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Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Immigration
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Immigration
Illegal Immigrant From Mexico Indicted in Utah With 171 Grams of Fentanyl
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City indicted a 25-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico on fentanyl distribution and immigration charges.
Crime
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Faith
Nigerian Christians Appeal to U.S. After Fulani Militants Kill Church Worker
Community leaders in Plateau state, Nigeria, appeal to the U.S. government after Fulani militants killed a Christian church worker and three others at a mining site.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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Crime
Mexican National Gets 48 Months for Dealing Meth With Loaded Guns in San Francisco
Javier Velasquez Antunes, a Mexican national illegally in the U.S., was sentenced to 48 months for dealing methamphetamine while possessing firearms in San Francisco.
Immigration
Mexican National With Three Prior Deportations Gets 51 Months in Nevada
Miguel Antonio Murillo-Ramos, a Mexican national with violent felony convictions and three prior deportations, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison in Las Vegas.
Crime
Former Nicaraguan Police Officer Gets 51 Months for Assaulting HSI Agent
Michel Manuel Garcia Rojas, a 39-year-old illegal immigrant from Nicaragua, was sentenced to 51 months for assaulting an HSI agent during a Laken Riley Act arrest.
Faith
Uyghur Christian Pastor Faces Church Demolition Deadline in Xinjiang
Chinese authorities gave a Uyghur house church pastor until June 25 to pay a compliance deposit or face permanent closure and demolition by June 29.
Immigration
CBP Names Two Senior Executives to Lead El Paso Field Office Operations
CBP appoints Ray Provencio as Director of Field Operations and Andrew Douglas as Port Director at the El Paso Field Office.
Immigration
Feds Charge Two Previously Deported Illegal Immigrants in Connecticut
A Dominican and a Guatemalan national, both previously deported, face federal reentry charges in Connecticut after arrests on drug, firearm, and arson offenses.
Crime
Five Arrested in New York Medicaid Fraud Schemes Totaling $5 Million
Federal prosecutors charge five in Capital Region Medicaid transportation fraud schemes as part of DOJ's 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Crime
Oregon Man Gets 10 Years for Child Exploitation After Multinational HSI Probe
Matthew Lynn Windom, 55, of Albany, Oregon, sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material after an international investigation.
Crime
CBP Officers Find Child Exploitation Material on Maryland Man's Phone at Dulles
CBP officers at Dulles Airport discovered child sexual abuse and bestiality material on a Maryland man's phone, leading to his arrest on Virginia felony charges.
Faith
Nearly 300 Christians Displaced by Hindu Mobs in India's Chhattisgarh
Nearly 300 Christians in India's Sukma district have been forcibly displaced by radical Hindu mobs in 2026, International Christian Concern reports.
Faith
Islamist Mob Assaults Christian Preacher in Bangladesh as Jamaat Influence Grows
A 55-year-old Christian preacher was beaten by Jamaat-e-Islami-linked men in Bangladesh after declaring his faith, part of a rising pattern of attacks.
Security
Somali Pirate Attacks Hit Highest Rate Since 2011 in Gulf of Aden
Somali pirates have seized three vessels and launched multiple attacks in the Gulf of Aden since late April, the worst surge since 2011.