Ukrainians fear the United States has turned into an adversary after their President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shown the door at the White House after U.S. President Donald J. Trump decided he had been “disrespectful.”

Germany’s top prosecutor has charged an alleged Islamic extremist with “murder, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organization abroad” following a deadly knife attack last year at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.

China is flexing its military muscles in the Indo-Pacific region, with pilots of civilian aircraft anxiously hearing about Chinese live-fire naval exercises while on the ground in the Philippines, suspected high-profile Chinese spies were detained.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in London, reaffirming Britain’s support for Ukraine, a day after the Ukrainian leader’s disastrous trip to Washington D.C.

Hungary and Slovakia threaten to derail the emergency European Union summit on war-torn Ukraine and defense.

Rescue teams salvaged a ferry that was hit by an oil spill cleaning vessel on a river in southern China, killing 11 people, but at least five people remained missing Saturday, officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Friday he doesn’t apologize for the blowup with U.S. President Donald J. Trump about the war in his nation.

Several European leaders were left shellshocked, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was pleased after U.S. President Donald J. Trump broke off a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a heated exchange.

A news conference at the Oval Office in the White House turned into an unprecedented quarrel with U.S. President Donald J. Trump calling his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy “disrespectful.”

Romanian prosecutors say they have launched a criminal investigation against Calin Georgescu, the perceived far-right frontrunner in last year’s canceled presidential election seen as an ally of Russia.

U.S. intelligence agencies determined that Israel might be planning major attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities this year, seeking to capitalize on Iran’s vulnerabilities, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The Israeli military reports that in recent weeks, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force in Iran has been smuggling cash to Hezbollah in Lebanon using civilian planes through Lebanon’s Beirut international airport.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Jordan’s King Abdullah visiting the White House on Tuesday that he still wants to take over Gaza and move its population of two million Palestinians to other nearby countries, including Jordan.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Tuesday that if Hamas does not release the hostages by Saturday at noon, the ceasefire deal will end, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will resume “intense fighting until Hamas is defeated.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday condemned Hamas as an “evil” organization that must be “eradicated,” urging leaders to “step up” with a plan for Gaza if they do not support President Trump’s vision for the region.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree Monday “to end” a system of payments to families of Palestinians imprisoned or killed after carrying out attacks against Israel, but critics called it window dressing as disbursements would continue under a new scheme.

Tensions were rising in the Middle East on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald J. Trump warned Jordan and Egypt he could “conceivably” withhold aid to them if they don’t take Palestinian refugees he seeks to relocate from the Gaza Strip, which was partly destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war.

A new nationwide annual poll reveals that young adults in the U.S., ages 18-24, are increasingly adopting pro-life positions, showing greater support for restrictions on abortion.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the executive order “No Men in Women’s Sports,” effectively barring transgender girls and women from participating in female sports events in schools and colleges, fulfilling a pledge made during his 2024 presidential campaign.

President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to combat antisemitism, instructing the Department of Justice to take “immediate action” to deport foreign national college students and resident aliens involved in pro-Hamas protests following the terrorist group’s massacre of 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of over 250 hostages.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told reporters Thursday there were no survivors after Wednesday’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and a military helicopter that killed 67 people.

The Trump administration on Monday ordered all public health officials working with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to immediately cease all collaboration with the World Health Organization and “await further guidance,” the Associated Press reports.

Inspired by Israel’s ability to protect itself against thousands of missiles and drones fired by enemies, preparations were underway Thursday to develop a new air defense system for the United States.

Multiple bodies were pulled from the water Wednesday night after an American Airlines passenger plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac River following a midair collision close to Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, several sources say.

Christian workers in Vietnam say believers in the Communist-run Asian nation experience “severe persecution,” including violent attacks on church services that killed a Christian leader and his wife and injured a pastor.

A new Islamic terror group that is considered even more dangerous than Boko Haram, ISWAP and the radicalized Fulani militants has begun murdering Christians in northern Nigeria, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Islamic terror groups intent on imposing their extreme version of Sharia law and governance have murdered tens of thousands of Christians in northern Nigeria since jihadism took hold in the region in 2009.

Christians in Sudan say believers displaced by war have been prevented from celebrating Christmas in a park where they had taken refuge.

At least 380 million Christians — one in seven worldwide — faced high levels of persecution and discrimination in 2024, an increase of 15 million from the year before, investigators said Wednesday.

Africa remains the deadliest region for Christians, with Nigeria ranking as the country where a Christian is most likely to be killed for his or her faith, according to a new report by the Global Christian Relief (GCR) charity and advocacy group.

The hugely popular YouVersion Bible App was installed nearly 800,000 times on January 5 this year alone, the Christian Post reports. Launched in 2008 by the US-based Life.Church ministry, YouVersion is available in 2,100 languages and has been installed on 850 million devices worldwide.

Two protestant Christian church leaders and three Christian family members were recently assassinated in two premeditated incidents in Colombia, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports.