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Around the World
Record-Low Danube Threatens Hungary’s Nuclear Power Supply
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant could be forced to shut down within days after record-low water levels on the Danube River sharply reduced its cooling capacity, raising fresh concerns over Europe’s energy security amid an intense heatwave.
U.S. Intelligence Chiefs: China’s Acquisition of American Voter Data Meets Definition of Election Interference
Senior U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that China’s alleged acquisition of American voter-registration data falls within the government’s definition of foreign election interference, according to information released Thursday by the White House.
U.S.-Iran War Widens as Saudi Arabia Joins American Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq
The widening war between the United States and Iran entered a dangerous new phase Wednesday as American and Saudi forces carried out coordinated strikes against Iran-backed militias across Iraq, marking the first publicly acknowledged joint combat operation of its kind between Washington and Riyadh.
Migrants Overwhelm Spain’s Ceuta Enclave As Hundreds Swim From Morocco (Worthy News In-Depth)
Spanish authorities warned Wednesday of an “extraordinary, exceptional situation” after hundreds of migrants swam from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, overwhelming reception facilities and prompting renewed concern over migration pressures on Europe’s southern border.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Trump Says Hamas Has Agreed to Disarm, but Deep Skepticism Remains
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Hamas has agreed to a phased process leading to the “complete disarmament” of the terrorist organization and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip, calling the reported agreement a historic step toward lasting peace.
Netanyahu Tells Evangelical Leaders: Jews and Christians Are ‘One’ Under Attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Evangelical leaders Wednesday that Jews and Christians share far more than common political interests, declaring that both communities belong to the same biblical heritage and now face a common assault.
Inside the United States
Senate Again Rejects Resolution Seeking to Halt U.S. War With Iran
The Republican-led Senate narrowly rejected another attempt Thursday to force an end to unauthorized U.S. military operations against Iran, preserving President Donald Trump’s ability to continue the campaign without a new authorization from Congress.
Trump Questions Thune’s Future as Senate GOP Leader Over Stalled Election Bill
President Donald Trump openly questioned whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune should remain in his leadership post as tensions intensified over the Senate’s failure to advance Trump’s election-integrity agenda.
Record-Low Danube Threatens Hungary’s Nuclear Power Supply
Hungary’s only nuclear power plant could be forced to shut down within days after record-low water levels on the Danube River sharply reduced its cooling capacity, raising fresh concerns over Europe’s energy security amid an intense heatwave.
U.S. Intelligence Chiefs: China’s Acquisition of American Voter Data Meets Definition of Election Interference
Senior U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that China’s alleged acquisition of American voter-registration data falls within the government’s definition of foreign election interference, according to information released Thursday by the White House.
U.S.-Iran War Widens as Saudi Arabia Joins American Strikes on Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq
The widening war between the United States and Iran entered a dangerous new phase Wednesday as American and Saudi forces carried out coordinated strikes against Iran-backed militias across Iraq, marking the first publicly acknowledged joint combat operation of its kind between Washington and Riyadh.
Migrants Overwhelm Spain’s Ceuta Enclave As Hundreds Swim From Morocco (Worthy News In-Depth)
Spanish authorities warned Wednesday of an “extraordinary, exceptional situation” after hundreds of migrants swam from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta, overwhelming reception facilities and prompting renewed concern over migration pressures on Europe’s southern border.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Trump Says Hamas Has Agreed to Disarm, but Deep Skepticism Remains
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Hamas has agreed to a phased process leading to the “complete disarmament” of the terrorist organization and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip, calling the reported agreement a historic step toward lasting peace.
Netanyahu Tells Evangelical Leaders: Jews and Christians Are ‘One’ Under Attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Evangelical leaders Wednesday that Jews and Christians share far more than common political interests, declaring that both communities belong to the same biblical heritage and now face a common assault.
Inside the United States
Senate Again Rejects Resolution Seeking to Halt U.S. War With Iran
The Republican-led Senate narrowly rejected another attempt Thursday to force an end to unauthorized U.S. military operations against Iran, preserving President Donald Trump’s ability to continue the campaign without a new authorization from Congress.
Trump Questions Thune’s Future as Senate GOP Leader Over Stalled Election Bill
President Donald Trump openly questioned whether Senate Majority Leader John Thune should remain in his leadership post as tensions intensified over the Senate’s failure to advance Trump’s election-integrity agenda.
Around the World
Trump Orders ‘Heavy Wave’ of Strikes on Iran After Missile Attack on U.S. Forces
The United States unleashed a heavy wave of airstrikes against Iran early Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed severe retaliation for Tehran’s surprise ballistic missile attack on American forces stationed in Jordan.
