Iran is rebuilding parts of its ballistic missile program after U.S. and Israeli strikes damaged key facilities earlier in the conflict. At the same time, a suspected nuclear site and a major Houthi advance in Yemen are raising new concerns across the region.
The U.K. and Israel are in the midst of a diplomatic showdown after Britain announced new sanctions and trade restrictions this week targeting Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. The U.K. is also backing a Palestinian state, while Israel is pushing back against what it calls a distortion of international law.
The confrontation between the United States and Iran escalated again, this time on the waters of the Persian Gulf. U.S. CENTCOM announced on Tuesday that it destroyed five Iranian tankers after Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked an American warship. In Israel, a diplomatic clash between Jerusalem and London is growing more serious.
![People take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)](https://cmsedit.cbn.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_xl_640x480/public/media/slider/images/ap26104523613040.jpg?itok=hZu7mnjK "People take part in the annual "March of the Living" to commemorate the Holocaust, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)")
Many people around the world agree that the October 7th, 2023, massacre by Hamas was the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. During a recent trip to Poland, Regent University students saw for themselves in real time how the forces behind the Holocaust are still active in the world today.
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The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) has gone on for decades. It's an effort to put the squeeze on Israel and cause real economic pain. It's gone from a rallying cry on college campuses to governments around the world. And, while political pressure is growing, the Jewish state's economy tells a different story.
Iran is trying to outmaneuver the U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S. cautions that it may not be possible to reach a nuclear agreement with Tehran. Meanwhile, Israeli security forces train for potential future October 7th-style attacks from multiple fronts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that toppling the Iranian regime is Israel's central mission. The remarks come amid a fresh flare-up in fighting between the United States and Iran, and as President Trump reassures Israel that America has its back.
The Iranian regime launched another round of missiles and drones overnight, including attacks aimed at U.S. facilities in Kuwait. The strikes come as President Trump says he doesn't expect the war to last "very much longer."
Emily Schrader, a popular TV news personality in Israel, the United States, and elsewhere, has also become well known in Iran, for an entirely different reason. The Islamic Republic recently put Schrader as number two on their list of "hostile enemies." We sat down with Schrader to find out what she's doing to rise so high on that list.
American forces hit targets in Iran on Wednesday, while Iran has responded with missiles and drones. As the military assault increases, so does the economic pressure inside Iran.