Today’s News Round-Up
50 Christian Nigerian Students Kidnapped from School and more
52 Christian school students in Nigeria kidnapped by gunmen in latest attack: report
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped several students and staff from a Catholic school early Friday, marking the latest attack on a Christian institution.
Nigerian news outlet Arise TV said 52 children were abducted from St. Mary’s School. The Catholic institution is in Agwara local government’s Papiri community, according to The Associated Press, which cited Abubakar Usman, the secretary to the Niger state government. The outlet added that Usman did not specify how many children were kidnapped in the attack.
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The Niger State Police Command said military and security forces were deployed to the area where the attack took place in the early hours of Friday, the AP reported. Additionally, the Niger State Police Command said St. Mary’s educates students ages 12-17. -Fox News
Trump to Meet With Mamdani at the White House
President Donald Trump will meet New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House today.
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st,” Trump announced on Truth Social.
Once he takes office, Mamdani will be among the highest-profile elected officials in the United States as the leader of a city that’s home to more than 8 million people, America’s wealthiest city by GDP. -The Epoch Times
U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
The White House is pressuring Ukraine to sign on to its new peace proposal by Thanksgiving or lose U.S. support to the country, according to five people familiar with the talks who all spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomatic discussions. Kyiv could lose the support if it does not quickly sign the proposal, which gives up Ukrainian land and major cities to Russia, which was drawn up by special envoy Witkoff. -The New York Times
Proposed 400-acre Islamic development by Texas EPIC mosque scrubs website, rebrands as ‘The Meadow’
A proposed Islamic-focused development in North Texas may be eyeing approval under a new name after developers scrubbed their original website and revised marketing materials amid a storm of state investigations and legislative crackdowns.
The controversial 400-acre project, originally branded as EPIC City – an initiative from the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) – was initially planned for unincorporated areas of Collin and Hunt counties, just north of Josephine, located about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. With a stated vision of 1,000 homes, a mosque and community center, a school, and other facilities tailored to Muslim families, the project stalled earlier this year following a series of legal challenges. –The Christian Post
Over half of American women without children have no desire to become mothers: study
More than 50% of American women under the age of 50 who don’t have children say they have no desire to become mothers, as the nation’s fertility rate has reached an all-time low, according to the 2025 American Family Survey.
The annual study, conducted by the Wheatley Institute and the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University, and the Deseret News, was conducted between Aug. 6-18.
This past summer, federal data showed that the fertility rate in the U.S. had dropped to an all-time low in 2024 to less than 1.6 children per woman. That rate is below the estimated 2.1 births per woman needed to maintain a stable population. The Christian Post
–Edited from news services
