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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
Illegal Immigrant Felon Charged With Flying Drone Over World Cup Event in Atlanta
Lorenzo Rojas-Martinez, 37, a twice-deported illegal immigrant with a cocaine conviction, faces federal charges for flying a drone over FIFA Fan Festival in Atlanta.
Crime
Mexican National Gets 46 Months for 1,295 Kilograms of Cocaine on Pacific Vessel
Francisco Hernandez Penaloza, 65, sentenced to 46 months after U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Navy intercepted go-fast vessel carrying 1,295 kg of cocaine.
Crime
Australian-Born Louisiana Woman Indicted for Voting Illegally in Two Federal Elections
Denise Nataly Migliore, 51, of Franklinton, Louisiana, faces a four-count federal indictment for falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register and vote.
Security
Feds Warn Drone Pilots of Prosecution During FIFA World Cup in Dallas
U.S. Attorney and FBI Dallas warn drone operators face federal prosecution for violating flight restrictions during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Faith
ICC Report Documents Nepal's Hindu Nationalist Push Against 1.76% Christian Minority
International Christian Concern report links rising Hindu nationalism in Nepal to persecution of the country's small Christian population through anti-conversion laws and church attacks.
Immigration
Illegal Immigrant Who Tried to Give Newborn to Smugglers Removed to Mexico
ICE removed a 28-year-old Mexican national who attempted to fraudulently transfer her baby to another illegal immigrant to pay a smuggling debt.
Faith
Pope Leo XIV Condemns Human Traffickers in Historic Canary Islands Visit
Pope Leo XIV visited the Canary Islands, condemning traffickers preying on migrants and calling for legal pathways to Europe.
Immigration
ICE Detains Mexican Illegal Immigrant Charged in Georgia Mother's DUI Death
ICE issued a detainer against Rodrigo Antonio Rodriguez Flores, a Mexican illegal immigrant charged with DUI and vehicular homicide in the death of Alicia Thomas in Gwinnett County, Ga.
Crime
Kansas Executive Gets 32 Months for Smuggling Avionics to Russia
Douglas Robertson of Olathe, Kansas, sentenced to 32 months for illegally exporting controlled avionics equipment to Russian end users after the Ukraine invasion.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Alleged Tren de Aragua Member Released by New York Authorities
ICE and U.S. Marshals arrested a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and alleged Tren de Aragua gang member in Albion, N.Y., after local authorities ignored a detainer.
Faith
Nigeria Parliament Approves State Police Bill After Years of Failed Christian Protection
Nigeria's parliament passed legislation allowing 36 states to create their own police forces after federal security repeatedly failed to protect Christian communities.
Faith
Activists Allege Forged Documents in Pakistan Forced Marriage of Christian Girl, 13
Christian rights activists in Lahore say documents used to validate the marriage of 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz to her 30-year-old abductor were fabricated.