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In a sweeping and unprecedented military operation, Israel launched a decisive preemptive strike deep inside Iran early Friday morning, targeting Tehran’s nuclear program and eliminating the Islamic Republic’s top military brass in a dramatic escalation dubbed “Operation Rising Lion.”

The Israeli navy on Friday said it shot down three Iranian attack drones over the Red Sea on their way toward Israel, after more than 100 drones were launched from the Islamic Republic. The same model, Saar 6, carried out attacks against the Yemeni Houthis earlier this week, Israeli sources said.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump told Iran on Friday that the overnight Israeli strikes it experienced were just the beginning of “even more brutal” lethal force unless the Islamic Republic makes a nuclear deal that would prevent it from developing atomic weapons.

Police in Ethiopia still searched Thursday for a suspect in the killing of a Christian evangelist, who was murdered for “sharing the Good News of the Gospel” with others in his mainly Muslim community, Christians told Worthy News.

Amid the smoldering wreckage of an Air India passenger jet that crashed moments after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad, all but one of the 242 people aboard miraculously survived, while dozens of others died on the ground, police and witnesses said.

In a dramatic escalation overnight, Israel launched a massive aerial assault on Iran early Friday morning, targeting dozens of nuclear and military facilities in a campaign dubbed “Nation of Lions.” Israeli officials say the strike was a direct response to what they called a point of no return in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

In a narrow 214-212 vote, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $9.4 billion federal spending rescission package aimed at slashing foreign aid, public broadcasting funds, and codifying cuts initiated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a cost-cutting initiative championed by President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk.

A coalition of left-leaning legal groups is attempting to block an Arkansas law that requires the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, launching yet another challenge in the broader cultural war over America’s religious heritage.

Authorities across China have launched a renewed crackdown on Zion Church congregations, detaining church leaders, raiding homes, and shutting down gatherings in what rights group Bitter Winter described as a “coordinated police campaign aimed at dismantling the Zion Church nationwide.”

Scores of people have been confirmed dead as devastating floods ravage South Africa’s poorest provinces, amid ongoing search and rescue efforts.