world
Venezuela Triples Oil Exports Since Maduro's Capture, Pivots to U.S. and India
Venezuela's oil exports surged from 400,000 to 1.25 million barrels per day since Maduro's arrest, with interim President Rodríguez courting India and Turkey.
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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_life
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.
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_government
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_justice
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_justice
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_justice
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.