealed suspicious payouts months after President Biden left the vice presidency.
Pope Francis has appealed for peace “in the Holy City (of Jerusalem) and the entire region” as he presided over Easter Sunday Mass attended by an estimated 100,000 pilgrims.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah met with a delegation led by Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Beirut on Sunday to discuss cooperation, amid spiking violence in Israel from rocket barrages and terror attacks.
Six rockets were launched from southern Syria at the Golan Heights on Saturday night and early Sunday in two separate barrages hours apart, with three landing in Israeli territory, the military said.
The status of the abortion pill was thrown into doubt after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, only to have the order countered by another federal judge.
France’s president lashed out at a U.S.-led free world on Sunday, saying Europe must reduce its dependence on the United States.
Fears grew Sunday about a possible military confrontation between China and Taiwan as tens of warships from both sides were involved in a stand-off near the Taiwan Strait’s sensitive median line, several sources confirmed.
Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov struggled to form a government after results confirmed his center-right party’s victory in the fifth inconclusive poll in two years.
The United States was rushing Saturday to limit the damage of a security breach after classified documents detailing American national security secrets from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surfaced on social media.
Ukraine has admitted that Russia is concentrating all its efforts on capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut by Easter. The announcement came as Moscow announced that any peace talks on ending its invasion of Ukraine should focus on creating a “new world order.”
Kyiv says Russia has launched massive attacks on provinces that Moscow annexed but not yet fully controls, killing at least four people and injuring seven, including at least two children. The strikes came before Easter after authorities warned Christians not to gather in large groups.