Nigeria’s government rejected on Wednesday its designation by the United States as a “country of particular concern” over alleged religious freedom violations, saying the move was based on misinformation and faulty data — despite reports that Islamic fighters killed nine Christians and a pastor in the past week as part of a deadly campaign against Christians in the nation.

Officials say at least nine people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo plane crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Canada’s Jewish community was in shock Wednesday after the Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue in Toronto was vandalized again — marking the tenth such attack in about 18 months.

The United States has reached new historic highs in energy production, setting records for both crude oil output and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, according to fresh data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

Israeli forces eliminated two Hamas terrorists attempting to cross the Gaza ceasefire line on Wednesday — the fourth such violation in as many days along the IDF’s “Yellow Line.”

A driver deliberately rammed his vehicle into pedestrians and cyclists on France’s Île d’Oléron island off the Atlantic coast, wounding at least five people — two of them critically — before being arrested, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez confirmed Wednesday.

Moody Bible Institute has filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education, accusing the city’s public school system of religious discrimination for barring Moody students from participating in its student-teaching program.

President Donald Trump warned that Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on the legality of his sweeping tariff program is “life or death” for the United States, as justices wrestled over whether the president exceeded his authority under emergency powers law.

A media company closely tied to Hungary’s powerful right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has purchased the country’s most widely-read daily tabloid, marking another major consolidation of media influence less than six months before next year’s national elections.

In a development that could redefine paralysis treatment worldwide, Israeli biotech company Matricelf has unveiled a revolutionary approach to repairing spinal cord injuries using tissue engineered from a patient’s own cells.