Dutch riot police armed with batons ended a violent anti-Israel protest at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) Monday, the latest in a series of rallies at universities in the Netherlands that saw Jewish students fear their future.
A new study sponsored by the British and Foreign Bible Society shows that the Chinese Church in the United Kingdom grew by an average of nearly 29% between 2021-2023, making it the fastest-growing church in Britain, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have announced they reject Israel’s suggestion that Arab countries control civil administration in the Gaza Strip after the current Israeli-Hamas war there has ended, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Tehran has warned that it will weaponize the Iranian nuclear program if Israel threatens Iran’s existence.
The United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that the transcontinental country of Azerbaijan now be placed on the US State Department’s list of Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) because of intensifying violations of religious freedom, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. The USCIRF made its recommendation in its new annual report on the status of religious freedom around the world.
An Australian court has sentenced a 19-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the crime, to 14 years in prison for the murder of a British mother, a case that shocked the nation.
Hungary’s powerful prime minister has defended a government decision to ban flags of Tibet, Taiwan, and even the European Union at key sites in Budapest during last week’s visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Pope Francis offered Sunday to facilitate a “general exchange of all prisoners between Russia and Ukraine” as there are mounting concerns about the treatment endured by thousands of detained soldiers. He spoke as more prisoners of war were expected on Sunday because Russia’s military moved further northeast.
The illicit fentanyl coming from Mexican cartels is becoming more dangerous, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The number of known or suspected terrorists (KSTs) apprehended at the northern border in the first six months of fiscal 2024 continue to outpace those apprehended at the southwest border.
The 62-year-old man who received the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure in a U.S hospital, his family confirmed over the weekend.
At 8 pm local time on Sunday, May 22, Israel came to “a halt for 24 hours” to mark “one of the most difficult Memorial Days since our country’s founding,” Israel’s government said.
Viewers from over 140 countries decided that Israel became 5th at Eurovision while Switzerland won what is the largest televised song contest in the world, held in the Swedish city of Malmö.
Israel’s government was weighing its options Saturday after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member in a move that Israel described as “a prize for Hamas.”
Concerns remained Friday that Israel’s emergency government formed after the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October may soon fall apart due to its inability to reach a hostage deal with Hamas, Israeli sources suggested.
Suspected angry Muslims raided a house church in Indonesia’s East Java province, just days after a similar incident in which two were injured, a pastor and other Christians told Worthy News on Friday.
A pastor in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania says he has forgiven the man who nearly shot and killed him during last Sunday’s church service.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel “is determined” to go into the southern Gaza city of Rafah to destroy the last battalions of Hamas in a war that he admitted had killed 16,000 civilians and 14,000 combatants in Gaza.
Hungary’s prime minister said Thursday that he supports Chinese President Xi Jinping’s peace plan for wartorn Ukraine and contrasted Western concerns about Beijing’s close ties with Russia.
Israel’s prime minister signaled to the White House on Thursday that “no amount of pressure” will stop his Jewish nation from defending itself.