Hungary’s Orbán Pledges Sweden’s NATO Membership

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán pledged Wednesday that he will urge the Hungarian parliament to approve Sweden’s membership of the NATO military alliance, a day after Turkish legislators made a similar move.

US Strikes Iran-Backed Terror Facilities in Iraq

As part of an effort to prevent the ongoing Israel-Hamas war from escalating into a regional conflict fueled by Iran, the United States, just after midnight on Wednesday, carried out retaliatory airstrikes against facilities in Iraq that were being used by the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia and other jihadist groups to attack US and Coalition targets in the region, Axios reports.

Russia Says Ukraine Shot Down Military Plane, Killing 74

Russian authorities confirmed Wednesday that a Defense Ministry plane carrying scores of Ukrainian military prisoners of war plus crew and guards crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine.

Latest World News Headlines

US Strikes Iran-Backed Houthis After Deadly Strikes In Region – January 24, 2024

Turkey Approves Sweden’s NATO Bid, Pressuring Hungary – January 23, 2024

British YouTube Pianist Threatened By China In Livestream – January 23, 2024

Ukraine Students Leave War To Meet Professors In Budapest – January 23, 2024

Powerful Earthquake Rocks China’s West After Landslides Kill Christians – January 23, 2024

Finland: Prosecutors Appeal to Supreme Court to Convict Christian Lawmaker Who Posted On Social Media Against Same-Sex Marriage – January 23, 2024

EU Ministers Meeting As Ukraine Pleas For Help Amid Mounting Death Toll (Worthy News Radio) – January 22, 2024

Dutch Queen Maxima Wants Global Digital IDs (Video) – January 22, 2024

Iran Soldier Kills Five In Army Base – January 22, 2024

WHO Chief Seeks Pandemic Treaty Ahead Of Predicted Deadly Outbreak – January 21, 2024

Breaking Israel News

UN Chief: Israeli Rejection of Two-State Solution Constitutes “Major Threat to Global Security”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated during a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council Tuesday that Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians has become “a major threat to global peace and security” and that an Israeli rejection of a two-state solution is “unacceptable.”

Dozens of Israeli Soldiers Killed In Gaza On Deadliest Day

Israel confirmed Tuesday that 24 soldiers fighting in Gaza have been killed, the highest Israeli military death toll in a day so far during the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel Offers Hamas Truce For Hostages; Netanyahu Survives No-Confidence Vote

Israel has proposed a cease-fire of up to two months in exchange for the release of all the more than 130 hostages still held by Hamas, several officials confirmed.

Latest Israel News Headlines

Thousands Sing, Pray And Rally For Israel In Netherlands – January 22, 2024

Relatives Hostages Storm Israel Parliament – January 22, 2024

Israel Tells US: ‘No Palestinian State’ – January 20, 2024

Iran Threatens To Attack Israel After Air Strike – January 20, 2024

‘Israel Air Strike’ Kills Iran Revolutionary Guards, Intelligence Chief – January 20, 2024

Israel Hints It Is Attacking Iran – January 18, 2024

Israel Braces For War Against Lebanon’s Hezbollah – January 18, 2024

Breaking U.S. News

Texas Governor: Feds Have Broken Compact With the States Over Border Crisis

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has invoked the invasion clause of the U.S. Constitution and said he would defend his state. The move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court this week ruled that federal Border Patrol agents can destroy Texas concertina wire border barriers.

“After School Satan Clubs” Are No Match for After School “Good News Clubs”

While The Satanic Temple organization has made headlines by establishing After School Satan Clubs in a number of public schools in America, the US-based Child Evangelism Fellowship has announced that its Good News Clubs are flourishing to such extent the ministry hopes to reach 30.4 million more children worldwide this year alone, CBN News reports.

Arizona GOP Chairman Resigns After Audio of Conversation With Kari Lake Released
Jeff DeWit is resigning as the Arizona Republican Party chairman. An audio recording of a conversation from earlier in 2023 was released on Tuesday, in which DeWit was speaking with Senate candidate Kari Lake about people “back east” not wanting her to run. He said that people were willing to give her money or a job instead while waiting out for a possible 2026 comeback run for governor, according to the recording published by the Daily Mail.

Latest U.S. News Headlines

Trump Wins Ballot Battles, In Courts – January 24, 2024

California Authorities Persist in Litigation Against Christian Baker Who Refused to Make Wedding Cake for Same-Sex Couple – January 24, 2024

Trump Wins New Hampshire, Haley Vows to Continue – January 23, 2024

Democratic Governors Seek More Migrant Funding, Border Security – January 23, 2024

Ohio Pastor Taken to Court After Opening Church 24/7 to the Homeless – January 23, 2024

Supreme Court Sides With Biden on Razor Wire in Eagle Pass, Texas – January 22, 2024

Thousands attend annual March for Life in sub-freezing Washington DC – January 22, 2024

Breaking Christian News

Iran: New Testament Now Available in 12 New Dialects as Underground Church Grows
Thanks to Bible translators who risk their lives for the work, Christians who live under Iran’s hostile Islamic regime are now able to read the New Testament in 12 more of their nation’s 62 languages, Christianity Today reports.

Nigeria: Fulani Terrorists Slaughter 31 Christians, “These Are Well-Coordinated Attacks to Exterminate Christians”
Following the massacre of 160 mostly Christian civilians in Nigeria’s Plateau state at Christmas, radicalized Fulani herdsmen murdered at least 31 more Plateau Christians in coordinated attacks between Jan. 22-24, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.

India: Hindu Activists Climb on Four Churches, Plant Flags With Image of Their god
In further evidence of the increasing power and influence of Hindu nationalism in India, a crowd of young Hindutva activists climbed on top of four church buildings in Madhya Pradesh state, planting Hindu flags with an image of their god and chanting Hindu slogans, Newslaundry reports.

Latest Christian News Headlines

China: Pastor and Wife Sentenced to Lengthy Jail Terms for Online Preaching – January 24, 2024

Evangelical Missionary Movement in Latin America is Growing Substantially, “A Sleeping Giant” – January 23, 2024

Eritrea: Christian Prisoners of Faith Tortured, Held in Inhumane Conditions, “The World Needs to Wake Up” – January 23, 2024

“Nigeria at the Epicenter of Targeted Violence Against the Church,” Four Christians Kidnapped in Benue State – January 22, 2024

Evangelical Christian Murdered by Sudanese Terrorists – January 22, 2024

Pakistan: Police Refuse To Charge Muslim Who Tried to Rape Heavily Pregnant Christian Woman, Caused Her to Lose the Baby – January 18, 2024

India: Tens of Thousands of Manipur Christians Displaced Amid Conflict – January 18, 2024