Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

Iran’s military command warned the United States and Israel on Thursday against launching any new attack as the Islamic Republic prepares a massive state funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes on February 28 at the opening of the war.

The Ukrainian Red Cross said Thursday that one of its main humanitarian warehouses was destroyed in a large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv that killed at least 27 people and injured more than 90 others in the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital this year.

The Dutch centrist government came under mounting pressure Thursday after another municipality announced it would refuse to accommodate asylum seekers despite national legislation requiring local authorities to help shelter people fleeing war, persecution, and poverty.

Turkey has condemned Israel for recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the systematic killing of some 1.5 million Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I, ahead of hosting next week’s NATO summit.

Israel marked 1,000 days since the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre on Thursday with a day of mourning, protest, and national soul-searching, as bereaved families, survivors, former hostages, and demonstrators gathered across the country to remember the dead and demand accountability from the government.

Archaeologists excavating biblical Shiloh say new discoveries may strengthen the case that they have uncovered ruins connected to the ancient Israelite Tabernacle — the sacred worship center where Scripture says the Ark of the Covenant once rested.

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to confront what officials describe as years of “weaponized” lawfare against American farmers, ranchers, and small businesses, with the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration set to announce a new agreement Thursday aimed at protecting rural America from regulatory abuse.

President Donald Trump announced that the Republican Party will hold its first-ever national midterm convention this September in Dallas, an unprecedented political gathering designed to energize conservatives, showcase the administration’s record, and build momentum before the 2026 congressional elections.

A California judge has sentenced Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji to one year in Ventura County Jail and two years of felony probation for the death of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish-American man who died after a confrontation during dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Thousand Oaks in November 2023.

A Muslim mob attacked a Christian prayer house in the Hegarmanah Indah Housing Complex in West Java on June 24, demanding that the gathering place be closed and threatening to burn it down, according to local Christian accounts.

Christian advocates warned Tuesday that British government plans to ban so-called “conversion therapy” could criminalize parents, pastors, and other believers for expressing Biblical teaching on sexuality and gender.