U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that American forces, working alongside local Syrian partners, conducted more than 22 counterterrorism operations against ISIS between October 1 and November 6, significantly degrading the terror group’s operational capabilities across the region.

Archaeologists in the Czech capital have begun exhuming mass graves containing political prisoners executed under Czechoslovakia’s communist regime, in a major effort to identify victims whose resting places have remained unknown for more than seven decades.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has moved to contain mounting public anger over a major corruption scandal in the energy sector by firing two ministers accused of involvement in a vast bribery scheme, while Russian-affiliated churches report increased pressure during wartime.

A diplomatic spat between China and Japan — former wartime rivals whose relations remain fragile — escalated Wednesday after verbal attacks from Beijing and demands in Tokyo to expel a Chinese diplomat over remarks viewed as threatening Japan’s prime minister.

The European Union’s executive branch is setting up a new intelligence unit inside its Secretariat-General, despite concerns about growing EU control over citizens.

Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall (Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw) announced Wednesday it would allow Israeli Cantor Shai Abramson to perform after mounting protests and international media attention — including from Worthy News — over its decision to ban his Hanukkah concerts.

Venezuela has launched a massive two-day military mobilization involving nearly 200,000 troops as the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, arrived in Latin American waters Tuesday, significantly escalating regional military tensions.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was “deeply saddened” after a Turkish military cargo plane carrying 20 personnel crashed Tuesday in Georgia, near the border with Azerbaijan, and officials feared there were no survivors.

Europe marked the end of World War I with mixed emotions Tuesday, realizing that the armed conflict in Ukraine increasingly resembles the horrors of that era.

Disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will prove his innocence after a court agreed to temporarily release him from the prison where he began serving a five-year sentence on October 21, 2025, following a conviction for “criminal conspiracy” linked to alleged Libyan campaign funding.

Hamas fired 10 rockets into Israel late Sunday, officials said, prompting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pledge “a strong response” and the continuation of “intensified” Israeli military operations in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear Friday that a strong army backed by a strong economy was key to the survival of the Jewish nation and peace.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump said Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may visit the United States next week.

Mass protests against Hamas continued in Gaza on Wednesday—following two days of demonstrations last week, marking the most significant unrest in 18 months—as the terror group tortured and killed two protesters, threatened a crackdown, and drew vows of revenge from the victims’ families.

Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, the Israeli Air Force carried out widespread strikes across Syria, targeting military bases and facilities from the Assad regime era — a move widely seen as a warning to Turkey.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday that Israel is expanding its Gaza operations after heavy overnight strikes, with troops set to clear terrorists and infrastructure and seize territory for expanded security zones.

In a joint statement, the IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad confirmed an overnight airstrike in Beirut killed a Hezbollah and Iranian IRGC Quds Force operative who coordinated with Hamas to carry out an imminent attack on Israeli civilians. This marks Israel’s second strike in Beirut in four days.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a major victory to President Donald Trump, allowing his administration to resume deporting illegal immigrants to so-called third countries–nations where the deportees have no prior connection. The court’s unsigned order temporarily lifted a lower court injunction that had blocked the removals.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last Thursday it has suspended authorization for all new clinical trials involving the transfer of Americans’ living cells or genetic material to China and other adversarial nations for genetic engineering, following mounting evidence of serious ethical and security breaches.

The Trump administration has issued a firm ultimatum to California: strip all references to gender ideology from its federally funded sex education program for at-risk youth or risk losing millions in federal funding. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) delivered the notice on Friday, giving the state 60 days to comply.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Saturday a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom across the state, a move that has sparked national debate over religious freedom and constitutional boundaries.

A federal appeals court has once again sided with secular activists over America’s religious foundations, striking down a Louisiana law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The decision, issued Friday by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, upheld a lower court ruling that blocked implementation of the law.

Just hours after President Donald Trump announced successful U.S. airstrikes that destroyed key Iranian nuclear facilities, officials across the nation are warning of a heightened terror threat on American soil. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory bulletin Sunday, citing a “heightened threat environment” linked to possible retaliation by Iran and its proxies.

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can retain control of the California National Guard, rejecting a legal challenge from Governor Gavin Newsom over the federalization of troops deployed to address unrest in Los Angeles.

The global annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP) will this year focus on Christian women, Worthy News learned Wednesday.

A pastor in India’s Madhya Pradesh state has been found guilty on false charges of forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity and has been sentenced to five years imprisonment, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Ruled by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014, India ranks 11 on the Open Doors World Watch List of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

Christian aid groups have rallied to support the victims of the devastating Hurricane Helene which made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region on Thursday before tearing through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee.

Dozens of Christian pastors from the United States, Britain, and China will visit Israel to pray and mark the October 7 attacks by Hamas that killed 1,200 people, organizers announced Friday.

Displaced Christians in wartorn Sudan are among millions of people “facing starvation”, Christian aid workers said Thursday.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has warned that China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is seeking to elevate China over God through its ongoing policy of Sinicization, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Sinicization aims to impose Chinese nationalism on religious expression and institutions.

A street evangelist in eastern Uganda was hospitalized with head injuries and a broken hand after a mob of Islamists attacked him for sharing the Gospel earlier this month, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda, although Islamic extremists in the country present a severe threat to believers.