Antisemitic Violence Reaches Deadliest Global Level in More Than 30 Years
Antisemitic violence worldwide reached its deadliest level in more than three decades during 2025, according to a new report documenting a sharp escalation in threats and attacks against Jewish communities.
Ukraine Hits Two Major Russian Oil Refineries As Zelensky Meets Trump
Ukraine said Wednesday it struck two of Russia’s largest oil refineries in overnight long-range drone attacks, intensifying pressure on Moscow as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington.
Japan Quake Kills At Least 14 As PM Says ‘Every Second Counts’ In Rescue Effort
Japan’s prime minister warned Wednesday that “every second counts” after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture, killing more than a dozen people.
Chinese Military Scientist Sent Hidden Coronavirus Vials to U.S. Lab Before COVID Pandemic, Documents Reveal
A scientist working for China’s military supplied coronavirus materials that were secretly carried into the United States more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to newly released federal records.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
‘We Have Special Forces Protection’: Netanyahu Tells Hannity He Does Not Fear ICC Arrest Warrant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli special forces could be called upon if he were threatened with arrest while traveling abroad under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
Israel Orders Expanded Counterterrorism Campaign Across Judea and Samaria
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to expand counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria, warning that Palestinian terrorist organizations are attempting to rebuild their strength after suffering major setbacks during previous Israeli campaigns.
US to Take Over Key Gaza Tunnel-Sealing Operations
The United States is preparing to assume responsibility for financing and operating concrete plants used to seal Hamas terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip, according to an Israel Hayom report published Wednesday.
Inside the United States
Senators To Vote On Holding Fauci In Contempt Of Congress
U.S. senators will vote next week on holding in contempt of Congress the man who led the U.S. response to the global pandemic in 2020.
D.C. Circuit Rejects Democrats’ Early Bid to Block Trump Mail-Voting Order
A federal appeals court has upheld the rejection of an attempt by Democratic Party leaders and campaign committees to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking tighter citizenship-verification and mail-ballot procedures.
Christian News
Nigerian Christians Massacred In Kaduna Attack As Death Toll Reportedly Exceeds 60
Christians in Nigeria were mourning Wednesday after dozens of believers were killed in coordinated attacks on villages in the country’s northwestern Kaduna State, with local monitors warning the death toll may exceed 60.
Three Christian Men Cleared After False Blasphemy Allegation In Pakistan
Three Christian men who were detained in Pakistan for allegedly “desecrating” the Quran, viewed by Muslims as holy, have been released after police and authorities concluded the allegation “stemmed from a personal dispute rather than an act of blasphemy,” Christian advocates told Worthy News Wednesday.
Trump Orders ‘Heavy Wave’ of Strikes on Iran After Missile Attack on U.S. Forces
The United States unleashed a heavy wave of airstrikes against Iran early Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed severe retaliation for Tehran’s surprise ballistic missile attack on American forces stationed in Jordan.
Antisemitic Violence Reaches Deadliest Global Level in More Than 30 Years
Antisemitic violence worldwide reached its deadliest level in more than three decades during 2025, according to a new report documenting a sharp escalation in threats and attacks against Jewish communities.
Ukraine Hits Two Major Russian Oil Refineries As Zelensky Meets Trump
Ukraine said Wednesday it struck two of Russia’s largest oil refineries in overnight long-range drone attacks, intensifying pressure on Moscow as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. President Donald J. Trump in Washington.
Japan Quake Kills At Least 14 As PM Says ‘Every Second Counts’ In Rescue Effort
Japan’s prime minister warned Wednesday that “every second counts” after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture, killing more than a dozen people.
Chinese Military Scientist Sent Hidden Coronavirus Vials to U.S. Lab Before COVID Pandemic, Documents Reveal
A scientist working for China’s military supplied coronavirus materials that were secretly carried into the United States more than a year before the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to newly released federal records.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
‘We Have Special Forces Protection’: Netanyahu Tells Hannity He Does Not Fear ICC Arrest Warrant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli special forces could be called upon if he were threatened with arrest while traveling abroad under a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court.
Israel Orders Expanded Counterterrorism Campaign Across Judea and Samaria
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to expand counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria, warning that Palestinian terrorist organizations are attempting to rebuild their strength after suffering major setbacks during previous Israeli campaigns.
US to Take Over Key Gaza Tunnel-Sealing Operations
The United States is preparing to assume responsibility for financing and operating concrete plants used to seal Hamas terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip, according to an Israel Hayom report published Wednesday.
Inside the United States
Senators To Vote On Holding Fauci In Contempt Of Congress
U.S. senators will vote next week on holding in contempt of Congress the man who led the U.S. response to the global pandemic in 2020.
