Indonesia tried to raise money on international financial markets Wednesday amid concerns over fiscal pressures in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, which recently faced one of its sharpest stock market downturns in decades.

The Trump administration signaled a possible climb in some U.S. tariffs above 10%, but provided few specifics.

The United States has detected evidence that Iran is attempting to rebuild elements of its nuclear program following U.S.-led strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday, just one day before renewed negotiations in Geneva.

Tensions are escalating across Iran as anti-regime student protesters and pro-government militias clashed for a fourth consecutive day on university campuses, marking the most sustained unrest since the regime’s deadly January crackdown.

Iran is close to finalizing a deal with China to purchase advanced anti-ship cruise missiles, according to six sources familiar with the negotiations, as the United States expands its naval presence near Iranian waters amid rising tensions, according to a recent Reuters report.

Slovakia has halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine since Monday and Hungary blocked a 90 billion ($98 billion) European Union loan after Kyiv did not restore Russian oil deliveries through the Druzhba (“Friendship”) pipeline.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia had not “broken Ukrainians” nor triumphed in the war despite a mounting death toll, as his country marked the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

A coalition of human rights organizations said Tuesday that European politicians condemning abuses by U.S. immigration authorities should also confront what they described as widespread illegal “pushbacks” at Europe’s own borders.

Progressive politician Rob Jetten became the youngest and first openly gay prime minister in Dutch history on Monday when his minority government was formally sworn in by King Willem-Alexander at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, the seat of government of the Netherlands.

A British political and royal crisis over the elite’s ties to late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein deepened Monday as police arrested Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is preparing for one of its largest reserve mobilizations in decades, as military leaders finalize plans for a massive ground offensive to capture Gaza City.

Several Arab nations and the Arab League issued sharp condemnations Wednesday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to endorse the vision of a “Greater Israel” during a televised interview.

Israel “will not allow” its land to be used for the creation of a Palestinian state, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar declared Wednesday, urging nations promoting a two-state solution to consider establishing a Palestinian homeland within their own borders.

Israel is engaged in discussions with five countries — Indonesia, Somaliland, Uganda, South Sudan, and Libya — over the potential voluntary resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Wednesday that Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has formally approved the central framework for a major military operation aimed at capturing Gaza City, marking a significant escalation in the nearly two-year-long conflict with Hamas.

In a bold and highly personal video address released Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the “proud people of Iran” to stand up to their government, take to the streets, and fight for freedom, promising that Israel would help solve the country’s severe water shortages once the current regime falls.

Israel confirmed Monday it killed a controversial reporter of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera in a targeted air strike in Gaza, describing him as a Hamas terror cell leader.

In a disappointing setback for religious freedom advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court declined without comment to hear former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis’s appeal, leaving in place a $360,000 judgment against her for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The justices let stand lower court rulings that found she violated couples’ constitutional rights under the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision, despite what her legal team characterizes as a conflict with her First Amendment religious liberty rights.

The Senate passed a crucial spending package Monday night that will reopen the federal government and end the longest shutdown in American history, marking a significant victory for Republicans who refused to let Democrats hold government funding hostage to partisan healthcare demands.

In a decisive break from Democratic obstruction that has paralyzed the federal government for over a month, the U.S. Senate on Sunday night voted 60-40 to advance legislation ending the record-breaking 40-day government shutdown, marking a significant victory for Republican fiscal discipline and President Donald Trump’s healthcare reform agenda.

In a decision that could reshape federal identification standards, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to enforce its policy requiring Americans to list their biological sex–male or female–on passports, rather than self-identified gender.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) told Republican senators Thursday to prepare for a critical Friday vote aimed at ending the nation’s longest-ever government shutdown — now in its sixth week — as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal amid growing economic strain and partisan stalemate.

The Senate on Thursday narrowly rejected a Democratic resolution that would have required President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval before taking military action against Venezuela, marking the second failed attempt in as many months to rein in the administration’s campaign targeting Venezuelan drug-trafficking vessels.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 1,505 criminal foreign nationals in the Houston area during a roughly 10-day operation ending Oct.31.

A U.S. missionary has been kidnapped in South Africa’s port city of Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province, and his family has urged prayers for his “safe return,” Christians confirmed Friday.

A Labour Party-run council in England wants to ban Christian street preachers with “an injunction,” or judicial order, that could result in lengthy prison sentences for violators.

A primary school in England is facing a Christian backlash over its decision to scrap Easter celebrations to “respect diverse religious beliefs,” with Muslims and other religious groups vying for attention.

A mother of six was fatally stabbed by her Muslim husband in Uganda following her attendance at her first church service, according to Morning Star News.

The England branch of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), one of the world’s largest Christian mission groups, says they “deeply regret” that several of its young missionaries “had harmful experiences of spiritual abuse and manipulation,” adding that a YWAM location where the wrongdoings occurred has been closed.

This week, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unveiled stringent new regulations that will take effect May 1 that clamp down on missionary activities within the country, according to a prominent Christian persecution advocacy organization.

An evangelical pastor in Pakistan’s Punjab province survived an attempt by Muslim extremists to torch his church Sunday after recent killings and kidnappings of other believers in the region, Christians told Worthy News.