Worthy Christian News

The United States has detected evidence that Iran is attempting to rebuild elements of its nuclear program following U.S.-led strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday, just one day before renewed negotiations in Geneva.

Iran is close to finalizing a deal with China to purchase advanced anti-ship cruise missiles, according to six sources familiar with the negotiations, as the United States expands its naval presence near Iranian waters amid rising tensions, according to a recent Reuters report.

Slovakia has halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine since Monday and Hungary blocked a 90 billion ($98 billion) European Union loan after Kyiv did not restore Russian oil deliveries through the Druzhba (“Friendship”) pipeline.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a historic address to Israel’s parliament on Wednesday, becoming the first Indian leader ever to speak before the Knesset, and pledging to deepen strategic ties between the two democracies.

The Palestinian Authority transferred approximately NIS 487 million to imprisoned terrorists and the families of attackers in 2025 under its controversial “pay-for-slay” policy, according to information presented during Israel’s security cabinet meeting on Sunday, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Twelve American F-22 stealth fighter jets that departed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom have been deployed to an Israeli Air Force base in southern Israel, part of a significant U.S. military buildup as President Donald Trump weighs possible action against Iran.

President Donald Trump officially declared a “war on fraud” during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. He named Vice President JD Vance as leader of the task force to fight fraud.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump declared that America has entered a “golden age” while warning Iran of possible military action and honoring slain Christian activist Charlie Kirk during a politically charged State of the Union address before a divided Congress.

As a result of a concerted effort by the second Trump administration to reduce the size of the civilian federal workforce, the total staff of 23 of the largest executive-branch agencies shrunk by roughly 3% in the first half of 2025, with 144,000 additional jobs cut by year’s end.

A 33-year-old man in eastern Uganda was allegedly killed by his Muslim father after converting to Christianity, local sources said, in what church leaders describe as part of a broader pattern of faith-related violence in the African nation.

Christian advocacy groups have expressed alarm over what they describe as a sharp rise in arrests and mistreatment of Christians in Iran, particularly converts, accusing the Islamic Republic of increasingly using national security laws to suppress religious dissent.