D.C. Circuit Rejects Democrats’ Early Bid to Block Trump Mail-Voting Order
A federal appeals court has upheld the rejection of an attempt by Democratic Party leaders and campaign committees to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking tighter citizenship-verification and mail-ballot procedures.
Christian News
Nigerian Christians Massacred In Kaduna Attack As Death Toll Reportedly Exceeds 60
Christians in Nigeria were mourning Wednesday after dozens of believers were killed in coordinated attacks on villages in the country’s northwestern Kaduna State, with local monitors warning the death toll may exceed 60.
Three Christian Men Cleared After False Blasphemy Allegation In Pakistan
Three Christian men who were detained in Pakistan for allegedly “desecrating” the Quran, viewed by Muslims as holy, have been released after police and authorities concluded the allegation “stemmed from a personal dispute rather than an act of blasphemy,” Christian advocates told Worthy News Wednesday.
Around the World
Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at U.S. Forces in Jordan, Triggering Joint American-Saudi Strikes in Iraq
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces stationed in Jordan early Wednesday, prompting the United States and Saudi Arabia to carry out joint airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias operating inside Iraq.
Rare Celestial Convergence to Usher in the Biblical Month of Elul
Skywatchers are preparing for one of the most remarkable astronomical nights of the decade as a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and a broad gathering of six planets converge around August 12.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu Hails Trump Meeting as Leaders Unite Against Nuclear-Armed Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described his latest White House meeting with President Donald Trump as “one of the best” the two leaders have ever held, saying the discussions demonstrated close cooperation and a shared determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Rare 2,500-Year-Old Cypriot Coin Found on Israeli Beach Reveals Ancient Mediterranean Trade
A municipal beach worker searching Israel’s Mediterranean coastline for items lost by swimmers discovered something far older than expected: an exceptionally rare 2,500-year-old coin minted in ancient Cyprus.
Inside the United States
Trump Honors Lindsey Graham as ‘American Original’ at Washington Funeral
President Donald Trump led tributes Tuesday to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral, remembering his longtime political ally as a towering figure in the Senate and a “true American original.”
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence
The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, placing a permanent leader over the nation’s intelligence community after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the post.
RFK Jr.: Fauci Diaries Were ‘Secreted’ Across 11 Government Servers
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said federal investigators spent approximately eight months locating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private journals, which Kennedy claimed had been scattered across 11 separate government servers.
Christian News
US Condemns Killing Of Nigerian Pastor’s Family As Pressure Mounts Over Christian Persecution (Worthy News In-Depth)
The United States has condemned the “horrific killing” of nine relatives of Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, a Nigerian pastor whose earlier appeal warned that “fear has become a way of life” in Nigeria’s violence-plagued Plateau State.
Iran Fires Ballistic Missiles at U.S. Forces in Jordan, Triggering Joint American-Saudi Strikes in Iraq
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces stationed in Jordan early Wednesday, prompting the United States and Saudi Arabia to carry out joint airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias operating inside Iraq.
Rare Celestial Convergence to Usher in the Biblical Month of Elul
Skywatchers are preparing for one of the most remarkable astronomical nights of the decade as a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower and a broad gathering of six planets converge around August 12.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu Hails Trump Meeting as Leaders Unite Against Nuclear-Armed Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described his latest White House meeting with President Donald Trump as “one of the best” the two leaders have ever held, saying the discussions demonstrated close cooperation and a shared determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Rare 2,500-Year-Old Cypriot Coin Found on Israeli Beach Reveals Ancient Mediterranean Trade
A municipal beach worker searching Israel’s Mediterranean coastline for items lost by swimmers discovered something far older than expected: an exceptionally rare 2,500-year-old coin minted in ancient Cyprus.
Inside the United States
Trump Honors Lindsey Graham as ‘American Original’ at Washington Funeral
President Donald Trump led tributes Tuesday to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at Washington National Cathedral, remembering his longtime political ally as a towering figure in the Senate and a “true American original.”
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Trump’s Director of National Intelligence
The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, placing a permanent leader over the nation’s intelligence community after weeks of uncertainty surrounding the post.
RFK Jr.: Fauci Diaries Were ‘Secreted’ Across 11 Government Servers
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said federal investigators spent approximately eight months locating Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private journals, which Kennedy claimed had been scattered across 11 separate government servers.
Christian News
US Condemns Killing Of Nigerian Pastor’s Family As Pressure Mounts Over Christian Persecution (Worthy News In-Depth)
The United States has condemned the “horrific killing” of nine relatives of Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo, a Nigerian pastor whose earlier appeal warned that “fear has become a way of life” in Nigeria’s violence-plagued Plateau State.