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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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Faith
Pope Leo XIV Challenges Spain's Parliament on Abortion, Euthanasia in Historic Address
Pope Leo XIV became the first pontiff to address Spain's Congress of Deputies, challenging lawmakers on abortion and euthanasia protections.
Immigration
Mexican National Deported Five Times Sentenced to 14 Months in Illinois
Manuel Alberto Cortes Cuan, 38, a Mexican national deported five times, received 14 months in federal prison for unlawful re-entry after arrest in Lyons, Ill.
Crime
Four Convicted in $40M Trust Tax Shelter Scheme in Colorado Federal Court
A federal jury in Colorado convicted four promoters of a sham trust tax shelter that cost the U.S. approximately $40 million.
Immigration
British Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty After Walking Into Maine From Quebec
Hameed Mohammed Nagi, 21, pleaded guilty in Bangor to illegal entry and lying to FBI agents after crossing into Somerset County from Canada.
Faith
Pope Leo XIV Lands in Spain, Jokes About Competing With Bad Bunny for Youth
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Madrid for a seven-day visit to Spain, his fourth apostolic journey, with stops in Barcelona and the Canary Islands.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Gang Member in Chicago After Police Refused Federal Warrant
ICE Chicago arrested a previously deported La Raza gang member after Chicago Police refused to honor a federal warrant and released him.
Faith
Ethiopian Christian Flees Somali Border After Islamist Death Threats Over Gospel Ministry
Teshome Getachew fled with his family from the Ethiopian-Somali border to Dire Dawa in July 2025 after Islamist extremists threatened to kill him for preaching Christianity.
Family
Cleveland Clinic Agrees to End Pediatric Gender Procedures, Fund Detransition Care
Cleveland Clinic will pay $308,000 and commit $2 million for detransition care under a DOJ resolution ending sex-rejecting procedures on minors.
Faith
ICC Report Documents Communist Vietnam's Persecution of Christians
International Christian Concern publishes new report examining religious freedom and Christian persecution under Vietnam's communist regime.
Faith
Islamist ADF Militants Kill 24 Christians in Eastern Congo, 40 Dead in a Week
Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mbau village near Beni City, killing at least 24 Christians including a pastor and his wife, days after 15 died in Ngadi.
Security
Houthi Leader Pledges Escalation Readiness, Full Coordination With Iran Axis
Abdulmalik al Houthi vows readiness to confront the U.S. and Israel while IRGC commander threatens to close the Bab al Mandeb Strait.
World
Russia Reopens 16 Military Schools to Rebuild Officer Corps Depleted by Ukraine War
Moscow is reopening 16 military schools and academies through 2034 to address a severe officer shortage caused by heavy casualties and rapid force expansion since 2022.