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A manhunt was underway Thursday for over 1,500 prisoners who escaped in conflict-stricken Mozambique, where at least 56 people were killed since Monday after earlier Christians were attacked, police and human rights watchers said.

Russia’s leading security service suggested Thursday it had uncovered a plot by Kyiv to kill “senior Defense Ministry officials,” prompting Moscow to fire drones at Ukraine, injuring several people.

Russia launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, ignoring appeals from Pope Francis for a Christmas truce in the war-torn nation and around the world.

Dutch King Willem-Alexander urged the Dutch Jewish community on Christmas Day to remain in the Netherlands despite concerns about mounting antisemitism.

An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday with 62 passengers and five crew on board, Kazakh authorities announced, saying that 32 people had survived.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that the war in Gaza is “gut-wrenching” and urged more humanitarian aid, including through an aid port the American military is setting up.

President Joe Biden delivered a wide-ranging State of the Union address Thursday evening, touching on the economy, Ukraine, the border and more while attacking Republicans during his remarks, possibly his last time to give the address as president.

An undercover human trafficking operation in Florida found that 21 illegal foreign nationals were using papers given to them by the Department of Homeland Security to fly to major cities in the United States for free to engage in sex trafficking, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

The Attorney General of Missouri has filed legal action against Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the US, to prevent the organization from transporting minors out of the state for abortions without their parents’ consent, The Christian Post reports. Planned Parenthood has denied that it does this.

A federal court in North Carolina ruled Monday that Christian-led businesses cannot be forced to offer employee health insurance coverage that includes gender transition treatments and surgeries, Reuters reports.

Despite recent diplomatic fissures over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, the United States on Tuesday officially signed off on a $3 billion deal to provide Israel with 25 additional F-35 fighter jets, bringing to 75 the total number of coveted US stealth planes provided to Israel, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. Tuesday’s deal ensures Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East, and is funded by US military aid.

Amid talks to bring about the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces operating in the Gaza city of Rafah on Wednesday destroyed a major Hamas tunnel and deactivated ready-to-fire rocket launchers that were hidden in a UN post in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, the Jerusalem Post reports.

While still deeply entrenched in a war against Hamas in Gaza, Israel is coming closer to a full-scale war with Hezbollah in Lebanon as well, the Wall Street Journal says in a report that references the views of Israeli officials.

A picture created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) about the situation in Gaza that became extremely popular, or “viral,” on social media has blurred the lines between facts and fiction in a world that no longer embraces the truth automatically.

An alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday reportedly killed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) General Saeed Abiyar and, according to a war monitor, resulted in the deaths of 16 members of pro-Iran groups, various media reports indicate.

Aiming to force their version of Islamic law and control on northeastern Nigeria, Boko Haram Islamic terrorists slaughtered 15 Christians, wounded two others, and kidnapped a young girl during Jan. 1 attacks on two villages in Borno state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

A new survey shows that 40% of US church leaders are struggling with post-pandemic burnout that is causing them to seriously consider leaving their congregations, the Associated Press reports.

Iran has developed a new, especially designed “explosive and reconnaissance” attack drone that it plans to sell to Russia for its ongoing war against Ukraine, an informed source has told Sky News. US and Western power supporting Ukraine have previously accused Iran of supplying Russia with hundreds of one-way “suicide” drones that explode on impact with their target.

Amid concerns that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology constitutes a major threat against faith in God, a newly available AI-powered Bible app aims to help users deepen their walk with Jesus by personalizing their study of Scripture, CBN News reports.

The US-based International Christian Concern persecution watchdog group has published a new report highlighting the ongoing persecution of Evangelical church leaders, and Protestant Christians generally, in predominantly Catholic Mexico.