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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
Eight Illegal Immigrants Indicted for Stealing Social Security Numbers in Kentucky
Federal agents arrested 13 illegal immigrants and indicted eight for using stolen Social Security numbers to work at a Paducah, Ky., window supply business.
Crime
Romanian Illegal Immigrant Gets 18 Months for EBT Skimming Fraud Scheme
Marius Catalin Trica, smuggled into the U.S. multiple times, sentenced to 18 months for bank fraud targeting vulnerable EBT recipients in New York and Los Angeles.
Immigration
Nicaraguan Tactical Instructor Gets 51 Months for Assaulting HSI Agent in New York
Michel Manuel Garcia Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Nicaragua, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for violently assaulting an HSI agent in New York.
Crime
North Carolina Man Indicted for Child Sexual Abuse at Nepal Orphanage He Founded
Michael Hess, 73, of Davidson, N.C., faces up to 30 years in prison for alleged illicit sexual conduct with a minor at a Nepal orphanage he founded.
Crime
Chilean Illegal Immigrant Gets 45 Months for Identity Fraud Across 7 States
Mayorie Fernandez-Ormeno, 37, sentenced to 45 months and ordered to pay $47,218.84 in restitution for stealing credit cards from 18 victims.
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.