Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Monday of committing “one of the biggest Russian crimes against Christian culture today” after a massive missile and drone attack damaged an ancient cathedral in Kyiv and left nearly a dozen people dead across Ukraine.

Hungary’s parliament approved a constitutional amendment Monday barring former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from ever returning as head of government after serving more than eight years in office, a move the longtime leader swiftly condemned as politically motivated.

World leaders on Monday cautiously welcomed the announcement of a U.S.-Iran framework agreement aimed at ending hostilities, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and launching negotiations toward a permanent peace deal, as U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in France for the Group of Seven summit.

The United States secretly approved a financial and maritime arrangement between Qatar and Iran that allowed billions of dollars to flow to Tehran in exchange for safe passage for Qatari tankers and ships through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Israel Hayom.

Swiss voters narrowly rejected a proposal Sunday to cap the Alpine nation’s population at 10 million people by 2050 amid concerns over rising immigration, including from predominantly Muslim countries, dealing a setback to the country’s largest right-wing party and avoiding a clash with the European Union over freedom of movement.

Hungary’s largest opposition party, Fidesz, re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as its leader Saturday despite the party’s crushing election defeat in April and fresh allegations that his government secretly considered establishing a migrant reception center while publicly opposing migration.

Brazil was rocked by a second fatal accident in less than 48 hours Sunday when two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro, killing all six people aboard, including American singer and internet personality Oliver Tree, a day after a young woman died in a rope-jumping accident in São Paulo state.

A teenage girl has been released from hospital after she was stabbed in the neck while walking down the street in an incident that heightened tensions over migration across the United Kingdom.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced Sunday that the United States and Iran had reached what they described as a peace agreement aimed at ending months of conflict and reopening the strategically important Strait of Hormuz.

British commandos and law enforcement officers boarded and detained a Russian-linked “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel on Sunday in what officials described as the first UK-led operation of its kind aimed at disrupting Moscow’s ability to finance its war in Ukraine.

Slovenia entered a new political era this weekend after parliament approved a center-right government led by pro-Israel Prime Minister Janez Jansa, a move expected to reverse several Middle East policies adopted by the previous administration.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on Thursday rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire framework between Israel and Lebanon, warning that the Iran-backed terrorist group would continue attacks as long as Israeli military operations continue in Lebanon.

Israel’s Mossad reportedly carried out a covert operation to supply Kurdish militias with weapons and military aid as part of a broader effort to destabilize Iran’s ruling regime, according to recent investigative reports in Israeli media.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire provided the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement also halts hostilities and withdraws its operatives from areas south of the Litani River, the United States announced Thursday.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to downplay signs of friction this week after Trump confirmed he used sharp language during a private phone call over Israel’s continuing military operations in Lebanon.

Senior members of Israel’s delegation said Tuesday that Hezbollah had not stopped fighting despite pledging to U.S. President Donald Trump a day earlier that it would de-escalate, as Israeli and Lebanese representatives opened a new round of U.S.-brokered talks in Washington.

Israel moved another step closer to early elections after the coalition’s bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its first reading late Monday night by a vote of 106-0, with no lawmakers voting against the measure.

Federal authorities said Thursday they have accounted for 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children who entered the United States during former President Joe Biden’s administration, while roughly 300,000 minors remain unaccounted for, amid allegations that many vulnerable children were placed with fraudulent sponsors and exposed to abuse, labor exploitation, and sex trafficking.

Congress left Washington without renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allowing a key foreign surveillance authority used to track foreign terrorists and national security threats to expire Friday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 11 temporarily allowed President Donald Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs to remain in effect, extending a pause on a lower court ruling that had struck down the duties as unlawful.

U.S. inflation rose by 0.5% in May, coming up to 4.2% over the last 12 months, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Wednesday.

Republican Steve Hilton appears poised to advance to California’s November gubernatorial election, setting up a likely showdown with Democrat Xavier Becerra after a prolonged ballot count that has intensified Republican criticism of the state’s election system.

U.S. exports rose to a record high in April 2026, helping narrow the nation’s trade deficit as foreign demand strengthened for American goods, energy products, and technology, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Proposed tariffs on imports from 60 economies could raise nearly $970 billion over the next decade, according to estimates released Monday by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

A 79-year-old Protestant missionary remains missing in southern Mexico more than six weeks after armed men reportedly abducted him while he was preaching and distributing Bibles in Guerrero State, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide.

James Robison, the Texas-based televangelist who founded LIFE Outreach International, has died at the age of 82, ministry officials said. The cause of death was not immediately announced.

Several Christian groups held rallies in support of refugees in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht after protesters set off fireworks at a temporary asylum center there, frightening people inside the building.

A Wall Street Journal exclusive is drawing renewed attention to the imprisonment of Pastor Ezra Jin, the founder of Beijing’s Zion Church, whose arrest has become a flashpoint in China’s intensifying campaign against unregistered Christian congregations.

Evangelist Franklin Graham said Sunday that “God did a miracle” in Belarus after he held what organizers described as the largest evangelical Christian gathering in the country’s modern history and met authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Dozens of students remained missing Friday after suspected Islamist militants attacked a school in Nigeria’s insurgency-ravaged northeastern state of Borno, officials and residents said.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump was due to join a major prayer gathering in Washington D.C. on Sunday dubbed “Rededicate 250,” part of nationwide events marking America’s 250th anniversary despite criticism over faith and religion’s role in public life.