Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
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.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
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
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
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
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
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.
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
Dallas Man Gets 30 Years for Sex Trafficking Nine Women Since 2017
Chase Anthony Young, 34, sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking nine women through force, fraud, and coercion since at least 2017.
Crime
D.C. Child Psychotherapist Gets 10 Years for Trove of Abuse Images
Victor Blythe, a former Children's National psychotherapist, sentenced to 10 years for distributing child sexual abuse material.
Crime
Illegal Immigrant From El Salvador Convicted of Child Exploitation After Three Deportations
Mario Alexander Bonilla Canales, 50, convicted in Virginia on federal child sexual exploitation and illegal reentry charges after three prior removals.
Faith
ICC Report Maps Financial Networks Funding Anti-Christian Violence in East Africa
International Christian Concern report examines how Islamic extremist groups in East Africa fund operations that systematically target Christian communities.
Faith
Indonesian Muslims Protest Church Construction in Central Java Village
Muslim residents in Solo City, Central Java, protested construction of a Javanese Christian Church, citing permit issues in a neighborhood of 70 Muslim families.
Faith
Chinese Police Detain 33 Christians in SWAT Raid on Early Rain Church
Communist authorities in Chengdu deployed 90 officers to raid Early Rain Covenant Church during Sunday worship, detaining 33 believers and injuring three.
Crime
15 Members of Antifa-Tied Minneapolis Group Indicted for Assaulting Federal Officers
Federal grand jury indicts 15 members of Direct Action Minnesota on charges including conspiracy, assault on federal officers, and interstate stalking.
Immigration
ICE Arrests 117 Illegal Immigrants in East Tennessee Smoky Mountains Sweep
ICE arrested 117 illegal immigrants in a weeklong enforcement operation in Sevier County and surrounding East Tennessee areas near the Smoky Mountains.
Crime
Former Airman at Scott Air Force Base Gets 25 Years for Child Exploitation
Michael E. McCay, 33, a former Senior Airman at Scott Air Force Base, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting minors.
Crime
Afghan National Faces Death Penalty in 17-Count Indictment for Guard Killing Near White House
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 30, faces a 17-count superseding indictment and potential death penalty for the ambush killing of a National Guard specialist near the White House.
Faith
Pakistan's Blasphemy Accusations Surge 50-Fold Since 2020, Fueling Extortion Racket
An organized blasphemy business network in Pakistan uses social media traps and corrupt officials to extort religious minorities, with cases up nearly 50 times since 2020.
Crime
Illegal Immigrant From Mexico Pleads Guilty to Firearm Charge in Oregon
Pablo Villasenor-Ochoa, 38, a Mexican national unlawfully in the U.S., pleaded guilty in Portland to illegal firearm possession after threatening to kill his partner.