Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

Iran-backed Houthi terrorists launched ballistic missiles and drones toward Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport on Monday, sharply escalating tensions along the kingdom’s southern border and threatening years of relative calm in Yemen.

A German court has sentenced an Iraqi couple linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group to lengthy prison terms for enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing two Yazidi girls in Iraq.

The long-simmering war on the Arabian Peninsula erupted again Monday as Saudi forces struck Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital and the Iranian-backed rebels answered within hours with ballistic missiles and drones aimed at southern Saudi Arabia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a blunt warning to Iran on Tuesday, declaring that any renewed attack against Israel would be met with a response far more powerful than the military action Tehran has already witnessed.

The European Union and more than a dozen international partners have pledged approximately $1 billion to support the reconstruction and early recovery of the Gaza Strip, European officials announced Monday.

Israeli and Lebanese delegations began a new round of U.S.-mediated talks in Rome on Tuesday, seeking to implement a framework agreement that could lead to Hezbollah’s disarmament and a phased Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon.

U.S. inflation slowed sharply in June as gasoline and other energy prices retreated, delivering welcome relief to American households even as renewed fighting with Iran threatens to push fuel costs higher again.

The U.S. House passed a bill Monday that would restrict funding of state and local political races and ballot proposals to American citizens only.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Monday appointed Darline Graham Nordone, the younger sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, to complete the remaining months of her brother’s Senate term.

Anglican leaders have approved an ambitious initiative to plant or restore one million churches worldwide over the next decade, with the goal of bringing congregations closer to local communities and welcoming an estimated 20 million new believers.

Chinese authorities raided a worship gathering connected to Early Rain Covenant Church in Sichuan province, detaining 33 Christians and holding scores of other believers—including elderly members and families with children—inside the meeting hall for several hours, according to a statement issued by the church.