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Fresh violence erupts in Manipur, India, as Christian-Hindu tensions escalate

Twenty people have died in the past two weeks as ethnoreligious violence resurges in India's northeastern state of Manipur, where Christians and Hindus remain locked in a devastating conflict that has displaced more than 60,000 people since May 2023.

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  Texas board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

  The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a new curriculum that introduces optional Bible-based teachings in elementary schools, a move that aligns the Lone Star State with other Republican-led states pushing for greater religious presence in public classrooms.

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  Bible college says human trafficking claims by former students fueled by T visa scheme

  Officials at Olivet University say a sophisticated T visa scheme has fueled a civil lawsuit filed by four former international students who accuse the school and its officials of human labor trafficking.

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  I Am Second revisits Texas boy’s inspiring battle with terminal cancer

  Nearly a decade after inspiring millions with his appearance in an I Am Second documentary, Ethan Hallmark's legacy is continuing on as a new documentary revisits the profound influence of the young boy who left an indelible mark on the hearts of thousands.

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  Migrant children trafficked, sent to strip club; Republicans press Xavier Becerra for answers

  The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra was pressed by lawmakers about the agency's sponsor-vetting process as a report claims that the Biden administration settled unaccompanied minor children at a Florida strip club where a woman posing as an "aunt" pimped out children.  

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  Biden declares ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu 'outrageous,' vows to 'stand with Israel'

  President Joe Biden decried the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, calling the action "outrageous." 

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  Family of US missionary murdered in Angola struggling through grief as they prepare for funeral

  The family of murdered American missionary Beau Shroyer, whose wife has been accused of plotting his Oct. 25 murder with three men in Angola, say they have been struggling through grief as they prepare for his funeral at the end of this month.

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  Elon Musk, Ramaswamy signal intention to defund Planned Parenthood

  The leaders of the proposed Department of Government Efficiency have indicated that funding for the nation’s largest abortion provider may be on the chopping block as they seek to make drastic reductions to government spending. 

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  Hezbollah fired rockets that injured 4 UN peacekeepers, not Israel: Italy

  Two rockets exploded at a United Nations peacekeeping base in southern Lebanon on Friday, injuring four Italian peacekeepers, days after Italy's Defense Ministry clarified that Israel was not responsible for a similar attack that wounded four others. 

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  Trump nominates Pam Bondi for attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdraws

  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who served on his first impeachment defense legal team, as the U.S. attorney general after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew his name from consideration.

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  Biden awards Ex-Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards highest civilian honor

  The former president of the nation's largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, disappointing pro-life advocates.

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  Xi-appointed bishop speaks only of 'Sinicization’ of religion, no mention of persecuted clergy

  Despite 10 Catholic bishops in China being held in detention, “disappeared” or forced from their positions, the government-installed bishop of Shanghai spoke only on President Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization” of religion, not the regime's persecution of clergy at a conference earlier this month.

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  Christian convert murdered by Muslim brothers for refusing to denounce his faith in Christ

  A Muslim teacher at an Islamic school in eastern Uganda who became a Christian was murdered by his brothers days later for following Christ, area sources said.