Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has moved its long-running confrontation with Iran back to the Security Council, escalating pressure on Tehran over its failure to account for nuclear material and cooperate with inspectors.

A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was nearly hit by a drone while leaving Moldova for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Wednesday, underscoring the dangers facing the wartime leader as Russia intensifies aerial attacks across Ukraine and beyond.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s capital with powerful drones and missiles after a brief halt for the visit of U.S. peace negotiators, striking a television newsroom and other sites in attacks that killed at least five people and injured dozens more, authorities confirmed.

The Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday that it killed a Hamas Nukhba Force terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, massacre and took part in the killing of a senior Israeli military commander.

Israeli researchers have developed an innovative plant-based “super sponge” capable of rapidly absorbing massive amounts of oil while also helping naturally occurring bacteria break down the pollution.

A record 68,944 Jewish visitors ascended the Temple Mount during the Hebrew year 5786, continuing a steady rise in Jewish visitation to Judaism’s holiest site despite months of closures and security restrictions.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance closed the Republican Party’s first-ever national midterm convention Thursday night with an urgent appeal for conservatives to turn out in November, capping a final evening that repeatedly returned to themes of faith, family, national renewal and what party leaders called a battle for America’s future.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again blocked Missouri from using a newly drawn Republican congressional map designed to strengthen the GOP’s position heading into the November midterm elections.

Under a banner declaring that America’s “Golden Age” has just begun, Republicans opened their first-ever national midterm convention Wednesday in Dallas, launching an unprecedented two-night gathering designed to showcase the party’s record, elevate candidates in key congressional races and mobilize voters ahead of the November elections.

Iranian Christians are facing deaths, arrests and mounting restrictions on Christian broadcasting, even as an underground ministry reports thousands of people turning to Jesus Christ.

The United States is on track to finish fiscal year 2026 without admitting a single Christian refugee from the 50 countries where believers face the world’s most severe persecution, marking a dramatic reversal from just two years ago, according to a new report from Open Doors US and World Relief.