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Nineteen privacy-focused House GOP members have halted the progression of a bill, supported by Speaker Mike Johnson, that seeks to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — a controversial government surveillance tool used by the federal government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran, stressing that Israel would retaliate if attacked, coinciding with Gen. Michael Kurilla, the chief of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), arrival to Israel, whose visit is centered around discussions on what US intelligence officials are calling an “imminent” threat emanating from Tehran.

Hungary on Thursday condemned plans for a NATO military alliance mission in Ukraine saying it could lead to a broader war within six months.

The US Treasury Department has reported that the United States borrowed $1.07 trillion in the first six months of fiscal year 2024. The figure was reported in the Department’s latest Monthly Treasury Statement released on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s parliament has passed a mobilization bill to send more men to the battlefields in the war against Russia that has already killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people.

Lawmakers from the Israeli Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus have met with German parliamentarians in Berlin to request that they maintain Germany’s funding freeze on the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) because of its intricate connection to Palestinian terrorism in the Gaza Strip, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reports.

The UK’s National Health Service of England has published a major study showing there is “remarkably weak evidence” to support treating gender-questioning children and young adults with sex-change hormones and surgeries, the Washington Times reports. Titled “The Cass Review,” the four-year study was commissioned by the NHS and led by Dr. Hilary Cass.

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, is to normalize relations with Israel, well-informed Israeli sources said Thursday.

Amid an ongoing systematic crackdown on Christians in China, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has threatened evangelical church leaders in Guangdong Province with prison and seizure of property for printing devotional materials, Christian Daily reports.

Amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces have violently persecuted Ukrainian Christians by torturing them and removing them from their positions, a group of church leaders and rights advocates have told United States Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson.