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.
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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Faith
Pope Leo XIV Rejects 'Spiritualizing Pain' in Barcelona Address to 40,000
Pope Leo XIV told 40,000 faithful in Barcelona that God does not want suffering and criticized a culture tying human value to achievement.
Immigration
ICE Seizes 10 Kilograms of Cocaine, Arrests 114 in South Carolina Highway Sweep
Two ICE-led highway operations in South Carolina netted 114 arrests, 10 kilograms of cocaine, and pulled 22 dangerous drivers off the road.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Murderers, Child Sex Abusers in New York City Sweep
ICE fugitive operations teams arrested illegal immigrants convicted of murder, rape, and child sexual abuse in the New York City metro area.
Faith
U.N. Experts Document Forced Conversions, Abductions of Christian Girls in Nigeria
U.N. human rights experts warn of killings, forced marriages, and forced conversions targeting Christian women and girls across northern Nigeria.
Crime
Brooklyn Clinic Owner Convicted in $52M Medicare Fraud and Narcotics Scheme
A federal jury convicted Tony Brown-Arkah, 78, on 20 counts tied to a $52 million health care fraud and illegal Suboxone distribution ring in Brooklyn.
Immigration
Border Patrol Arrests Cuban Child Sex Offender Caught Illegally in Texas
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas, arrested a convicted Cuban child sex offender who had been deported twice for illegal reentry.
Crime
Eagle Pass Man Gets 30 Years for Child Pornography Production, Hacking
Reginaldo Gonzalez Jr., 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing child pornography and hacking students' accounts.
Immigration
DHS Victim Hotline Logged 897 Calls in First Year, Assault and Rape Top Crimes
ICE releases first VOICE and DHS VINE data reports showing 897 hotline calls and record 55,195 victim registrations in 2025.
Crime
Former Taliban Commander Sentenced to 42 Years for Killing U.S. Soldiers
Haji Najibullah, 50, received 42 years in federal prison for hostage taking and material support for terrorism resulting in American deaths.
Crime
Illegal Immigrant From Bahamas Gets 27 Years for Exploiting 11-Year-Old in Virginia
Rian Wayne Johnson, 38, an illegal immigrant from the Bahamas, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting an 11-year-old child in Newport News, Va.
Crime
Former Pennsylvania Police Officer Gets 27.5 Years for Child Pornography
Christopher J. Cordes, a former Tamaqua police officer, was sentenced to 330 months in federal prison for producing child pornography and animal crush videos.
Crime
Former Chicago Housing Authority Director Charged in $4.8 Million Kickback Scheme
A federal indictment charges a former CHA director and a construction company owner with steering $4.8 million in contracts through a kickback scheme.