Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, has become the newest member of BRICS, the group of developing nations named after its initial members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, Worthy News established Tuesday.
Christians in eastern Uganda are facing a period of grief after a former Muslim couple and their adult son were reportedly burned to death for abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Christ.
A strong earthquake killed at least 53 people in China-controlled Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal and parts of India, officials announced.
A standoff emerged Tuesday between outgoing President Joe Biden and his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, over his plans to expand offshore drilling.
France has warned that Iran’s uranium enrichment drive is nearing “a point of no return” in a development that could put more pressure on the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald J. Trump.
Investigators have found the body of an Indian journalist who went missing on New Year’s Day. Mukesh Chandrakar’s human remains were discovered in a septic tank in India’s Chhattisgarh state, officials said.
Congress has officially certified the 2024 election results, confirming President-elect Donald Trump as the next Commander in Chief of the United States and Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, as the next vice president.
Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power amid mounting concern over the nation’s future.
The International Christian Concern persecution watchdog has released its Global Persecution Index annual report for 2025. Available for download on the ICC website, the Index provides an analysis of the causes of persecution in 20 countries, as well as testimonies of believers’ courage and resilience in the face of extreme hostility to Christianity.
The US State Department has notified Congress “informally” of an $8 billion proposed arms deal with the Jewish state, Axios reported exclusively on Friday, January 3.
As the outgoing US Secretary of State visited South Korea, North Korea on Monday fired a missile that flew around 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) before landing in water between the Korean peninsula and Japan, Associated Press/Reuters reports.
An Assemblies of God (AG) evangelical church in Massachusetts has transformed its 100-year-old building into a warming center for the homeless and others battling the state’s frigid temperatures this winter, AG News reports.
Austria’s fiercely anti-migration Freedom Party (FPO) was likely to appoint its first chancellor after being invited by the Alpine nation’s president to explore forming a government in what amounted to a political earthquake in this country of roughly 9 million people.
Despite political turmoil, South Korea rang in the New Year with a digital pledge to citizens aged 17 and over: They will soon be able to store their resident registration cards on their smartphones.
Family members faced more agony on Sunday after fighters of Hamas released a video of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza since its October 2023 attack.
Christians in Islamic-ruled Sudan were recovering from their injuries on Thursday after Muslim fighters reportedly attacked a church service in the nation’s Al Jazirah state with 14 Christians.
Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab province are mourning Suleman Masih, a 25-year-old Christian farmer, who they say was “brutally murdered” by “Muslim landlords” on New Year’s Day.
South Korean anti-corruption investigators have failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a nearly six-hour standoff with his security team on Friday.
Following a tense and interrupted first roll call, enough Republican U.S. representatives ultimately voted for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., winning him re-election in a tight 218-216 vote.
A young boy who disappeared in northern Zimbabwe after wandering into a game park teeming with lions and elephants has miraculously survived five agonizing days alone in the jungle, Worthy News learned Saturday.