Weekly News Brief 11/25/25

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UK Supreme Court Rules Christian Religious Education In Northern Ireland Unlawful (Worthy News In-Depth)

Britain’s highest court has ruled that current Christian religious education in Northern Ireland’s state schools is unlawful because it “breaches” children’s human rights — a landmark decision that could influence similar disputes in the United Kngdom and across Europe.

Saudi Crown Prince Presses Washington for Two-State Pathway as Israel Firmly Rejects Palestinian Statehood – Nov.19.2025

UN Security Council Adopts U.S. Resolution on Gaza, Endorses Trump’s “Board of Peace” and Stabilization Force – Nov.18.2025

Breaking World News

U.S. Designates Venezuela’s “Cartel de los Soles” as Terrorist Organization Amid Rising Tensions

The Trump administration on Monday escalated its pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, formally designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization—a move that adds new terrorism-based sanctions and intensifies concerns of potential U.S. military action.

Russia and Ukraine Exchange Deadly Strikes Despite Peace Talks (Worthy News Radio)

Authorities say Russia has launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 20 others in strikes that hit residential buildings and energy infrastructure, despite peace talks.

Trump Orders Process to Designate Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Terrorist Organizations

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday directing the State and Treasury Departments to move toward formally designating chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations — a policy shift that would mark one of the most significant counterterror actions taken by his administration in the Middle East.

Ukraine Welcomes Revisions To Controversial U.S.-Backed Peace Plan; Christians Worship Amid Ruins (Video)

Saudi Arabia Bus Inferno Kills At Least 45 Indian Pilgrims; One Survivor Battles for Life

Climate Talks In Brazil End Without Fossil Fuel Phaseout

Suicide Bombers Kill Three At Pakistani Paramilitary Headquarters

Poland Warns Against Pressuring Ukraine Into U.S.-Drafted Peace Deal With Russia (Worthy News In-Depth)

Drone Sightings Force Eindhoven Airport Shutdown After Gunfire At Base Likely Hosting US Nukes

Ukraine Strikes Power Plant Near Moscow Amid Renewed Peace Push (Worthy News Radio)

Cyclone Fina Cuts Power To Thousands In Australia’s Northern Territory

Houthis Sentence 17 To Death For Alleged Spying For Israel, US And Saudi Arabia

Breaking Israel News

Trump–MBS Meeting Turns Tense Over Israel Normalization, Officials Say

U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House meeting last week with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was “civil but difficult,” according to multiple U.S. officials cited by Channel 12 and Axios, with tensions flaring behind closed doors over the pace of Saudi–Israel normalization.

Israel Ramps Up Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Iron Beam Production as Readiness Concerns Mount After Years of War

Israel announced a major expansion of its air-defense production last Thursday, accelerating manufacturing of Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and the emerging Iron Beam laser system amid warnings that two years of nonstop conflict have strained the country’s defensive readiness.

Israel Approves Plan to Absorb 5,800 Bnei Menashe Immigrants by 2030

Israel has approved a multi-year plan to bring roughly 5,800 members of India’s Bnei Menashe community to the country by 2030, the government announced Sunday, calling the move both strategic and demographic in significance.

Netanyahu Says U.S. Reaffirms Israel’s Military Edge Amid Trump Push to Sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia

Israel Kills Hezbollah Chief of Staff in Beirut Strike, Says Group Will Not Be Allowed to Rebuild

Israeli Airstrikes ‘Kill Dozens’ In Gaza As Ceasefire Strains

IDF Reveals Tunnel That Held Lt. Hadar Goldin: “One of the Most Significant Ever Found”

Trump Meets Freed Israeli Hostages At White House, Calls Survivors ‘Heroes’ (VIDEO)

US Accelerates Formation of International Stabilization Force for Gaza

Mossad: Foiled Hamas Terror Plots in Europe Were Directed from Qatar, Possibly Turkey

Israel Strikes Gaza And Lebanon As Cluster-Munition Allegations Emerge

Breaking U.S. News

US Space Force Awards New “Golden Dome” Prototype Contracts, Launching Multi-Billion-Dollar Missile Defense Race

The U.S. Space Force has quietly awarded roughly half a dozen “Golden Dome” contracts to build competing space-based missile-defense prototypes, kicking off an industry race for future production deals worth tens of billions of dollars, according to multiple sources briefed on the awards.

Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Blocking D.C. National Guard Deployment

The Trump administration late on Nov. 25 filed a notice of appeal challenging a federal district court ruling that ordered the government to halt its months-long deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

Chicago Shootings Leave One Dead And Eight Injured After Christmas Tree Party

Crime-ridden Chicago on Monday faced the prospect of a bleak Christmas after shootings rocked the heart of this U.S. city, killing one person and injuring at least eight others, authorities said.

War Secretary Orders Navy Review of Sen. Mark Kelly Over “Illegal Orders” Video

DOGE Isn’t Dead: OPM Chief Says Musk-Era Efficiency Drive Still Reshaping Government

Judge Dismisses Comey, Letitia James Indictments Over Invalid Prosecutor Appointment; DOJ to Appeal

Trump Says He ‘Absolutely’ Would Live In New York Under Zohran Mamdani

State Officials Urge Trump, Congress To Address National Debt

200,000 Ukrainians Face Deportation From US

Federal Judge Orders Halt To National Guard Deployment In DC

Democrats Urge Troops To ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’ As DOJ Warns Of Risks

Federal Showdown Looms As New York Mayor-Elect Mamdani Meets Trump

Breaking Christian News

China Formally Arrests 18 Zion Church Leaders in Largest Crackdown on Underground Christians in Years

In one of the most sweeping crackdowns on underground Christianity in recent years, Chinese authorities have formally arrested 18 leaders of the Beijing Zion Church, according to the Christian rights organization ChinaAid. The arrests finalize detentions that began in early October as part of a multi-province operation targeting unregistered Christian groups.

Scores of Students Abducted From Catholic School in Nigeria as Christian Attacks Surge

At least scores of students were abducted from a Catholic mission school in Nigeria’s troubled North Central region early Friday, just days after gunmen attacked a church, killing two people and taking dozens of worshippers hostage, officials and witnesses said.

Christian Hate Attacks Grow More Violent Across Europe, Watchdog Warns

Nicki Minaj Joins U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz To Highlight Killing Of Christians In Nigeria

Gunmen Abduct 25 Girls From Nigerian School; Staff Member Killed

Syria’s Christians Face “Ethno-Religious Cleansing,” Investigator Warns US As New Government Courts West

U.S. Pushes For Sudan Ceasefire As Mass Killings, Famine Fears And Christian Persecution Grow

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