Europe
Vatican City — Aid to the Church in Need released its 2025 Religious Freedom in the World Report on October 21, 2025, revealing that 5.4 billion people live in countries with serious violations of religious freedom. The report indicates that 340 million Christians worldwide are currently facing high levels of
Protestant News
Vatican City — King Charles III became the first British monarch to pray publicly with a pope in 500 years during his state visit to the Vatican on October 23, 2025, marking a significant moment in reconciling divisions between the British monarchy and the papacy that date back to 1534. Beneath
Europe
Paris, France — Approximately 40,000 French Muslims have left France in recent years amid the government's systematic crackdown on Islamic organizations and implementation of strict secularism policies, according to reports from Muslim community leaders and French government data. France's aggressive counter-extremism measures have resulted in the
Orthodox News
Washington, D.C. — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Thursday that President Donald Trump has not discussed plans to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem, responding to an unusual question during the daily press briefing. 0:00 /0:23 1× Jake Turx, White House correspondent for Mishpacha magazine, asked:
USA
Phoenix, Arizona — Nearly 7,000 students filled Global Credit Union Arena at Grand Canyon University on Tuesday night for a UniteUS worship event that resulted in 4,300 rededications, 58 new commitments to Christ, and 251 baptisms. "If last night was any glimpse of what's coming, revival
Middle East
Jerusalem — Archaeologists have unearthed the first Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem, providing direct evidence of communication between the Assyrian Empire and the Kingdom of Judah dating to approximately 2,700 years ago. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday the discovery of a tiny pottery fragment, just 2.5
Orthodox News
La Paz, Bolivia — Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party won Bolivia's presidential runoff election on October 19, 2025, capturing 54.61% of the vote and ending nearly two decades of leftist control under the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. In his victory speech, Paz, 58, thanked
Europe
Burgdorf, Switzerland — Emanuel Brünisholz, a 57-year-old wind instrument repairman from Burgdorf in the canton of Bern, will serve 10 days in prison starting December 2, 2025, after refusing to pay a fine for a Facebook comment stating there are only two biological sexes. Brünisholz's ordeal began in December
Protestant News
Damascus, Syria — Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former member of al-Qaeda and affiliate of ISIS, now serves as president of Syria after leading rebel forces to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024. Al-Sharaa, previously known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, was on the FBI's
Asia
Afghanistan Earthquake Exposes Deadly Cost of Taliban Gender Laws: Women Left to Die in Rubble THE NEWS Kunar Province, Afghanistan — Women trapped under rubble after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan were left to die because Taliban laws forbid male rescuers from touching them, according to multiple reports from the disaster
Asia
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — A pastor tortured in a Kyrgyzstan prison has suffered traumatic brain injuries resulting in cognitive impairment, according to United Nations special rapporteurs and human rights group Forum 18. Prison Chief Major Azat Kudaybergenov informed relatives of Reverend Pavel Shreider, a 65-year-old True and Free Reform Adventist pastor, in
Orthodox News
San Antonio, Texas — Multiple churches in San Antonio were vandalized with graffiti during nationwide "No Kings" protests against the Trump administration on October 18. Pastor Ed Newton of Community Bible Church in San Antonio shared pictures on Facebook of vandalism sustained by his church amid the No Kings