Jordan’s King Abdullah II has dissolved the Middle East nation’s lower house of parliament ahead of new legislative elections scheduled for September at a time of growing concerns that neighboring Israel’s war against Hamas will turn into a broader regional armed conflict.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Friday that the “intelligence services are mobilized” after authorities said train services in France, including the international Eurostar service, were disrupted in a “coordinated sabotage effort.”

The Palestinian Authority (PA) pays millions of dollars monthly to imprisoned fighters or their families, raising concerns that donations from the United States and the European Union are used to fund terrorism, according to data and documents obtained by Worthy News.

Fulani Islamic terrorists massacred a further 18 Christians in central Nigeria on Friday (July 19), Morning Star News (MSN) reports. With Islamic extremism taking root in Nigeria since 2009, tens of thousands of Christians have been murdered with impunity by jihadist terrorists including Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, and Islamic State West Africa Province.

In a move that Christian leaders consider an expression of increased hostility to Christendom in their country, Turkish authorities have denied a request by an established protestant church group to buy land that has already been zoned for religious use to build a worship center, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.

Russian and Chinese fighter jets tested American weaknesses and nearly violated U.S. airspace as the visibly frail U.S. President Joe Biden announced he was passing the torch of power to the next generation.

Tehran has condemned a decision by the German government to ban an Iran-linked Islamic group over “extremism” and to close one of Germany’s oldest mosques.

n a move unthinkable decades ago, former World War Two foes Britain and Germany have signed a defense cooperation declaration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined his vision for an ‘Abraham Alliance’ between Israel and Arab nations focused on the threat from Iran and its Islamist proxy terrorist organizations.

Israel Defense Forces fighting the Hamas terror group in Gaza have recovered the bodies of five Israelis they believe were murdered by Hamas during the Oct. 7 massacre and taken to the Strip the same day, the Jerusalem Post reports. The confirmed deaths of the five Israelis means there remain 115 hostages, alive or dead, in Gaza.