Hundreds of civilians have been evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky under a rare six-day ceasefire brokered with the help of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump. Pope Leo XIV has welcomed the humanitarian breakthrough, expressing hope that it could encourage wider peace efforts. But the operation has also claimed lives, while uncertainty remains for those still living in the devastated town.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has accused Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government of forcibly taking over the country’s top court, deepening a political crisis that has brought riot police and protesters onto the streets of Warsaw.

President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the United States could destroy Iran’s remaining nuclear facilities in just ten minutes, as reports emerged that Washington and Israel are preparing for possible renewed military strikes following the November 3 U.S. midterm elections.

The FBI has accused North Korean government-linked hackers of carrying out a massive cryptocurrency theft targeting Binance, stealing more than $6 billion in digital assets in what cybersecurity experts describe as the largest cryptocurrency heist in history.

Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian oil refinery Friday, ending a reported pause in such attacks under pressure from U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who seeks to revive peace negotiations and curb soaring fuel prices ahead of midterm elections.

A Cuban diplomat was back home Friday after being expelled from the United States following an extraordinary clash at the United Nations over Cuba’s communist leadership, during which security personnel watched closely as tensions threatened to turn physical.

Four Italians serving with the European Union’s peacekeeping force have been killed and 11 others injured after an Italian military helicopter crashed during a training exercise in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina on Thursday, officials confirmed.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called for a global maritime truce after a Greek-managed container ship sank in an attack by three naval drones off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has visited the scene of one of Europe’s deadliest train disasters in decades, where he pledged a full investigation. As Spain plunged into three days of mourning, authorities announced that at least 69 people were killed and more than 100 injured in Wednesday’s high-speed train collision in central Spain that has shaken the nation.

U.S. intelligence officials are warning that China and Russia are developing increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of disabling or destroying American satellites, potentially disrupting GPS navigation, military communications, missile-defense systems, and critical infrastructure during a future conflict.

Israelis voted in historic numbers Tuesday in parliamentary elections that could end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power, as the Jewish nation faces deep political divisions following years of war, mass protests and mounting questions about the country’s security failures.

Israeli police are deploying approximately 22,000 officers ahead of Tuesday’s national elections, preparing for possible unrest if supporters of rival political factions refuse to accept the results of the closely contested vote.

Growing antisemitism across Britain is prompting increasing numbers of Jewish families to consider leaving for Israel, with Israeli immigration officials describing an extraordinary sense of urgency among prospective immigrants.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has privately warned that President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace initiative could face serious implementation problems because of insufficient personnel, uncertain resources, and plans to reduce American military involvement, according to an exclusive report by Politico.

Israel enters the final hours of a fiercely contested national election campaign, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fighting for political survival against former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, whose rising Yashar party leads in the latest polls.

Israel launched a massive two-day military exercise Sunday, simulating coordinated surprise attacks across multiple fronts as tensions with Iran intensify and security forces prepare for potential attacks ahead of Tuesday’s national elections.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Mossad, and other security agencies to pursue the overthrow of Iran’s Islamic regime, declaring that removing Tehran’s leadership is the only lasting solution to the nuclear threat facing Israel.

Nearly every week an individual is arrested, indicted or convicted in the U.S. on terrorism charges related to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

The Justice Department has launched a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, accusing him of illegally disclosing classified national security information to a journalist in 2016, according to federal court documents unsealed Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to reinstate a Biden-era immigration regulation that allowed judges to suspend certain deportation proceedings, delivering another legal victory to President Donald Trump’s administration as it moves to tighten immigration enforcement.

Violent crime victimization in the United States fell sharply in 2025, declining 25% from the previous year, according to preliminary Justice Department figures released Monday, marking a significant improvement in public safety during President Donald Trump’s first full year back in office.

The Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday after a federal judge again blocked it from constructing a border wall system in the Big Bend region of Texas.

A congressional investigation has uncovered evidence of antisemitism, anti-Israel activism, and radical political indoctrination in American public schools, raising serious concerns about what children are being taught and whether Jewish students are adequately protected.

Six years ago, the elections data analyst who’s sounding alarms about tens of thousands of potentially illegal votes being cast in Georgia teamed up with a former FBI agent to prove it was happening.

Evangelical churches and Christian humanitarian organizations across Spain are mobilizing to help survivors and grieving families after a high-speed train collision near the town of Urda killed at least 69 people and injured about 100 others.

Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has demanded urgent government protection after at least 60 Christians were reportedly massacred in two attacks in the country’s conflict-hit Oromia region.

Indonesian authorities have defended plans to build a Protestant church in West Java province despite protests by hundreds of residents and threats of legal action, in a dispute highlighting continuing challenges to religious freedom in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.

Six young Christians, including a 17-year-old boy, have been released in Egypt after spending more than two weeks in detention over a video posted on social media platform TikTok that authorities claimed mocked Muslim prayers, human rights activists confirmed Monday.

Jordanian security forces have detained three men accused of carrying out one of the deadliest attacks against a church in the country in decades, killing nine people and wounding at least 34 others during a Christian funeral, authorities confirmed Monday.

A Nigerian Christian mother of five has received an international religious freedom award in Switzerland after spending more than 19 months in prison for sharing a video on social media condemning the killing of a Christian student.

The wife of imprisoned Iranian pastor Joseph Shahbazian has been ordered to begin serving a 13-year prison sentence, nearly a year after her conviction, Christian sources told Worthy News.