Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have increasingly become a threat to commercial global shipping and the region in which they operate as they continue to launch attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthis have escalated their attacks against vessels in or near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and have stated their support of…

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is pushing back against reports concerning two Christian women who were killed during fighting within the area of Gaza’s only Catholic Church over the weekend.  The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem claimed in a Saturday press release that an IDF sniper had murdered two Christian women…

Thousands returned to the streets of major cities across Slovakia on Tuesday to continue their protests against a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code.The changes proposed by the coalition government include a proposal to abolish the special prosecutors’ office,…

A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Sen. John Joel Joseph of Haiti to life in prison for his role in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.Joseph is the third of 11 suspects charged in Miami to be sentenced.”It turned out that the plan got overwhelmed, out of hand,”…

Sudan’s deadly conflict between a powerful paramilitary force and the army has reached a strategic city that had been a haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and key humanitarian groups say they have been forced to suspend work there or flee.On Tuesday, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of…

An Australian court on Tuesday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of covertly working for the Chinese Communist Party.A Victoria state County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh Duong on a charge of…

At least 10 people have been killed by militants with ties to the Islamic State group during an attack in Uganda’s western district of Kamwenge, the East African nation’s military said Tuesday.The Allied Democratic Forces militants attacked the village early Tuesday morning, said the Uganda People’s Defence Forces spokesperson Brig.…

Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Tuesday that his pro-European Union government has appointed new heads of state security, intelligence and anti-corruption offices. Two of the new appointees are women.The appointments replace officials who had served under the previous right-wing, Euro-sceptic government. Tusk told a news conference he…

A document from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith that approved blessings for people in same-sex relationships caused waves as prelates in the U.S. attempt to clarify the document.The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) published guidance for the U.S. faithful on Monday after the release…

At least 127 people were killed and 700 others were injured in what has become China’s deadliest earthquake in nine years.The 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Gansu and Qinghai provinces in northwestern China. After the quake, residents were forced out of their homes to spend the night in freezing temperatures…