Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

Indonesia on Wednesday struggled with a major volcano eruption and massive wildfires impacting millions of people across the sprawling Southeast Asian archipelago.

Iran attacked American military positions across the Middle East on Wednesday after the United States carried out its largest strikes against the Islamic Republic since July, raising fears that their six-month conflict is returning to full-scale regional warfare.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned international airlines and insurers that Russian airspace is becoming increasingly dangerous as Ukraine expands long-range drone and missile attacks in response to Moscow’s invasion.

Israeli special forces captured a senior Hamas internal security chief Tuesday during a rare daylight raid in Gaza City, marking one of Israel’s most significant intelligence operations inside the enclave in recent months.

Israel and Greece have signed a landmark defense agreement worth roughly €3 billion, or about $3.5 billion, under which Israel will help build a multi-layered air defense system for Greece known as “Achilles Shield.”

Israel’s military is raising its readiness level amid growing concern over Turkish naval movements in the eastern Mediterranean, as tensions between Jerusalem and Ankara continue to sharpen over Syria, Gaza, and Turkey’s expanding regional posture.

A 32-year-old Bank of America vice president has been identified as the woman killed in an apparently random stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square that also wounded a 68-year-old man.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term government funding bill Tuesday, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk and averting the immediate threat of a federal shutdown before the November midterm elections.

New York City police say they have shot and killed a female suspect who allegedly stabbed two people in Times Square on Monday, including one woman who died of her injuries.

A young Christian brick-kiln worker in Pakistan’s Punjab province says he was beaten, chained, and threatened after protesting low wages and working conditions, while his wife and children were also assaulted in a case raising fresh concerns about bonded labor among impoverished Christians.

Iranian authorities have killed or imprisoned dozens of Christians amid a widening crackdown on the country’s underground church, according to Iran Alive Ministries, a Texas-based Christian ministry with a network inside Iran.