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A riverside resort in western Serbia, once marketed as “a unique oasis for rest and recreation,” is at the center of allegations that Russia used the site for training citizens to incite unrest before Moldova’s recent parliamentary elections.

Serbian authorities said at least one man was injured Wednesday after gunfire and a fire erupted at a camp of government supporters outside the national parliament, prompting President Aleksandar Vučić to call the incident a “terrorist act.”

The Trump administration has quietly lifted a major restriction on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles supplied by Western allies, allowing Kyiv to expand its attacks on Russian territory, according to U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street Journal.

The European Union’s legislature has awarded its top human rights honor, the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to two imprisoned journalists — Andrzej Poczobut of Belarus and Mzia Amaghlobeli of Georgia — for what it called their “courage in defending press freedom under authoritarian pressure.”

Faced with relentless Russian attacks that threaten to destroy his nation’s energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced support for U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s proposal for Kyiv and Moscow to freeze their war at the current frontlines. Zelenskyy called it “a good compromise” while admitting that Russian President Vladimir Putin made clear he would not accept the arrangement.

In a landmark 6-3 ruling Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, affirming their right to opt their pre-K and elementary-aged children out of LGBTQ-inclusive story time and classroom instruction that conflicts with their religious beliefs.

xIn a landmark 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the use of sweeping “universal injunctions” that have repeatedly stalled President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda, ruling that such orders likely exceed the authority granted to federal courts by Congress. The ruling grants the Trump administration a partial victory, allowing it to move forward with implementing a controversial immigration policy aimed at redefining birthright citizenship.

In a landmark win for the pro-life movement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that South Carolina has the constitutional authority to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program–marking a significant shift in the battle over taxpayer funding of abortion-related services.

In a stunning rebuke of the Democratic Party’s moderate establishment, Zohran Mamdani–a foreign-born democratic socialist and longtime anti-Israel activist–defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral primary Tuesday night.

ith just days remaining before the self-imposed Independence Day deadline, Republican leaders in Congress are racing to finalize President Donald Trump’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a legislative package that consolidates tax, energy, immigration, and Medicaid reforms under the budget reconciliation process. Yet the bill remains in jeopardy amid internal GOP divisions.

Public support for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians has reached its lowest point on record, according to a new Pew Research Center poll released this week. Only 21% of Israelis now believe peaceful coexistence is possible — a dramatic decline from the 50% recorded in 2013 when the question was first polled.

Israeli security officials have confirmed that the government has been arming a local militia operating in southern Gaza in an effort to undermine Hamas’s grip on the enclave, following public allegations made by opposition leader Avigdor Liberman.

Britain’s public broadcaster rejected what it called “incorrect White House criticism” of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim that it had taken down a story as “completely wrong.”

Britain’s prime minister threatened Wednesday to impose more sanctions on Israel over its war against Hamas in Gaza and the Jewish nation’s expansion of settlements in the West Bank, also known as Judea and Samaria.

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday held a pivotal vote on a draft resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza — a resolution that notably made no mention of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. The resolution gained overwhelming support from 14 of the 15 member states, but was ultimately blocked by a veto from the United States.

A respected elder of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot dead when three gunmen invaded the Sunday service on January 19, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

A house-church preacher in Guandong, China, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for conducting “illegal business operations” by distributing his church’s Christian literature, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

A Christian refugee who was imprisoned in Egypt for belonging to a Facebook group about leaving Islam for Christ has been released after three years of incarceration, ADF International reports. Egypt ranks 40 on the Open Doors World Watch List 2025 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

Tensions remained high Friday in Pakistan’s Punjab Province after local police detained a mentally challenged Christian on charges of blasphemy against Islam, Christians told Worthy News.

A new study shows there has been a surge in attacks on Christians in Nicaragua over the last two years, with Nicaraguan dictator President Daniel Ortega now specifically targeting evangelical bodies as well as Catholic communities, Christian Daily International (CDI) reports.