Christian News from a Biblical Worldview

Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, arrived in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil through Argentina and Ecuador, defying a Supreme Court travel ban just days after losing a closely contested presidential election.

Global oil prices surged Wednesday after Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile strike against Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery, as a separate investigation revealed evidence that Russian reconnaissance satellites may have helped Iranian-backed militias target dozens of strategic facilities across the kingdom.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his fiancé, Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, are expecting their first child through a surrogate mother, an announcement that has renewed a political and ethical debate over assisted reproduction in the Netherlands.

Israel faces a political stalemate following Tuesday’s national elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition falling short of a parliamentary majority despite his Likud party emerging as the country’s largest political faction.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party remained Israel’s largest political party Wednesday as votes continued to be counted in the country’s closely contested national election, but neither Netanyahu nor his political opponents had secured a clear path to a governing majority.

Israelis voted in historic numbers Tuesday in parliamentary elections that could end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long hold on power, as the Jewish nation faces deep political divisions following years of war, mass protests and mounting questions about the country’s security failures.

The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.75% to 4%, citing persistent inflation despite strong economic growth, as Americans prepare to vote in next week’s midterm elections.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that California may continue processing ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters suspected by the Trump administration of being noncitizens, rejecting an emergency Justice Department request just days before the November 3 midterm elections.

Nearly every week an individual is arrested, indicted or convicted in the U.S. on terrorism charges related to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church has demanded urgent government protection after at least 60 Christians were reportedly massacred in two attacks in the country’s conflict-hit Oromia region.

Indonesian authorities have defended plans to build a Protestant church in West Java province despite protests by hundreds of residents and threats of legal action, in a dispute highlighting continuing challenges to religious freedom in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation.