The European Union is moving to unblock 4.2 billion euros ($4.8 billion) in funding for Hungary, saying the country’s new government has strengthened the rule of law, despite controversy over the president’s choice for chief prosecutor.

China is rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons infrastructure across at least seven major sites, according to a Telegraph investigation based on satellite imagery and expert analysis, offering new evidence of Beijing’s accelerating nuclear buildup under President Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump called on members of the Shield of the Americas initiative Tuesday to formally designate narco-terrorist organizations as shared threats to regional stability and impose sweeping sanctions against 24 groups designated by the United States.

A comprehensive scientific investigation is underway at the Durupınar formation in eastern Turkey, a 515-foot-long site that some researchers believe could be connected to the Biblical account of Noah’s Ark.

Hurricane Polo remained a formidable storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast Wednesday morning, carrying 150 mph sustained winds as its outer rainbands began reaching southwestern Mexico.

North Korea says it has successfully tested a new missile system believed to carry a hypersonic glide vehicle, further expanding Pyongyang’s growing nuclear-capable arsenal.

Russian missiles and drones killed at least five people in Ukraine while Kyiv targeted Russian oil refineries, authorities confirmed, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to meet U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the United Nations in New York.

Romanian prosecutors have detained controversial former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu for 24 hours as part of an investigation into an alleged 1.1 million euro ($1.26 million) fraud scheme and organized criminal group.

President Donald Trump delivered a blunt message to Cuba’s communist leadership Tuesday, declaring before the United Nations General Assembly that the government in Havana is failing and that freedom will ultimately reach the Cuban people.

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping security agreement with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, clearing the way for a larger American military presence across the strategically vital Arctic island.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply rebuked French President Emmanuel Macron after the French leader told the United Nations General Assembly that Hamas had “never been active” in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank — remarks that came just days after a French-Israeli father of six was murdered in a shooting attack carried out by a reported Hamas operative.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the United Nations on Wednesday that peace with Israel remains possible, even as he insisted Damascus will never surrender its claim to the Golan Heights and demanded Israeli forces withdraw from areas of southern Syria.

Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted Wednesday to bar the United Arab List, commonly known as Ra’am, from competing in the country’s October 27 parliamentary election, accepting petitions that accused the party of supporting armed struggle against the State of Israel.

President Donald Trump used his address to the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to deliver a sweeping indictment of Iran, describing the Islamic Republic as the central force behind decades of terrorism and instability across the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply shortened his upcoming visit to the United States, adding another layer of uncertainty to an already tense week.

Thousands of people, many of them Christians, braved the rain at Amsterdam’s central Dam Square for a pro-Israel rally, while police arrested more than a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters who attempted to disrupt the gathering.

Organizers were weighing their options after Ireland joined the Netherlands in boycotting the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation, deepening divisions surrounding one of the world’s most watched music events, which attracted about 131 million television viewers last year.

Political committees funded by billionaire George Soros and his network have distributed more than $40 million to Democratic-aligned organizations during the 2026 election cycle, according to campaign-finance filings covering activity through June 30.

President Donald Trump is proposing a new “AI Force” modeled on the United States Space Force, placing artificial intelligence near the center of America’s economic and national-security strategy.

Justice Department and Homeland Security investigations focus on noncitizen voting, false citizenship claims and fraudulent registrations

Romanian organized-crime groups are exploiting outdated American benefit cards to steal millions of dollars intended for low-income families, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation and federal court records. The criminals target Electronic Benefit Transfer cards used to distribute food and cash assistance.

President Donald Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House after accusing the organizations of repeatedly publishing “fake news,” setting off a constitutional fight over press access to the nation’s executive branch.

President Donald Trump returned to the White House Saturday evening after unexpectedly cutting short his stay at Camp David, as mounting tensions prompted new security warnings for Americans across the Middle East.

Two figures in the latest Census Bureau report offer a clear sign of economic progress: American households earned more, and a smaller share of the country lived in poverty in 2025.

A Baptist pastor was shot and killed by suspected Muslim Fulani militants while on his way to a church service in central Nigeria’s Plateau State, Worthy News learned Wednesday, one of at least nine people killed in a series of attacks on Christians over the weekend.

Two Christian men have been detained in Pakistan on blasphemy charges that could carry severe penalties, including death, while questions surround the shooting death of a Christian worker.

Evangelical Christianity in Britain is younger, more ethnically diverse and more male than the wider population, with millions embracing its beliefs, according to a landmark study seen by Worthy News.

Christians in two states of Nigeria have plunged into mourning after suspected Islamic militants killed at least 24 people in recent attacks amid mounting violence against Christian communities, sources said.

Christians in Myanmar were mourning Sunday after the ruling military shot and killed a Baptist pastor in predominantly Christian Chin State, the latest church leader to die amid the country’s civil conflict, Christian investigators said.

Algerian special police forces have raided a Christian gathering and detained 12 believers, adding to concerns about religious freedom in the predominantly Muslim North African nation, Christians told Worthy News.

Authorities in Nigeria’s predominantly Christian Plateau State have ordered a crackdown on an unauthorized Islamic religious police group attempting to enforce aspects of Sharia, or Islamic law, amid broader concerns about pressure on Christians and fresh deadly violence in Nigeria’s troubled Middle Belt region.