Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday he is open to a ceasefire with Russia but warned that Moscow seems “not serious” about peace talks.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is close to reaching a new agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, expressing optimism about a diplomatic solution that could avert a military confrontation.

The United Nations has called for calm after the worst fighting in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, in years.

Despite ongoing protests, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party introduced a bill that critics say will lead to a Russia-style crackdown on critics.

The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend Thursday peace talks in Istanbul despite calls from Ukraine and the United States to participate.

The White House announced on Wednesday that it has secured economic commitments worth at least $1.2 trillion from Qatar, including a historic commercial aviation deal for Boeing jetliners and GE Aerospace engines.

President Donald Trump’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria has triggered nationwide celebrations in the war-torn country and reverberated through diplomatic circles across the Middle East.

The tourist industry on Indonesia’s island has been plunged into mourning after authorities confirmed at least eight domestic tourists were killed and 34 others injured after a wooden vessel sank in Indonesia’s Bengkulu province. Previous estimates spoke of seven killed.

Iranian and European officials are set to meet in Istanbul on May 16 to revive discussions on the stalled 2015 nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed.

Hungary’s prominent opposition leader says he will press charges against the prime minister for suggesting that he collaborates with Ukraine against Hungarian interests.

Hamas on Thursday firmly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to take control of Gaza and transform it into a so-called “freedom zone,” dismissing the idea as a nonstarter and asserting Palestinian sovereignty over the territory.

President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated a controversial proposal for the United States to take control of Gaza, transforming the war-ravaged territory into what he described as a “freedom zone.”

President Donald Trump defended his decision to skip a stop in Israel during his ongoing Middle East visit, asserting that his efforts in the region are ultimately beneficial to the Jewish state, despite speculation that Israel is being sidelined.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Wednesday that it intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Yemen, as Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that Israel may agree to a temporary ceasefire to facilitate the release of hostages, but stressed unequivocally that the war against Hamas will not end until the terror group is completely defeated.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted Hamas’s de facto military leader in Gaza, Muhammad Sinwar, in a major airstrike on Tuesday afternoon, striking what Israeli intelligence identified as an underground command center beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis.

Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, has been released and safely handed to Israeli forces, several sources confirmed.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on May 14 that he has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a comprehensive review of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing newly surfaced data indicating a significantly higher rate of serious adverse events than previously reported.

A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport Venezuelan nationals affiliated with the Tren de Aragua gang, designating them as members of a “foreign terrorist organization.” However, the judge also ruled that the administration has failed to provide adequate notice to those subject to deportation under the statute.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a landmark case Thursday that could significantly limit the power of lower court judges to block presidential policies nationwide — a tool increasingly used in recent years against both Republican and Democratic administrations.

President Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order Monday to slash U.S. drug prices by 30% to 80% through a “Most Favored Nation” policy.

Robert Prevost was elected as the first American pope on Thursday, appearing on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica as Leo XIV.

A sweeping five-day law enforcement operation targeting online child predators led to the arrest of 205 suspects and the rescue of 115 children across the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 7.

President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday banning federal funding for gain-of-function research conducted in China, Iran, and other nations deemed to have “insufficient research oversight. ” This marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward biological research with pandemic potential.

There was concern Friday about the detained wife of Pastor Joseph Shahbazian, who was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for his Christian work in Iran.

Authorities in autocratically-ruled Belarus have banned an organization that united leaders of several denominations to highlight reported persecution of devoted Christians in the country, sources confirmed Friday.

Islamic militants have targeted Christian communities in several states of Nigeria in recent days, killing and injuring numerous believers, Christians told Worthy News early Friday.

Authorities have detained a suspect in the May 12 killing of a young Christian man in Pakistan’s Punjab province after hundreds of Christians demanded justice, sources told Worthy News Wednesday.

Asher Atray, the young Christian lineman of Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) who was abducted last month, has been killed, Christians confirmed Tuesday.

Eitan Bar, a well-known Messianic Jewish evangelist and former leader at ONE FOR ISRAEL, announced on social media that he could face up to six months in prison as a result of an ongoing legal case targeting his evangelistic work in Israel.

Advocacy group Amnesty International, which campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty, has named China as the world’s “lead executioner.”