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Trump to Cut Off Funding to South Africa Over Land Confiscation Law
Trump to Cut Off Funding to South Africa Over Land Confiscation Law
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

US President Donald Trump has announced he is suspending all US funding to black-majority South Africa over the country’s recent implementation of Expropriation Act 13 of 2024, a bill that allows the government to confiscate privately owned land for a public purpose or in the public interest.

School Shooting In Sweden: At Least Five People Shot
School Shooting In Sweden: At Least Five People Shot
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

At least five people were shot at a Swedish school Tuesday, officials said, adding that emergency services have responded massively to the ongoing attack in the town of Örebro, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Stockholm, the capital.

Nationalist De Wever Premier Of Belgium
Nationalist De Wever Premier Of Belgium
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Conservative nationalist Bart De Wever has been sworn in as Belgium’s new prime minister after he toned down his rhetoric to make the nation’s Dutch-speaking Vlaanderen (Flanders) region an independent country.

Pro-Russia Militia Leader ‘Assasinated’ In Moscow
Pro-Russia Militia Leader ‘Assasinated’ In Moscow
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, seen by Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has been assassinated in Moscow, Russian officials announced Monday.

Nigeria: Church Elder Shot Dead During Sunday Service
Nigeria: Church Elder Shot Dead During Sunday Service
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

A respected elder of the Celestial Church of Christ, Eagle Parish, in Ogun state, Nigeria, was shot dead when three gunmen invaded the Sunday service on January 19, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

China: Preacher Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment for Distributing Gospel Literature
China: Preacher Sentenced to Two Years Imprisonment for Distributing Gospel Literature
Monday, February 3, 2025

A house-church preacher in Guandong, China, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for conducting “illegal business operations” by distributing his church’s Christian literature, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Trump Administration Prepares New $1 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
Trump Administration Prepares New $1 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
Monday, February 3, 2025

The Trump administration has requested congressional approval for a $1 billion arms transfer to Israel, including 4,700 1,000-pound bombs worth over $700 million and Caterpillar-built armored bulldozers valued at $300 million, even as the White House works to maintain a fragile Gaza ceasefire, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Netanyahu Met with Evangelical Leaders in Washington
Netanyahu Met with Evangelical Leaders in Washington
Monday, February 3, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with evangelical leaders, including the designated U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, in Washington, D.C., as he met with Evangelical American community leaders ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Netherlands, Germany Under Pressure Over Deadly Knife Attacks (Worthy News In-Depth)
Netherlands, Germany Under Pressure Over Deadly Knife Attacks (Worthy News In-Depth)
Monday, February 3, 2025

Governments in the Netherlands and Germany were under pressure Monday to halt the influx of migrants from mainly Muslim nations as more details emerged about deadly knife attacks in which children were among those killed.

Iran Unveils Nuclear-Capable Missile
Iran Unveils Nuclear-Capable Missile
Monday, February 3, 2025

Israel faced another major security threat Monday after Iran unveiled a nuclear-capable ballistic missile that it said was capable of traveling 1,700 kilometers (1,056 miles), making the Jewish nation within reach of the Islamic Republic.