World News
Ukrainian rescue workers searched Tuesday for dozens of people missing beneath the rubble of a humanitarian aid center and shelter in southeastern Ukraine after Russian warplanes dropped at least nine bombs on the community, killing at least 33 people, Ukrainian officials said.
Belgium’s King Philippe is trying to save the government of Prime Minister Bart De Wever after a bitter dispute over spending cuts and taxation threatened to bring down the five-party coalition.
Hungary’s new government is preparing to reveal the names of tens of thousands of communist-era secret police informants on Wednesday, November 4, exactly 70 years after Soviet troops backed by tanks launched their decisive assault to crush the country’s 1956 revolution for freedom and democracy against Soviet domination.
Ukrainian authorities in the war-divided Kherson region reported multiple Russian drone attacks Monday, hours after a six-day humanitarian ceasefire expired, while officials in Ukraine and Russia said cyberattacks on mobile phone emergency warning applications had triggered false nuclear alerts.
Canada and the European Union have outlined a path toward an unprecedented partnership that could make Canada the EU’s first “associate member,” marking a significant shift in transatlantic relations as Ottawa seeks to reduce its economic dependence on the United States.
Cyberattacks targeting emergency warning systems in Ukraine and Russia triggered false nuclear and chemical attack alerts over the weekend, raising concerns about the vulnerability of public safety networks amid the ongoing war.
President Donald Trump’s administration is pursuing a proposal to restore Russian natural gas shipments to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines as part of a broader effort to negotiate an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.
President Donald Trump has issued one of his strongest warnings yet to Iran, threatening devastating new military strikes as Washington and Jerusalem weigh their next moves against Tehran’s nuclear program ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections.
Political tensions remained in Serbia on Monday after tens of thousands of students and their supporters commemorated the 16 victims of a railway station disaster that sparked a nationwide anti-corruption movement and contributed to the electoral defeat of longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic.
Bulgaria’s acting President Iliana Iotova has won Sunday’s presidential runoff, becoming the country’s first directly elected female head of state amid mounting tensions over Russia’s war in Ukraine and deadly attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea.
Israel News
U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced plans to end nearly $4 billion in annual American military assistance to Israel by the end of 2026, saying he reached an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to terminate the funding two years earlier than scheduled.
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman announced Monday that his party will support Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister and Yair Lapid for Knesset speaker, bringing Israel’s four Jewish-led opposition parties behind a single candidate to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following last week’s inconclusive elections.
Israel could be heading toward another national election just days after voters went to the polls, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly favors a new vote over forming a national unity government with his political rivals.
Israel’s Central Elections Committee chairman has ordered the Shin Bet security agency to investigate allegations that foreign interests, potentially including Qatar and Turkey, funneled money into Israel to influence Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, triggering a political confrontation over the legitimacy of the vote.
Serbia has raised its terrorism threat level to the highest possible level after a suspected Islamic State supporter attacked a police officer guarding Israel’s embassy in Belgrade with knives before being shot dead, authorities said.
Israel faces a political stalemate following Tuesday’s national elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition falling short of a parliamentary majority despite his Likud party emerging as the country’s largest political faction.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party remained Israel’s largest political party Wednesday as votes continued to be counted in the country’s closely contested national election, but neither Netanyahu nor his political opponents had secured a clear path to a governing majority.
U.S. News
The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in an escalating election dispute, seeking to prevent California from counting ballots associated with more than 20,000 registered voters federal officials suspect may not be American citizens.
U.S. aviation investigators were examining the final moments of a private jet Monday after all nine people aboard were killed when the aircraft plunged into a residential area in Florida, erupting into a fireball and forcing hundreds of residents from their homes.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing by his criticism of political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood, rejecting accusations of racism and Islamophobia while continuing to defend Israel against allegations of genocide.
The U.S. economy expanded at a stronger-than-expected 3.4% annualized rate during the third quarter of 2026, fueled by resilient consumer spending and a surge in business investment, providing President Donald Trump with encouraging economic news ahead of the November midterm elections.
The U.S. economy expanded at a stronger-than-expected 3.4% annualized rate during the third quarter of 2026, accelerating sharply from 2.2% in the previous quarter as consumer spending and business investment fueled growth despite persistent inflation and rising energy costs.
The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.75% to 4%, citing persistent inflation despite strong economic growth, as Americans prepare to vote in next week’s midterm elections.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that California may continue processing ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters suspected by the Trump administration of being noncitizens, rejecting an emergency Justice Department request just days before the November 3 midterm elections.
Christian News
A Lebanese Christian priest in northern Israel has forgiven those who vandalized his community’s prayer hall, destroying religious statues and images.
A court in Uganda has sentenced eight men to death for murdering two fishermen near Lake Victoria in 2024, in a case that Christian witnesses say involved the killing of evangelists because of their faith in Jesus Christ.
A young Egyptian Coptic Christian has died in Libya after being tortured by armed kidnappers for refusing to renounce his faith in Jesus Christ and convert to Islam, according to relatives and people familiar with his family.
A United Nations social media campaign against hatred explicitly mentions “Islamophobia” and antisemitism but makes no reference to anti-Christian hatred or persecution, Worthy News confirmed Monday.
A prominent Pakistani Christian human rights advocate has urged Pakistan’s government to investigate allegations of forced religious conversions and child marriages involving Hindu and Christian girls, warning that influential religious figures must not be allowed to operate above the law in the Islamic nation.
Chinese authorities have interrogated Christian schoolchildren, including first graders, for hours and pressured them to sign statements accusing their churches of religious “brainwashing,” Christian rights activists confirmed Friday.
A Protestant pastor leading an underground church in communist-run Cuba has been detained for more than a month after authorities canceled a large public prayer event, Worthy News learned Friday.