At least 60,000 people viewing themselves as “pro-life” have signed a petition urging Britain’s leftist prime minister to halt a crackdown on those praying silently outside abortion clinics, Worthy News learned Tuesday.

Scientists say they have discovered that the world’s oldest known map refers to the likely location of Noah’s Ark, as mentioned in the Bible.

The US military announced Monday that American forces in the Middle East killed 163 Islamic State group militants and captured another 33 during more than 95 operations carried out in Iraq and Syria since the end of August, the Hill reports.

With much of the Western world’s attention focused on Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election, North Korea fired multiple short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, the South Korean military said.

As Americans focused on the U.S. presidential elections, outgoing President Joe Biden was trying to prevent the Russia-Ukraine from escalating into a broader conflict with reports that at least 11,000 North Korean troops moved toward Ukrainian positions.

Britain was reeling Monday from a weekend of massive anti-Israel protests tainted by violence and expressed support for terrorism, prompting British Jews to say they “feel no longer safe” in the nation they called home.

Armed with mops, buckets, and brooms, thousands of volunteers have been trying to help rescuers deal with Spain’s deadliest flooding in decades that killed at least 217 people amid mounting anger over the government’s response.

Iran executed early Monday a 20-year-old Iranian Jewish man, despite international calls for a lesser penalty, Israeli sources say.

In what has been described as having a “force multiplier effect,” the Chinese navy for the first time deployed both of its active aircraft carriers to conduct dual-carrier combat drills in the South China Sea last week, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports. The drills took place amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, the small independent island nation the Chinese government considers part of China.

Moldova’s pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu claimed victory at Sunday’s closely-fought presidential election, narrowly defeating her pro-Russia-rival Alexandr Stoianoglo at a time when Russian forces still control a separatist region of the Eastern European nation.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that it had destroyed approximately 70% of Hezbollah’s drones, primarily since intensifying its operations in mid-September. In addition to this significant reduction, the IDF reported the elimination of 10% of Hezbollah’s drone operators, including the commander of the entire unit.

Iranian officials say Israel has caused “deep alarm in Iran” by destroying all four Russian-made S-300 air defense systems protecting the Islamic Republic.

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hopes for a ceasefire with Israel in the “coming hours” after Hezbollah “agreed to withdraw beyond the Litani River,” several sources say.

Saudi Arabia has hosted the first high-level gathering of a new global coalition to press for a Palestinian state after Iran urged the world to stand up against Israel.

No new diplomatic missions other than embassies will be allowed in Jerusalem, which Israel regards as its “eternal undivided capital,” the Jewish nation’s parliament, the Knesset, decided Tuesday.

A secretive Iranian military base that experts believe is connected to Tehran’s nuclear weapons program appears to have been damaged by Israel’s air strikes on Saturday, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Israel’s October 26 strikes were in retaliation for the barrage of some 200 ballistic missiles launched at the Jewish state by Iran’s Islamic regime on October 1.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has urged the world to stand up against Israel in a military coalition “if necessary” after the Jewish nation struck army sites in Iran on Saturday, killing at least four military personnel.

U.S. tech giant Microsoft has fired two influential employees after they organized a vigil at the company’s headquarters in honor of “victims of the Palestinian genocide.”

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris are fighting for attention in their final campaign sprint toward the November 5 presidential poll after holding competing rallies attended by tens of thousands of people.

Chinese espionage activities are on the rise, with the Communist regime systematically targeting overseas dissidents in the U.S. and increasing cases of sensitive information theft and intelligence gathering, according to a House subcommittee report.

A federal judge has said he will issue a ruling by November 15 on whether Louisiana can enforce a new law requiring every public school classroom to have a poster on the wall with the Ten Commandments, the Advocate reports.

A nearly year-long investigation into ActBlue, a Democratic Party online donation platform, alleges a large number of suspicious donations have been made, resulting in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioning the Federal Election Commission to get involved.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris faced a backlash on Monday after she pressured devoted Christian students to leave a campaign rally last week.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton are each expected to surpass $50 billion in damages, placing them among the most destructive storms in history alongside Katrina, Sandy, and Harvey.

Suspected Boko Haram Islamic terrorists in northeast Nigeria have beheaded four ‘infidel’ civilians, one of whom was a woman and one who is believed to have been a Christian, the Open Doors international Christian advocacy organization reported on October 24. The traumatizing attack took place amid ongoing extreme violence against Nigerians considered ‘infidels’ for not conforming to the terrorists’ jihadist ideology.

Christian rights investigators confirmed Monday that Sudan’s military struck a mosque in the country’s east-central Gezira State, killing up to 31 people, after churches were also attacked.

In a rare move for a Pakistani court, a trial judge in Punjab Province, Pakistan, last month granted bail to a Christian mother falsely accused of blasphemy, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.

A pastor and his wife and two young daughters were burned to death in eastern Uganda earlier this month by Islamic extremists enraged that he had led three Muslims to Christ, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

The leader of an underground Christian movement for former Muslims in Indonesia expressed concern Monday about the recent arrest of two Christians for “blasphemy” against Islam.

The Unite US evangelistic outreach to American college students has reported that the University of Florida saw more than 1,000 students answer the call to follow Jesus during a campus event last week.

Police in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, recently arrested two Christian men in separate incidents of alleged blasphemy against Islam, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Although Christianity is constitutionally legal in Indonesia, the Muslim-majority country ranks 42 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.