Europe’s tallest volcano, Mount Etna, erupted over Italy’s island of Sicily, impacting air traffic.

Somalia has plunged into mourning after at least 37 civilians were killed and scores injured in an explosion on a famous beach in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in an attack the government blamed on militant Islamist group al-Shabab.

Concerns are mounting about the growing number of displaced persons in Ukraine as Russia makes gains on the front lines.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia should be represented at a second peace summit set for November after the first such gathering convened by Ukraine last month in Switzerland was held without Moscow’s involvement.

U.S. President Joe Biden has confirmed that Russia has released three jailed Americans, including The Wall Street Journal newspaper reporter Evan Gershkovich and one American green card holder. “Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza” are returning home, he said.

Russia proposed that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopt a statement to condemn the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, but the proposal was blocked by the US, UK, and France.

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused the United States of terrorism by damaging the Nord Stream pipelines built to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany.

France’s Jews have been targeted with some 100 antisemitic incidents a month since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel triggered an outpouring of Jew-hatred, and this trend is likely to continue, the Jewish Community Protection Service (SPCJ) in France told the Jerusalem Post. Founded in the wake of the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing, the SPCJ works covertly to protect France’s Jews from antisemitic attacks.

More than 50 police officers have been injured in clashes outside a mosque in the seaside town of Southport in England after authorities confirmed that three young girls were killed in a knife attack that shocked the nation.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s capital, Tehran, shortly after an Israeli strike killed the most senior commander of Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The Biden Administration has cautioned Iran that its newly elected government and economy could face severe consequences if it launches a major attack against Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Hamas Palestinian terror organization has named Yahya Sinwar, the man who is believed to have orchestrated the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, as its new highest-ranking leader, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Israel and its allies continue to arm and prepare as they await responses from the Iranian ‘Axis of Evil’ for the assassinations of top terror leaders in Tehran and Beirut, while the world hopes to prevent escalation into a full-blown war.

Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese terrorist organization, launched a series of drone and rocket attacks on Israel Tuesday, warning that the main retaliation for Israel’s assassinations of terrorist leaders was still to come.

Israel was anticipating an imminent massive attack by Iran and Lebanon-based Hezbollah on Tuesday following warnings by the United States.

Israel is on high alert following the assassination of key terrorist leaders last week, facing escalating tensions with Iran and its proxies. Despite efforts by the US and Arab nations to de-escalate, Iran has threatened attacks on Israel, raising the possibility of a broader conflict. Amid these tensions, rumors from world leaders indicate that a retaliatory strike may take place over the next 24 hours.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that they have discovered an unusually large tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border. The tunnel, which is about 10 feet tall, is big enough to allow vehicles to pass through.

Christians have appealed for prayers as a new video apparently posted by the Islamic Boko Haram group shows Nigerian Pastor Paul Musa wearing an orange jumpsuit and kneeling in front of a masked gunman, pleading for his life and that of his wife.

Extremist Hindus in India’s Chhattisgarh state last week hacked to death a female relative of theirs because she left Hinduism to follow Christ, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Following reported pressure from a powerful hardline Islamic group, a court in Punjab Province, Pakistan last week granted bail to 52 Islamists accused of lynching 74-year-old Nazeer Masih Gill in Sargodha on May 25 over false blasphemy accusations, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

There was concern Tuesday about the plight of a Lao church leader and five other Christians who were detained in central Laos amid a crackdown on Christian worship in the openly communist Asian nation, representatives told Worthy News.

Lawmakers in India’s Rajasthan state are considering approving the type of anti-conversion law that has led to the intense persecution of Christians and other non-Hindus in Indian states that already have such legislation.

Five Christian converts from Islam in Iran have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine months to 15 years for reasons that have not been made public, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Minority Christians in Kyrgyzstan fear measures limiting their worship possibilities may be forthcoming despite legislators opposing more restrictive religious legislation.