Iran’s president warned Israel on Wednesday that his Islamic Republic will have an even “stronger response” if Israel retaliates to its missile attack on Tuesday.

A day before Iran launched a ballistic missile attack against Israel on Tuesday, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the United Nations General Assembly to recommend force against the Jewish state if the UN Security Council cannot convince the Israelis to stop attacking Iranian-backed Hamas and Hezbollah targets in Gaza and Lebanon, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

The new chief of the NATO military alliance has declined to say whether Ukraine is winning the war against Russia, which invaded the country in February 2022.

Amid concern that Iran may retaliate against Israel for killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a bombing campaign in Lebanon last week, the United States announced Monday that it is sending “a few thousand” additional military personnel to the Middle East along with multiple US Air Force jet fighter squadrons to defend Israel as well as American citizens and interests if necessary.

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were reeling Monday from Israel’s biggest air raid to date against the Iran-backed Islamic group after it fired three ballistic missiles at the Jewish nation this month.

The United States killed 37 militants associated with Islamic State and al-Qaeda during two airstrikes carried out this month against terrorist targets in northwest Syria, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced.

Iran-backed Hezbollah has confirmed its Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Friday, but Tehran vowed revenge.

The Freedom Party (FPÖ), known for its anti-migration and far-right views, has won the parliamentary election in Austria, beating the center-right conservatives for the first time, projections showed.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid fears he might be next on Israel’s target list after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah in a strike on Beirut, Worthy News monitored late Saturday.

Ukraine’s Western allies have condemned Russia’s proposed nuclear doctrine changes, which could classify a “massive” aerial attack by a non-nuclear state backed by a nuclear-armed state as a “joint attack,” potentially justifying a nuclear retaliation by Russia.

Israel’s army agreed Saturday on efforts to attack Iran after killing key leaders of Iran’s proxies Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Worthy News learned.

Israel tried to eliminate late Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah’s successor, Hashem Safieddine, in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Israeli sources said early Friday.

The Jewish Agency announced in its annual report on Wednesday, the eve of Rosh Hashanah 2024, that the world’s Jewish population is now 15.8 million, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Israel on Wednesday said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not deserve to enter the country because he did not immediately “unequivocally” condemn Iran’s Tuesday night missile attack on the Jewish state, Reuters reports. Guterres has since specifically condemned the attack.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced pressure late Wednesday not to forget hostages held in Gaza as he focused on targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, where the government called for a ceasefire.

The son-in-law of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has likely been killed by suspected Israeli airstrikes in Damascus, Israeli and Arabic sources say.

The Israel Defense Forces have announced that, as of Wednesday evening local time, eight IDF soldiers were killed in battles with Lebanese Hezbollah militants amid Israel’s recently expanded ground operation in Lebanon, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Seven US pro-life activists are facing up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine after being convicted last week (August 20) of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) and engaging in a “Conspiracy Against Rights”, Christian Post (CP) reports.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s family members have condemned his decision to suspend his 2024 presidential election campaign and endorse Republican Donald J. Trump, with whom he appeared at a political rally for the first time.

Kamala Harris has told Americans that voting for her will turn a fresh page in the country’s politics and keep an “unserious man” out of the White House while trying to receive the support of pro-Palestine protesters by embracing “Palestinian self-determination.”

Kamala Harris was to tell Americans that voting for her would turn a fresh page in the country’s politics and keep an “unserious man” out of the White House, according to excerpts of her speech released by her campaign.

The US Supreme Court last week (August 16) rejected a request by the Biden administration to enforce a new federal rule that Title IX’s prohibition of discrimination in public schools “on the basis of sex” includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, Reuters reports.

The Democrats for Life anti-abortion organization has vehemently condemned the Planned Parenthood abortion provider for offering free abortion pills from a mobile van parked near the ongoing Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, the Christian Post (CP) reports. Abortion giant Planned Parenthood Great Rivers in St. Louis announced last week that its mobile van would be parked near the DNC on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of this week’s convention.

The government acknowledged that job creation was significantly slower than initially reported on Wednesday, cutting over 800,000 jobs from previous figures. This admission came just 24 hours before Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for president.

Pakistani authorities detained a police officer who allegedly shot dead a man for “blasphemy against Islam” following the recent killing of a Christian on similar charges, Worthy News established Saturday.

Christians across the United Kingdom will participate in the National Week Of Prayer (NWOP) event for the country and other nations from 12 to 20 October 2024, Christian Today (CT) reports. NWOP is a partnership of diverse Christian denominations and ministries that are united in their commitment to “pray for the nations and let faith rise.”

Religious rights advocates have warned that Christians and Hindus in Bangladesh are experiencing intensified persecution as the country’s interim government has allowed the previously banned Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic party to have free reign in the country, Christian Solidarity International (CSI) reports.

A street evangelist who was shot in the head while sharing the Gospel in Glendale, Arizona last year has credited the love and grace of God for a remarkable recovery that defied his doctors’ expectations and allowed him to return to preaching, ABC15 reports.

Despite warnings and outcry from local and international religious rights groups, Fulani Islamic terrorists are continuing to murder Christians in Nigeria with impunity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. More Christians are killed for their faith in Nigeria each year than in the rest of the world combined: well over 50,000 believers have been murdered by Islamic terrorists since jihadist terrorism took hold in the country in 2009.

Brazil’s isolated northwest Amazon region is experiencing a remarkable spiritual revival with an unprecedented number of local residents putting their faith in Christ and new churches being planted through the missionary activity of evangelical believers, CBN News reports exclusively.

The UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) non-profit advocacy organization has reported that Islamic extremist militants in northern Syria have seized control of 500 acres of farmland belonging to Christian farmers in the town of Ras Al-Ein.