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Vladimir Putin is placing Russia’s age-old religious art at the service of his war aims. In Moscow, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour echoes to Orthodox chants and prayers. It’s packed with ...

This year, which is the 75th anniversary of the rebirth of modern Israel, also may be prophetically significant, says Jeffrey Johnson, Ph.D., founder of Israel Today Ministries. “What is so unprecedented in ...

Another male soccer player who identifies as transgender has injured a female player during a match. The transgender player’s aggressive shoulder check sent the female player to the ground where she lay ...

Authorities in Ukraine are evacuating almost 100 towns after the country’s second-largest dam and hydroelectric power plant was blown up. The Kakhovka Dam, under Russian control since its invasion, has now unleashed a ...

On an upcoming trip to the Middle East and North Africa, Jill Biden, the U.S. first lady, will visit Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Portugal, but not Israel. And Antony Blinken, the secretary of ...

Losing track of receipts is nothing new. The Israel Antiquities Authority recently announced that a 2,000-year-old receipt was discovered along the City of David’s Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem. The road, which is ...

The Christian publishing ministry Crossway and its partners have an ambitious goal to distribute one million Bibles in the global south “If we care about the future of the church — the ...

Drone attacks on Moscow have exposed division within Russia with some citizens taking to social media to support the attacks on an area dubbed the “Russian Beverly Hills.” The war is increasingly ...

The Russian war against Ukraine has come to  Moscow Tuesday as dozens of attack drones attacked the city. Drones struck the Russian capital in what one politician called the worst attack on ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by phone with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss normalization between the two countries, officials said Monday. The talks come amid an intensive ...

The Australian grandmother tasered by a police officer has died, heightening public outrage. Clare Nowland, who was 95 years old and suffered from dementia, was tasered May 17 by police in a ...

Last week the Norwegian Health Inspectorate announced it would revise its current guidelines on so-called “gender-positive care” for minors, saying it was no longer considered evidence-based. The commission also acknowledged that the growing ...

Israel will work with Saudi Arabia to offer direct flights to Muslim citizens who will make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca next month, the foreign ministry in Jerusalem said on Monday. Israel ...

Speaking at the Truman Presidential Library May 11, Michael Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, shared the crucial role the 33rd president played in the formation of modern-day Israel. “I think ...

The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday will be filled with biblical symbols and imagery that reflect the rich religious history of the monarchy, author Ray Comfort said. “He’ll hold the ...

The upcoming coronation of King Charles in Great Britain will include a display of small fragments of wood believed to have come from the cross on which Jesus was crucified. Pope Francis gave ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized the Biden administration for its repeated meddling in internal Israeli policies, saying the U.S. should stay out of the Jewish state’s decisions. DeSantis stressed that Israel is a sovereign ...

Nigerian Christians are gripped with terror after a  wave of attacks followed Nigeria’s presidential election. Faith leaders and politicians are now voicing concerns about an expanding Islamic caliphate. More than 1,041 Christians ...

Nathaniel Pawlowski, the son of a pastor in Calgary, faces potential punishment for preaching and reading the Bible outside a drag queen story time for children at a public library. “We went ...

Sex with children would not be illegal under new recommendations spelled out in a United Nations report.  The white paper seeks to decriminalize a host of behaviors related to sex, gender expression, ...

Ministry organizations and church leaders from a broad segment of the global church are uniting around the “2033 Commitment: A Call to the Global Church for a Decade of Great Commission Effort.” ...

The Israeli government has banned Jewish visitors from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount through the end of Ramada because of security concerns. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Israel Defense Force Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, ...

Courageous pastors, many wearing bulletproof vests, are risking everything to deliver lifesaving aid to desperate people living near the frontline of the war in Ukraine. “Jesus used to go where there was ...

Pysanka, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, are those distinct and intricately flourished orbs painted in crimsons and cobalts, with symbols of flowers, chickens, deer and other organic indicators of the rebirth of spring. ...

Jews from around the world are fulfilling biblical prophecy by returning to Israel. “It’s very monumental to see how this organization that my father dreamed about, that people said would never happen, ...