Worthy Christian News

A widespread power outage plunged large portions of Cuba into darkness Wednesday, leaving millions without electricity across the island’s western and central regions, including the capital city of Havana.

Iran’s state television network briefly lost control of one of its main channels on Wednesday after hackers interrupted programming and aired a message from Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi calling on the Iranian military to side with protesters against the Islamic Republic.

American and Israeli forces have begun taking control of Iranian airspace, and in a few days, it will be uncontested airspace, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Israel and the United States are increasingly targeting Iran’s internal security apparatus as part of their ongoing military campaign, striking organizations responsible for suppressing protests and maintaining the Islamic Republic’s grip on power.

Indonesia has paused discussions on U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative for Gaza as diplomatic attention shifts to the rapidly escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States, dashing hopes among some Christians that the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation might move closer to normalizing relations with Israel.

Israel’s military said Tuesday it had expanded its troop deployment deeper into southern Lebanon as fighting with the Hezbollah terror group intensified along the northern border.

The Trump administration has ended federal funding for gender-transition surgeries and cross-sex hormone treatments for transgender inmates in federal prisons, a policy shift officials say will save taxpayers nearly $2 million.

The U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure Wednesday that would have curtailed President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military operations in Iran without congressional approval.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s newly announced 15% global import tariff is expected to take effect sometime this week as the administration moves to rebuild its tariff framework after a recent Supreme Court ruling struck down part of the president’s trade agenda.

Hundreds of Christians, including family members, have protested the killing of a young Christian agricultural worker by one or more Muslims in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province and the alleged reluctance by authorities to properly investigate the case.

An 11-year-old Christian girl was abducted and killed by her Muslim neighbor in the Pakistani city of Gujranwala, the latest in a series of attacks targeting members of the country’s Christian minority, investigators told Worthy News on Tuesday.