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French President Emmanuel Macron told his nation that France and Europe should prepare for war as Russian aggression “knows no borders.” In televised remarks, Macron said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop at Ukraine and is a direct threat to France and Europe.”

Indonesia’s authorities struggle to contain flooding in the capital, Jakarta, and surrounding areas that killed at least one person and displaced thousands.

Ukraine faced more troubles at the frontlines Wednesday as the U.S. paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off vital information that helped the war-torn nation target Russian invaders.

The European Union has unveiled an unprecedented $841 billion “ReArm Europe Plan” amid fears the United States will dramatically reduce its military commitment to the old continent.

Syria was preparing for an imminent “constitutional declaration” that was likely to worry Christians and other minorities.

The United States last week indicted three members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps on charges of hacking Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign and trying to interfere with the November 5 general election, Reuters reports.

More than 660,000 criminal foreign nationals identified to be deported by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement are freely living in communities nationwide.

The mayor of New York vowed to fight corruption charges amid calls for his resignation after U.S. prosecutors presented their case against him.

Unlike other nonagenarians celebrating their 91-year-old birthday with family and friends and enjoying retirement, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley spent his birthday standing on the U.S. Senate floor for over 30 minutes advocating for thousands of abused and missing children.

Hurricane Helene, a major storm with “life-threatening impacts,” is expected to make a quick landfall in the United States on Thursday, September 26, Accu Weather reports. The hurricane is moving over the Gulf of Mexico, rapidly gaining strength.

Israel on Monday (November 4) officially notified the United Nations that the Jewish state is withdrawing from the 1967 agreement through which it recognized and worked with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. In informing the UN that it no longer recognizes UNRWA, Israel contends that, as only 13 percent of aid to Palestinians comes through this agency, there are other sources of assistance for them.

Israel’s military confirmed Monday that it had “eliminated” critical leaders of the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad group and Hezbollah in Lebanon after killing several other commanders over the weekend.

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia are discussing a security agreement that excludes an Israel normalization deal, with hopes to finalize it before President Biden’s term ends in January, Axios reported on Monday.

In a rare statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that on Monday, it conducted airstrikes in Syria targeting Hezbollah’s intelligence division near Damascus.

Explosions occurred near Damascus at a prominent Shiite sanctuary guarded by Iranian-backed groups, including Hezbollah, with Syrian state media attributing the strikes to Israel.

Pressure is mounting on Rahymjan Borjakov, a 44-year-old pastor who faces imminent arrest for leading an unregistered church in Turkmenistan, Christians tell Worthy News.

Nicaragua’s communist dictatorship imprisoned six Christian women on account of their faith in the last year, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports. Ruled by President Daniel Ortega, who has intensified the persecution of believers, Nicaragua ranks 30 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab province remained concerned Sunday after a Muslim mob reportedly tried to kill a Christian mother of two accused of blasphemy while also targeting her sister.

The Islamic extremist Taliban have been in power in Afghanistan for three years (since the US withdrawal in August 2021), and the Afghan church is in a “precarious” position, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

A young woman who has been jailed in Iran after abandoning Islam and turning to faith in Christ has been denied requested psychological care despite suffering mental difficulties linked to her treatment in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, Christians say.