The Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack on a major concert hall near Moscow that killed dozens of people and injured more than 100 others.
Human rights activists have expressed concern about Europe’s highest court agreeing that Europeans can be forced to give their fingerprints for national identity documents (IDs).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel is ready to launch its military campaign in the Gaza city of Rafah to eliminate the last stronghold of Hamas with or without the support of the United States.
Russia declared Friday it is in “a state of war” against Ukraine and, indirectly, the West after calling its invasion of the country “a special military operation” for nearly two years.
Russia and China have vetoed a U.S. draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” in Gaza because it included “the release of all remaining hostages” held by Hamas.
A top-ranking U.S. Navy officer in Asia warns that China may invade Taiwan within three years, though Beijing’s military threats suggested it could occur earlier.
Much of the world’s commerce appeared to be dependent on ships from Russia and China on Friday as Yemen-based Houthi rebels agreed to give them safe passage while attacking vessels of Israel’s allies, including the United States.
A strong earthquake shook Indonesia’s East Java province Friday, Christians in the area told Worthy News.
There was hope for a 62-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease for an extended life on Friday after an American hospital successfully transplanted a pig kidney into the patient in the world’s first such operation.
Scores of Chinese warplanes flew around Taiwan shortly after officials confirmed that U.S. troops had been stationed permanently on the democratically-ruled island, local authorities said Friday.
Amid fighting a war against Hamas in Gaza and staving off Hezbollah in the north, the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday night confirmed that a missile fired by the Houthi jihadist group in Yemen had bypassed Israeli air defenses and had landed north of Eilat, an Israeli tourist city which borders the Red Sea, the Jerusalem Post reports.
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of a Catholic couple who lost custody of their 16-year-old son after he went against his parent’s religious beliefs and began identifying as a girl, USA Today reports. Mary and Jeremy Cox of Anderson, Indiana, filed their appeal to the Supreme Court after a two-year-long fight against the state’s removal of their son, who is now no longer a minor.
The U.S. has submitted a resolution to the United Nations demanding an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza, along with the release of hostages, to apply pressure on Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a bleak outlook for the federal government with new projections that show debt levels will reach their highest levels ever in five years.
During the ongoing operation, now in its fourth day, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the IDF and Shin Bet security agency have reported the death of approximately 140 terrorists and the arrest of around 650 operatives, which includes several high-ranking commanders from terrorist organizations of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
A Christian couple in India’s Chhattisgarh state have had to leave their children with relatives and go into hiding after being attacked by neighbors who demanded they recant their faith in Christ, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.
Vandals in Dordogne, France heavily defaced a village cemetery and war memorial on Sunday night, spraying Islamic graffiti, including the phrase ‘France is already Allah’s’ on 58 graves among other consecrated sites, the Daily Mail reports.
Ukrainian officials say Russia’s military has launched missile attacks on the capital, Kyiv, for the first time in 44 days, injuring 10 people, including a child, while in the north, at least five people died in a separate Russian air raid. The attacks came as Ukraine struck areas inside Russia to push back an ongoing Russian invasion of the country, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of children from battle zones.
Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has unexpectedly resigned on the day that Irish legislators took a first step toward legalizing assisted dying in what is one of Europe’s most Catholic nations.
The world was moving towards another potentially massive armed conflict Thursday, with Taiwan officially confirming the permanent stationing of U.S. troops on its territory in the Taiwan Strait.