The Daily Beast, by Dan Ladden-Hall: Pakistan launched retaliatory airstrikes on Thursday inside Iran, killing at least nine, the day after Islamabad warned that an earlier Iranian attack on Pakistani territory could lead to “serious consequences.” Pakistan said its “specifically…

AP News: Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price you have to pay” when you make difficult decisions. Francis doubled down and insisted that the “Lord blesses…

The Christian Post, by Jon Brown: Rapper Montero Lamar Hill, also known as Lil Nas X, stoked backlash on social media this week after tweeting an image of himself being lifted on a cross to promote his new song “J…

Daily Mail, by Bethan Sexton: US and UK military forces have ‘successfully’ completed targeted strikes in Yemen used by Houthi to attack ships in waters near the Arabian Peninsula.  Joe Biden announced the airstrikes on Thursday night against the Middle Eastern…

AP News, by David Sharp: The deadliest mass shooting in Maine history propelled homicides to a new high in the state in 2023, topping 50 to shatter the previous record as the end of the year approaches, officials said. Eighteen…

Newsweek, by Khaleda Rahman: A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland early Sunday, sending lava flowing toward a nearby town for the second time in a few weeks, authorities said. The eruption began north of the town of Grindavík just before…

The Sun, by Jerome Starkey and Martina Bet: Britain is on the brink of blasting bases in Yemen after Iran-backed Houthi rebels aimed their biggest missile and drone strike at a Royal Navy warship. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned the military might…

Fox News, by Kendall Tietz: A Michigan couple is suing their daughter’s former school district after they claim to have found out that school officials had secretly transitioned their middle school daughter without their knowledge or consent, according to the…

Daily Mail, by Chris Matthews: Ecuador has erupted into a ‘civil war’ with cartel thugs after the president ordered the army onto the streets and declared a state of ‘internal armed conflict’. Crazed criminals have rampaged through the South American…

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: Abortion has topped several infectious diseases as the world’s leading cause of death for at least the fifth year in a row, even though multiple abortion restrictions have gone into place at the state…

AP News, by Joseph Krauss: In the last week alone, an Israeli airstrike has killed a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, Hezbollah struck a sensitive Israeli base with rockets and Israel killed a senior Hamas militant with an airstrike in Beirut….

Eyewitness News: Officials say a 1.7 magnitude earthquake is believed to have jolted residents awake in Roosevelt Island and Queens and caused a series of small explosions that knocked out power on Tuesday morning. The United States Geological Survey reported the…