A new report by the Pew Research Center shows that in 2021, the governments of almost all the world’s countries imposed restrictions on religion, including Christianity. The findings were published in Pew’s 14th annual report on countries that restrict the religious expression of some groups while granting benefits to others.
A Russian missile has violated the air space of Poland amid one of the most intense Russian attacks on nearby Ukraine, prompting the NATO military alliance to prepare for an armed confrontation, U.S. and Polish officials confirmed Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine was involved in Friday’s shootings at a major concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 133 people, despite the Islamic State group, or ISIS, claiming responsibility for the massacre.
President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion spending bill into law, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown despite missing a midnight deadline.
Israel, the United States, along with the U.S.-led NATO military alliance and the European Union have condemned the terrorist attack in Russia that killed at least 133 people, including children.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Ukraine was involved in Friday’s shootings at a major concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 115 people, despite the Islamic State group, or ISIS, claiming responsibility for the massacre. His comments came while people gathered at a makeshift memorial, with memories still fresh about the bloodshed that unfolded here.
The number of illegal border crossers has increased significantly since Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas implemented a range of policies he said were designed to reduce “irregular migration” and create a “legal pathway” for foreign nationals to come to the U.S.
Republicans’ advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives will be only 217-213 after April 19, following Friday’s decision by U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher to resign.
Federal agents apprehended a record number of criminal noncitizens in fiscal 2023, according to several reports.
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.