A magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck central Philippines late Tuesday killed scores of people, with its epicenter off the coast of Cebu province near Bogo City, but Christians also spoke of miracles and faith amid the misery.

The German city of Munich was rocked early Wednesday by explosions, gunfire, and a deadly fire in its northern quarter, prompting fears of a link to Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival.

Surveys suggest that the Czech Republic may soon join Hungary and Slovakia in forming a bloc of Central and Eastern European nations challenging Brussels as voters head to the polls October 3–4 in a crucial parliamentary election.

Witnesses told Worthy News that a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.7 shook the central Philippines late Tuesday, sending people fleeing into the streets, damaging a historic stone church, a mall, and knocking out power in some areas.

Serbia’s authorities say they detained 11 citizens suspected of carrying out a campaign of hate crimes targeting Jewish and Muslim sites in Paris and Berlin, including vandalizing Holocaust memorials and synagogues, under the direction of a “foreign” intelligence service.

The bromance between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán appeared strained on Monday: Bulgaria announced it plans to end Russian natural gas exports to the European Union after Trump called for Europe to end its Russian energy purchases.

Hungary’s prime minister has defended the possibility that Hungarian drones violated Ukrainian airspace, saying he doesn’t consider Ukraine an independent, sovereign country.

Afghanistan has been plunged into a nationwide communications blackout after the Taliban cut internet and telephone services across the country in what the Islamist regime calls a move to enforce “morality measures.”

President Donald Trump is taking a sharply tougher line against Moscow, authorizing Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with U.S. weapons, considering Kyiv’s request for Tomahawk cruise missiles, and urging China and India to slash their purchases of Russian oil.

Moldova’s pro-Western governing Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has won crucial parliamentary elections overshadowed by concerns over alleged Russian interference, according to official results released Monday.

A senior Hamas official told the BBC on Wednesday that the group is likely to reject U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled 20-point ceasefire and peace proposal for Gaza, saying the package “serves Israel’s interests” and “ignores those of the Palestinian people.”

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern ultimatum Tuesday, warning Hamas it has only “three or four days” to accept his new 20-point Gaza peace plan or face destruction at the hands of Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare apology Monday to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani for an Israeli strike in Doha earlier this month that killed a Qatari guard during an attempted assassination of Hamas leaders.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump on Monday unveiled what he described as a “comprehensive and fair” 21-point plan to end the war in Gaza immediately, secure the release of hostages, and set the foundation for rebuilding the enclave under international oversight. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly endorsed the proposal, calling Trump “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.”

Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Qassem declared Saturday that the group will not disarm, as supporters marked one year since the killing of longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike.

The Trump administration has unveiled a sweeping 21-point plan aimed at ending the Gaza war and securing the release of the remaining Israeli hostages, according to multiple reports.

Microsoft announced Thursday that it has stopped providing certain cloud and AI services to a division of the Israeli Ministry of Defense, after an internal review confirmed elements of a report alleging that the IDF’s elite Unit 8200 used its Azure platform to store and analyze millions of Palestinian phone calls.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that he is ending his bid for reelection in a stunning reversal in the world’s financial capital and largest U.S. city that could reshape the upcoming mayoral race.

A community in the U.S. state of Michigan was plunged into mourning Monday after a former Marine crashed his vehicle into a church, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building ablaze, killing at least four people and wounding eight others before being killed in a shootout with police.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he is directing the Pentagon to send troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, escalating his controversial use of the military within U.S. cities.

Three Muslim men have been charged in connection to a shooting at a youth baseball complex in Katy, Texas, a suburb west of Houston.

More than four years after questions first emerged about federal involvement in the events of January 6, 2021, the FBI has disclosed to Congress that it deployed 274 plainclothes agents into the crowds at the U.S. Capitol, Blaze News reported.

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of making false statements to Congress and obstruction of justice over his role in leaking information during the Trump-Russia election interference investigation.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order he says will allow the popular social media platform TikTok to continue operating in the United States while addressing long-standing national security concerns.

A Catholic priest has been shot and killed in southeastern Nigeria amid ongoing violence against clergy in the country, church officials say.

Sudan’s roughly two million Christians are among the hardest hit in the country’s devastating civil war, with some believers forced to eat animal feed and even grass to survive, according to Christian rights investigators.

A large mass protest dubbed the “Trillion Peso March” was underway in the Philippine capital Manila Sunday amid mounting anger over alleged government corruption involving billions of pesos in flood control projects.

Police in Pakistan have launched an investigation into a “brutal and cowardly” assassination attempt on a prominent Pentecostal pastor in Islamabad, the capital, at a time of rising persecution of Christians in the Muslim-majority nation, sources told Worthy News on Monday.

Following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, churches across America reported surging attendance, with congregations overflowing just days after his death.

A chilling new documentary has highlighted the growing crisis for Christians in Nigeria, where investigators say more than three million believers face persecution from Islamic militants and other extremist groups.

Authorities in Indonesia’s Central Java Province have halted construction of a church and related tourism compound after pressure from local council members and Muslim groups amid rising anti-Christian incidents in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, sources confirmed Thursday.