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U.S.-based Christian charity Samaritan’s Purse, led by evangelist Franklin Graham, has begun airlifting critical aid to Gaza amid mounting concerns about severe shortages of food and other essential supplies in the Hamas-ruled territory.

Nicaragua’s authoritarian socialist government has “expropriated” the Catholic San José School in the city of Jinotepe amid a broader crackdown on Christians expressing their faith in the Central American nation, church sources said Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday thanked U.S. President Donald J. Trump for the “trustworthy tone of our conversation” on ending the war in Ukraine and invited Trump to Moscow.

A tense political and security standoff continued Friday in Serbia as riots erupted in Novi Sad, where supporters of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) clashed with anti-government protesters, hurling flares and firecrackers and prompting police intervention.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump shook hands with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the U.S. Joint Base Elmendorf in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a path to peace for Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II, raging in Ukraine. Their summit comes after another night of Russian air strikes in Ukraine and Kyiv responding with drone attacks in Russia.

Ukraine says Russia launched two ballistic missiles and nearly 100 drones overnight in more than a dozen locations across the country, as Moscow claimed it intercepted scores of Ukrainian drones over land and sea.

A interfaith coalition of more than 200 faith-based and secular NGOs from over 15 countries is calling on the United Nations and world leaders to abandon Gaza aid distribution through the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and instead partner with the U.S.-funded Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

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 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced Friday it has destroyed dozens of “terror targets” during a sweeping offensive in the Zeitoun neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City, part of a broader plan to capture the city in its entirety. The operation comes after Israel’s security cabinet approved the takeover of Gaza’s largest urban center, currently home to an estimated one million Palestinians, amid the 22-month-long war with Hamas.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is preparing for one of its largest reserve mobilizations in decades, as military leaders finalize plans for a massive ground offensive to capture Gaza City.