US to Provide $8.7 Billion in Military Aid to Israel

U.S. forces have supported the movement of more than 1 billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz during the past two months, according to U.S. Central Command.

Christians in Myanmar were mourning Sunday after the ruling military shot and killed a Baptist pastor in predominantly Christian Chin State, the latest church leader to die amid the country’s civil conflict, Christian investigators said.

Much of Moscow was apparently burning Sunday as Ukraine launched one of its largest drone strikes on the Russian capital, killing several people and injuring dozens while disrupting the final day of Russia’s parliamentary elections.

Russians were voting in a three-day parliamentary election, the first since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, amid continuing fighting and reported attacks on Russia’s electoral infrastructure.

President Donald Trump returned to the White House Saturday evening after unexpectedly cutting short his stay at Camp David, as mounting tensions prompted new security warnings for Americans across the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sharply shortened his upcoming visit to the United States, adding another layer of uncertainty to an already tense week.

Thousands of people, many of them Christians, braved the rain at Amsterdam’s central Dam Square for a pro-Israel rally, while police arrested more than a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters who attempted to disrupt the gathering.