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Millions of South Koreans cast their ballots Tuesday in a snap presidential election sparked by the dramatic impeachment and removal of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who now faces rebellion charges after a brief martial law declaration in December. The election comes at a time of deep national division — but also on the heels of decades of explosive spiritual growth among South Korean Christians, who are praying for revival amid political uncertainty.

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, erupted once again this week, spewing lava fountains and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky. The dramatic display of fire and smoke lit up the night near the eastern coastal city of Catania, temporarily closing local airports and prompting civil protection alerts, though no immediate injuries or fatalities were reported.

President Donald Trump declared Monday that any future U.S. agreement with Iran “will not allow any enrichment of uranium,” drawing a sharp contrast with a newly reported diplomatic proposal said to permit limited enrichment within the Islamic Republic.

The Netherlands’ anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the government after three smaller coalition partners declined to sign up to a stricter anti-migration policy, its leader Geert Wilders said Tuesday.

Northern Nigeria was reeling Monday from a bomb blast by suspected Islamist militants that left nine people dead, while the Nigerian Air Force reportedly killed at least 20 villagers after mistaking them for insurgents.

The far-left activist group Black Lives Matter is criticizing Democrats for designating Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s likely presidential nominee without allowing voters to participate in the decision. They state that doing so “would make the modern Democratic Party a party of hypocrites.”  They are urging the Democratic National Convention “to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates.”

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris appeared a step closer to becoming the Democratic nominee for the next occupant of the White House on Tuesday after crucial Democrats rallied behind her.

A group of pro-life sidewalk counselors has filed suit asking the US Supreme Court to review and reverse a ruling it made in 2000 which allows abortion clinics to implement buffer zones preventing pro-life activists from operating within 100 feet of the facilities, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

The U.S. House speaker, a Tennessee U.S. senator and other Republicans called for President Joe Biden to resign immediately after the 81-year-old dropped out of the presidential race early Sunday afternoon.

The U.S. Democratic Party moved into unchartered territory on Monday after frail President Joe Biden officially dropped out of the presidential race.

Israel’s military said Monday it used a drone to attack “an operations room,” killing “five terrorists” in Tulkarm in the Palestinian enclave of the West Bank, also known by its biblical names Judaea and Samaria.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant cautioned that “Iran’s aggression has reached an all-time high” during a Monday meeting with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown in a meeting held in Tel Aviv on Monday.

Hamas said late Sunday that it rejects new Israeli conditions put forward in Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks, raising concerns there won’t be a breakthrough in efforts to end the 10-month-old war as fears mount of a broader armed conflict in the region.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah did not rule out more massive attacks against Israel on Sunday after his group fired hundreds of rockets and drones into the Jewish nation, following Israeli air strikes in Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that it conducted “extensive” overnight airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, targeting weapon depots, buildings used by the group, and a rocket launcher across 10 areas, signaling an escalation in the conflict.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Feb. 13 rebuked the Punjab Province government for only charging 18 of the 304 Muslims who were arrested for attacking Christians during a riot in Jaranwala last summer, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

Authorities in India’s Assam state have fined two American Christians $500 each for allegedly violating their tourist visas by preaching the Gospel and leading people to Christ at various locations, Christian Today India (CTI) reports.

Cracking down on Christianity it perceives as a threat to its authoritarian power, Iran’s Islamic regime last year arrested a record number of Christians across the country, targeting Bible distributors in particular, the Christian Post (CP) reports. 

An American missionary has met with senior officials at the US State Department in an effort to secure the release of 11 pastors imprisoned in Nicaragua on trumped up charges of money laundering and organized crime, CBN News reports. Britt Hancock of the US-based Mountain Gateway missionary organization made his recent appeal to lawmakers in Washington even as he himself also faces criminal charges in the matter.

Hindu extremists in India’s Chhattisgarh state violently assaulted a Christian man and his father and brother last week after he refused to renounce Christ and return to Hinduism, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports. Christians in Chhattisgarh state have been increasingly violently targeted by Hindu extremists who, emboldened by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, are seeking to impose their version of the religion as the dominant ideology in India.