Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

Russia is leaving the door open to new peace talks with Ukraine following a weekend of intense American diplomacy, but major obstacles remain to ending the war, now in its fifth year.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scored its biggest electoral success to date Sunday, winning about 44 percent of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt and inflicting a crushing defeat on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives.

A crowd gathered outside Hungary’s parliament over the weekend for a right-wing anti-government rally, underscoring efforts by conservatives to regroup after longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost power to Péter Magyar amid public outrage over reported widespread corruption and mounting economic challenges.

The Israel Defense Forces launched an unannounced nationwide military exercise Sunday, testing Israel’s ability to respond to a sudden, large-scale war erupting simultaneously on multiple fronts as the Jewish High Holidays approach.

Israel struck Hezbollah positions across southern Lebanon overnight Sunday after the Iranian-backed terrorist organization launched two explosive drones at Israeli troops operating near the strategic Ali al-Taher Ridge, the Israel Defense Forces said Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that removing Iran’s ruling regime has become Israel’s “central mission,” telling senior military officials that the goal is now “within reach” as Tehran faces mounting pressure from Israel, the United States, and regional fallout from its terror network.

The federal workforce has fallen sharply since President Donald Trump returned to office, with newly released government data showing federal employment down approximately 11.2% since January 2025.

At least five people died when an Amazon Prime Air cargo flight overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, local officials said.

The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, dramatically exceeding economists’ forecasts and delivering the strongest sign in months that the American labor market remains resilient. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.

A Christian family in Pakistan’s city of Rawalpindi lives in fear after their young daughter, Saba, was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist while other attackers abducted and tortured her teenage brother, according to sources familiar with the case.

A Russian strike on an ammunition depot near Kyiv triggered massive destruction that also wiped out a Christian humanitarian aid warehouse serving thousands of war-affected Ukrainians, while dozens of people were killed in the surrounding area, aid workers and officials said.