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Friedrich Merz began his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday despite being a politically wounded and weakened leader after failing to win enough parliamentary support in a first vote on Tuesday, which shocked the country’s political establishment.

Satellite images obtained exclusively by Fox News reveal what an Iranian opposition group claims is a previously undisclosed nuclear weapons facility in Iran’s Semnan Province. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) asserts that the site, covering nearly 2,500 acres, has been operating for over a decade under the guise of a chemical production company named Diba Energy Siba.

The United States is no longer requiring Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel as a condition for progressing civil nuclear cooperation talks, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters. This shift comes ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the kingdom next week.

US President Donald Trump delivered a blunt ultimatum to Iran on Wednesday, warning that Tehran must either dismantle its nuclear facilities peacefully or brace for a forceful response.

Global debt rose by $7.5 trillion in the first quarter of 2025 to a record $324 trillion, driven by debt accumulation in China, France, and Germany, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

A sweeping five-day law enforcement operation targeting online child predators led to the arrest of 205 suspects and the rescue of 115 children across the United States, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 7.

President Donald J. Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday banning federal funding for gain-of-function research conducted in China, Iran, and other nations deemed to have “insufficient research oversight. ” This marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward biological research with pandemic potential.

In a sweeping new effort to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the country, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it will pay a $1,000 reward plus travel assistance to migrants who voluntarily leave the United States through a new self-deportation initiative.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump launched a presidential commission on religious liberty Thursday to protect freedom of faith for future generations amid concern within the White House about “anti-Christian bias” and other perceived infringements on religious expression.

The U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, marking its first decline in three years, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Commerce Department.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that victory in Gaza requires both the defeat of Hamas and the release of hostages during a visit to reservist soldiers at a training base in southern Israel.

Israel’s new humanitarian aid plan for the Gaza Strip aims to deliver supplies directly to families, but some international aid organizations are refusing to cooperate unless significant changes are made, two Western diplomats told The Jerusalem Post.

The United States and Israel are reportedly discussing a US-led transitional administration in Gaza to oversee demilitarization and stabilization after the conflict, according to Reuters, which cited five sources familiar with the talks. The proposed authority, modeled after the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq in 2003, would operate without a set timeline, involving Palestinian technocrats but excluding Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA).

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes Tuesday on Sanaa International Airport in Yemen, marking the seventh Israeli strike on Houthi targets since July 2024. In a rare move, the IDF issued an evacuation warning ahead of the strike, urging civilians to flee the area—its first such notice in operations targeting the Iranian-backed Houthi regime.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it carried out airstrikes Monday evening on Hezbollah’s strategic weapons manufacturing and storage sites in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, targeting infrastructure the Iranian-backed terrorist organization has been trying to restore since the November 2024 ceasefire.

Fulani herdsmen launched deadly raids on two predominantly Christian villages in Plateau state, Nigeria, on May 3-4, killing six people and injuring dozens, Morning Star News reported.

A Christian laborer has died in Pakistan’s Punjab province after being “beaten by Muslim men” and suffering police “mistreatment,” Christian sources told Worthy News on Tuesday.

A young Christian man working as an assistant lineman at Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) remained missing Sunday after he was abducted in the Pakistani province of Punjab, activists supporting his family told Worthy News.

An evangelist in eastern Uganda was killed last month after preaching the Gospel to Muslims, some of whom reportedly came to faith in Christ during an open-air event, Morning Star News reported.

At least nearly two dozen Christian refugees from Afghanistan have been ordered to leave the United States despite facing death in their home country for their faith in Christ, their church and other groups say.