Researchers say the sea level may rise less rapidly than previously predicted by climate alarmists after new data on the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica was published in the scientific journal Science Advances.

Pope Francis will begin Monday one of the longest papal trips ever, both in terms of days on the road and distances traveled, in a region where many devoted Christians face persecution for their faith.

A Catholic priest who was suspended over allegations that he raped a teenager in Pakistan has been detained after his “interim bail” was canceled, well-informed sources told Worthy News.

A woman stabbed and wounded six people in a bus in western Germany, a week after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a similar incident.

A senior official says the United Nations is “terrified” that ex-President Donald J. Trump might be re-elected in November, according to a leaked recording reviewed by Worthy News on Friday.

Japanese authorities warned Thursday of landslides and floods in many parts of southwestern Japan after “one of the biggest typhoons in recent years” killed four people and forced the evacuation of more than 4.1 million nationwide.

Two days after a Russian missile strike killed four people and injured five in a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, another Russian attack hit Ukraine’s central city during official mourning.

As of midday Thursday EST at least four people have been killed, nearly 100 injured, and five million ordered to evacuate in southwestern Japan as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall on the island of Kyushu, the Independent UK reports. Bringing torrential rain and extremely high winds of up to 123 mph, Shanshan is one of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan in decades.

The deputy director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) revealed late Wednesday that Ukraine’s military is planning to retain the Russian territory it captured for “some period of time.”

Telegram suffered another setback late Wednesday when French authorities prevented the CEO of the social media platform and messaging service from leaving France pending a criminal investigation.

An estimated half a million people took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday night, demanding that the Israeli government agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas that would ensure the return of 101 hostages taken to Gaza during the October 7, 2023 attack, MediaLine reports.

The Palestinian Authority, which has limited government over parts of the Judea and Samaria also known as the West Bank, has submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly requesting that Israel be forced to comply with recent International Court of Justice decisions by withdrawing some 500,000 Jewish Israeli citizens from settlements built on West Bank land that the PA wants for a Palestinian state, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. The draft resolution is expected to be voted at the annual UN General Assembly which opens in New York on September 10.

In rapidly escalating tensions, a gunman crossing from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border in the Israel-controlled West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria, before security forces shot him dead on Sunday, Israeli authorities said.

Uncertainty remained Saturday over the future of ceasefire talks after a previously unseen Hamas document quoted by a major German newspaper revealed the “psychological warfare” carried out by its fighters since they kidnapped 251 hostages during their October 7 attack in southern Israel.

An American woman was shot and killed Friday during a protest against Israeli settlements in the Palestinian town of Beita in the occupied West Bank, also known as Judaea and Samaria, multiple sources confirm.

Daily attacks by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization on Israeli targets, ongoing since October 7, reached their highest point in August, according to data released by the Shin Bet security agency on Thursday.

During a press briefing to foreign media on Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his stance that Israel cannot abandon the 7.8 mile long Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border without first implementing a viable plan to prevent weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip.

Former President Trump survived an assassination attempt and was seen bleeding as the Secret Service quickly escorted him off the stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The gunfire resulted in one attendee being shot dead, another injured, and the alleged shooter being killed.

U.S. President Joe Biden, who is struggling in the polls, has vowed to veto a bill that seeks to expand voting requirements to include proof of citizenship.

Frail U.S. President Joe Biden, who is under intense scrutiny amid questions over his age and cognitive capabilities, tried to convince reporters on Thursday that he is in good health and the best candidate to beat Donald J. Trump.

A commission set up by one of America’s most influential conservative think tanks estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic originating in China cost the United States nearly 1.5 million “excess deaths” and $18 trillion in financial losses.

Satanists are volunteering as chaplains in Florida public schools, arguing that the state’s new law allowing public school districts to have chaplains gives them the right to offer their services too, The Hill reports. The volunteers in question are members of The Satanic Temple, a Massachusetts-based organization that, among other activities, has taken a stand against the establishment of Christianity as a US state or national religion.

Calls for the frail 81-year-old U.S. President Joe Biden to step aside ahead of presidential elections increased Tuesday after bombshell revelations that the renowned Parkinson’s disease expert visited the White House several times this year and his weak public performances.

A congressman whose district lies along the northern border in upstate New York has filed a bill to strengthen northern border security measures.

The governor of Nigeria’s north-central Niger state has asked residents to remain calm and cautioned against reprisal attacks after arsonists destroyed a major evangelical church building over the weekend.

Christian investigators say they are concerned about a series of attacks against Christians in Laos, including the recent killing of a pastor and the earlier murder of another church leader.

At least 50 Christians were murdered in Nigeria’s Benue state last week during an attack on their villages by Fulani jihadist herdsmen and a criminal gang, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Residents of Punjab Province, Pakistan have reported that a mob of Muslims attacked and tried to kill a young Christian mother-of-two whom they accused of harming Islamic sentiments earlier this month, Morning Star News reports.

More than 300 American Christian clergy and lay leaders have publicly called on the United States government to take action in holding the government of India accountable for ongoing, chronic human rights abuses against Indian Christians at the hands of Hindu nationalists.

Christian advocates have expressed concern that the August 3 election of communist President To Lam as Vietnam’s new leader will make life more difficult for Vietnamese believers. Even before Lam’s election, Communist-ruled Buddhist-majority Vietnam ranked 35 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

Security officials in Indonesia have thwarted an Islamic terrorist plan to suicide bomb two church sites in East Java, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.