Concerns remained Thursday about the whereabouts of more than a dozen priests, seminarians, and a bishop who have been detained in recent days as part of a crackdown on the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega.
During his visit to the Israel-Lebanon border on Wednesday for a situational evaluation, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the IDF Chief of General Staff, briefed security officials, confirming that the Israeli military is in a “very strong state of readiness in the north” as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned of a “very costly” war “without limits” if the situation erupted into a full-scale conflict.
New York City sued 17 Texas busing companies on Thursday for $700 million, arguing the money would cover the city’s costs for caring for roughly 33,600 foreign nationals bused there after illegally crossing the border in Texas.
Indonesia ushered in the New Year with five erupting volcanos, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people while warning climbers to stay away after a volcanic tragedy killed 23 people last month.
Police in the U.S. state of Iowa say the gunman who shot multiple people at a high school on students’ first day back in classes has died.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people.
After Islamic terrorists murdered 21 more Christians in Nigeria’s Taraba state last month, two Nigerian lawmakers have called on the federal government to take action to protect Christian communities against relentless murderous attacks by jihadist groups, Christian Daily International-Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
A church leader in Sri Lanka has been granted bail after spending a month in prison pending trial on a charge of “outraging” the “religious feelings” of Buddhist, Hindu and Islamic communities in a sermon he gave that was posted online, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
An evangelical church leader imprisoned in Sichuan province, China, on charges of fraud, insists he is innocent and has refused to accept the prosecution’s offer to release him if he would just plead guilty, China Aid reports.
The United States and 11 international partners have called for an immediate end to attacks on ships by Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea and suggested the rebels may face military retaliation if they continue their strikes.
Local Christians are thanking God as Mauritania authorities have now released 15 believers who were arrested after video footage of their participation in a baptismal ceremony in November triggered local Muslims to demand their imprisonment on the grounds of illegal proselytization, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Former President Donald Trump fulfilled a promise made last month to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he wasn’t constitutionally eligible for the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot in March.
Iranian militias have attacked American bases in Syria and Iraq at least 118 times since October 17, including five times since the start of 2024, injuring scores from U.S. forces, Worthy News learned Wednesday.
As another Republican congressional delegation arrived in Eagle Pass, Texas, Wednesday to hold another news conference and meet local residents, many Texans living at the border say they are fed up and want Congress to shut down the border.
The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, Hassan Nasrallah, has blamed “flagrant Israeli aggression” for the death of the deputy Hamas leader on Tuesday.
A Christian couple in Indiana have filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to review the state’s Department of Child Services (DCS) removal of their son from their home because they refused to use the female name and pronouns he had chosen for himself, CBN News reports.
The Boko Haram Islamic jihadist terror group killed two Christians during a murderous rampage through a predominantly Christian village in Nigeria’s Adamawa state on Christmas Day, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Aftershocks shook parts of Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from a series of strong earthquakes rose to 62, authorities said, prompting Pope Francis to pray for the nation.
More than 100 people have been killed and scores injured by two bombs near the tomb of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the United States, Iranian officials said Wednesday.
More than 200 active duty and retired US service members have published an open letter calling for the Biden administration and top military leaders to be held to account, including court-martial where appropriate, for engaging in “lawlessness” and “unwilling experimentation on service members” by forcing them to take the COVID-19 vaccination or be fired, the Daily Mail reports.