Alarabiya News: Yemen’s Houthi militia released video footage on Monday showing armed men dropping from a helicopter and seizing a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea. The footage was released by the militia’s TV channel Al Masirah a day…

Faithwire, by Billy Hallowell: An atheist activist group in the U.S. is praising an expected U.K. bill that aims to disestablish the Church of England, potentially separating the official church from the government. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an…

COP28 UAE: COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed the Global Faith Leaders’ Summit in Abu Dhabi, received the Abu Dhabi Interfaith Statement on climate change from faith leaders and promised to carry their message forward to the world at…

CNN, by John Blake: Just days before he would lead an unprecedented strike against the Big Three automakers, Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, did something extraordinary. Fain, a middle-aged, bespectacled man who could pass for a…

AP News, by Isabel Debre: Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Scabies, diarrhea and respiratory infections rip through overcrowded shelters. And some families have to choose who…

Fox News, by Andrew Mark Miller: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has rolled out a new gender pronoun policy that one Heritage Foundation expert and former HHS official says violates employee rights and will result in firings…

Markets Insider, by Aruni Soni: Beef prices have spiked to a record high recently as a megadrought that slammed the US a few years ago shrank cattle supplies.  Retail prices hit $8 a pound, topping the previous record of $7.90…

Fox News, by Stepheny Price: A Kentucky woman has been charged and booked into jail for allegedly fatally shooting her two young children inside her home in Shepardsville Wednesday morning, according to authorities. In a statement, the Bullitt County Sheriff’s…

Reuters, by Philip Pullella: Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop. The department, known as the Dicastery…

AP News, by David Crary: In the United States, the national conference of Catholic bishops rejects the concept of gender transition, leaving many transgender Catholics feeling excluded. On Wednesday, the Vatican made public a sharply contrasting statement, saying it’s permissible,…

AP News, by Lolita C. Baldor: The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops in the region…

Epoch Times, by Megan Redshaw: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major U.S. airports as part of a new pilot program to provide early detection of more than 30…