Passengers wait outside Atocha train station during a nationwide power outage in Madrid, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
04-28-2025

A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, halting subway trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATM machines for the 50 million people who live across the Iberian Peninsula.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and President Donald Trump, talk as they attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025.(Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
04-28-2025

The Kremlin has declared a full ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8 to 10 as Russia celebrates WWII "Victory Day" over Nazi Germany on May 9. The Kremlin said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the full cessation of hostilities on “humanitarian grounds.” It comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has scaled up efforts to broker a peace deal in Ukraine.

In this photo provided by Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, a black smoke rises in the sky as vehicles drive on the road after a massive explosion near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, April 26, 2025. (Mohammad Rasoul Moradi/IRNA)
04-26-2025

Iranian state television has reported a fire and a massive explosion rocked a port in southern Iran on Saturday, injuring at least 516 people. The blast happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just outside of Bandar Abbas, a major facility for container shipments for the Islamic Republic. 

People wait in line to enter St. Peter's Basilica where Pope Francis is lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
04-25-2025

Rome is getting ready for the funeral of Pope Francis after he passed away this week at the age of 88 following a bout with double pneumonia. 

A boy lays a toy while his mother mourns on the site of Russia's deadly missile attack that hit residential houses Thursday killing 12 civilians and injuring 87 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
04-25-2025

Russia unleashed another deadly strike against Ukraine overnight, defying President Trump's public call to stop the attacks as peace talks are underway. This second attack comes after Russia launched an intense barrage of missiles and explosive drones, killing and wounding Ukrainian civilians the night before. 

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04-24-2025

Microchips implanted in our brains and artificial intelligence much smarter than humans. It sounds like a science fiction novel, but could such technological advances be imminent?  

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04-24-2025

A team of researchers and archaeologists have uncovered a series of centuries-old inscriptions within the Cenacle in Jerusalem—a site long believed to be the location of the Last Supper which Jesus Christ ate with his disciples before his Crucifixion and Resurrection.

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04-24-2025

Joel Veldkamp, head of international communications at Christian Solidarity International, is sounding the alarm on horrific attacks unfolding against believers in Nigeria.

“What just unfolded there is the worst attacks we’ve seen in Nigeria in almost a year and a half."

Ukrainian searchers clear the rubble after a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
04-24-2025

As the U.S. presses for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, the regime of Vladimir Putin has launched another attack on Ukrainian civilians, killing at least nine people, wounding 70 more, and terrorizing residents across the capital city in the overnight hours. 

A church destroyed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces is seen during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Lukashivka village, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
04-23-2025

As Christians, we need to constantly encourage one another with God's promises in the Bible — especially that God is sovereign over all and holds everything under His control.

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