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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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Immigration
CBP Officers Seize 130 Pounds of Fentanyl, Cocaine, Meth at California Ports
CBP officers intercepted more than 130 pounds of narcotics worth $383,091 in two busts at San Ysidro and Calexico East ports of entry.
Faith
Report: 79,323 Killed in Nigeria Mass Casualty Events Since 2019
A joint UN submission documents 79,323 killed and 42,033 civilian deaths in Nigeria's mass casualty events from 2019 to 2025.
Politics
Trump Appointee Gregory Gilmore Sworn In as U.S. Attorney in Central Illinois
Gregory M. Gilmore, a 30-year federal prosecutor, was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield.
Crime
Four MS-13 Members Convicted of Three Murders in Angeles National Forest
A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted four MS-13 gang members of three brutal murders committed in the Angeles National Forest in 2017.
Crime
Arizona Couple Sentenced for $12 Million Medicaid Fraud, Bought Lamborghini
Thvoughn and Alexis Curry of New River, Arizona, sentenced to a combined 158 months in prison for defrauding AHCCCS of over $12 million.
Crime
Sacramento Man Pleads Guilty to Shipping Over One Million Fentanyl Pills
Reginald Jones, 36, pleaded guilty to 15 drug trafficking counts after conspiracy shipped over a million fentanyl pills hidden in children's toys.
Immigration
Feds Seize $45 Million in Cocaine, Uncover 1,933-Foot Tunnel Near San Diego
A Homeland Security task force discovered a sophisticated tunnel from Tijuana to a fake San Diego store, seizing over a ton of cocaine and charging four.
Crime
Illegal Immigrant With Kilo of Cocaine, Firearm Gets Nine Years in Oklahoma
Ramon Zuniga-Magdelano, 48, a Mexican national illegally in the U.S., sentenced to 108 months for cocaine distribution and firearm possession.
Politics
Ex-D.C. Housing Authority Employee Pleads Guilty in $15 Million Mortgage Fraud
Richard Cunningham, 55, admitted to defrauding private lenders of $12.1 million using fabricated veterans housing documents and forged HUD vouchers.
Crime
Matrix, HealthFair to Pay $56.5 Million Over False Medicare Diagnoses
Matrix Medical Network, HealthFair, and founder Shahriah Ekbatani will pay $56.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations tied to invalid Medicare Advantage diagnoses.
Immigration
Trump Signs Executive Order Tightening Customs Enforcement on Foreign Importers
President Trump signed an executive order empowering CBP with new tools to enforce importer accountability, update bond rules, and increase supply chain transparency.
World
Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Split Over Handing Weapons to State Control
Two Iranian-backed militias in Iraq agreed to place arms under state control, but Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba resist disarmament.