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Britain’s highest court has ruled that current Christian religious education in Northern Ireland’s state schools is unlawful because it “breaches” children’s human rights — a landmark decision that could influence similar disputes in the United Kngdom and across Europe.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday elevated Saudi Arabia to the status of a “major non-NATO ally,” a designation that significantly expands the military relationship between Washington and Riyadh during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s first White House visit in seven years.

Indonesian authorities say more than 900 residents were evacuated and 170 stranded climbers have now been brought to safety after Mount Semeru — one of the country’s tallest and most active volcanoes — erupted repeatedly on Wednesday.

Martin Bosma of the anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) has lost his bid for another term as speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives, in a vote signaling shifting parliamentary dynamics after last month’s election.

Indonesia is grappling with the aftermath of multiple tragedies after deadly landslides on Java and a tourist minibus crash in Bali killed dozens and left many missing, authorities said Monday.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will spearhead a movement to eliminate mail-in ballots and certain voting machines from U.S. elections, declaring that only paper ballots with watermarks can restore honesty to the nation’s voting system.

National Guard troops deployed to the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on violent crime will begin carrying weapons in the coming days, according to officials familiar with the planning.

The average American taxpayer will see a $3,752 tax cut in 2026 thanks to the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), according to a fresh analysis by the non-partisan Tax Foundation. The law, signed by President Donald Trump in July, marks the most significant change to federal tax policy since the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

A new study has found that the vast majority of mail-order abortion pills shipped by a leading telemedicine provider have gone to women living in states where most abortions are banned–fueling calls from pro-life leaders for the Trump administration to intervene.

The Trump administration’s ambitious “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative is moving forward, with newly revealed U.S. government plans showing a four-layer shield — one space-based and three ground-based — designed to protect the American homeland from ballistic missile attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sunday it will begin ground operations in Deir al-Balah for the first time since the start of the Gaza conflict, expanding its military campaign into one of the last remaining areas of the Strip untouched by ground forces. The move comes with a new evacuation warning to civilians in the southwest of the city, directing them to seek refuge in the overcrowded coastal zone of al-Mawasi.

Pope Leo XIV has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to achieve a ceasefire and “protect places of worship” after Gaza’s only Catholic Church was reportedly struck by Israel’s military, killing three people and injuring 10, including the parish priest, the Vatican said.

Israel has launched a forceful military intervention in southern Syria aimed at protecting the embattled Druze minority, after more than 500 people were killed in four days of bloody conflict in the province of As-Suwayda. The fighting, sparked by sectarian tensions between Druze militias, Bedouin tribal fighters, and Syrian regime forces, was intensified by alleged atrocities against Druze civilians–prompting Israel to act.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition plunged into deeper crisis Wednesday as the ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced its ministers were resigning from the government in protest of the failure to pass legislation exempting yeshiva students from military service. The move, while not an official departure from the coalition, further weakens Netanyahu’s grip on power, reducing his effective support in the Knesset to just 60 out of 120 members.

U.S. President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday following a deadly Israeli military strike that hit Gaza’s only Roman Catholic church, killing three civilians and wounding several others.

As tensions rose Saturday between India and Pakistan, at least one widow was mourning the death of her only son, a Christian teenager shot and killed by a Muslim in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

At a recent meeting in Wuhan, Christian media in China were instructed to increase their coverage of Xi Jinping’s thoughts and key Communist Party documents, according to a religious liberty and human rights magazine.

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.