Russian authorities confirmed Wednesday that a Defense Ministry plane carrying scores of Ukrainian military prisoners of war plus crew and guards crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine.
In a further display of China’s crackdown on evangelical Christianity, a court in Liaoning province has sentenced a prominent online Gospel preacher, his wife, and four house church members to lengthy prison terms for allegedly “using superstition to undermine the law” by expressing and sharing their faith in Christ, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
The United States hit Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen early Wednesday, destroying two anti-ship missiles that aimed at the Red Sea and were preparing to launch, the U.S. military said.
Former President Donald Trump will win New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, several media outlets projected Tuesday night, getting him closer to securing the party’s nomination and a rematch with President Joe Biden in November.
A group of Democratic governors are calling on the Biden administration and Congress to address the immigration crisis by increasing federal funding for states and passing a border security package.
Hungary came under pressure Wednesday to approve Sweden’s membership of the NATO-military alliance after Turkey’s parliament ratified the Nordic nation’s entry.
Israel confirmed Tuesday that 24 soldiers fighting in Gaza have been killed, the highest Israeli military death toll in a day so far during the Israel-Hamas war.
A British pianist who has more than two million subscribers on the YouTube video-sharing site has been accosted by a furious Chinese television crew and Chinese tourists.
Dozens of students have arrived in Budapest from wartorn Ukraine to meet the teachers they knew online while studying in bomb shelters or other challenging locations.
A 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region after deadly landslides buried dozens in China and in the Philippines, including praying Christians, officials said.
Israel has proposed a cease-fire of up to two months in exchange for the release of all the more than 130 hostages still held by Hamas, several officials confirmed.
Prosecutors in Finland are now appealing to the country’s Supreme Court to pin charges of inciting hate speech on a Christian parliamentarian who posted comments on social media about her opposition to same-sex marriage on religious grounds, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
A pastor in Bryan, Ohio, has pleaded not guilty to charges of violating zoning restrictions by keeping his church’s doors open to the homeless 24 hours a day, 13 Action News reports. Pastor Chris Avell, who leads “Dad’s Place” church, appeared before the Bryan Municipal Court on Jan. 4, when the matter was set for trial.
The Evangelical missionary movement in Latin America has grown so remarkably in recent years that it has been likened to a “sleeping giant” arising to plant needed Gospel-based churches in the region, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.
An estimated 400-500 Christian prisoners of faith are being held in horrifying conditions in the East African nation of Eritrea. Eritrea ranks 4th on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.
As rights groups now gauge the level of violence against Christians in Nigeria at “100%,” Islamic terrorists in central Nigeria ambushed and kidnapped four Christians in Benue state on Jan. 13, Morning Star News reports. The Open Doors international Christian persecution watchdog has given Nigeria the highest percentage rating for violence against believers, stating that the country is now “at the epicenter of targeted violence against the church.”
A divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday, clearing the way for federal authorities to remove razor wire installed in Eagle Pass along the U.S.-Mexico border by Texas law enforcement.
Thousands of Israel-supporting Christians have gathered in recent weeks near the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Dutch city of The Hague, where Israel has been charged with genocide.
European Union foreign ministers began meeting in Brussels Monday to discuss the future of European support for Ukraine, which needs more ammunition to fight invading Russian troops. The gathering comes while the Polish prime minister is in Kyiv amid more bloodshed as Russia has accused Ukrainian forces of attacking a market in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, killing at least 25 people and injuring 20 others over the weekend.
A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem, demanding that legislators and the government do more to free their loved ones who were kidnapped on October 7.