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Pope Leo XIV departed Lebanon on Tuesday after an emotional day that began with a visit to the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion and Mass attended by over 150,000 people — and concluded with an event in which the Catholic leader heard the testimonies of the nation’s youth, encouraging them to retain hope.

Archbishop Henry Ndakuba on Friday announced that kidnapped Anglican priest Edwin Achi had been murdered by his abductors, a month after he was kidnapped from his home in the state of Kaduna and held for ransom.

Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar tendered his resignation on Monday, the office of President Bola Tinubu confirmed, amid a growing wave of jihadist violence against Christians in the country.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that former President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan continues to have terrible consequences for the United States, following the killing of one National Guard member and the severe wounding of another in the shootings on Wednesday. 

Japanese pop singer Maki Otsuki was in the middle of a concert in Shanghai on Friday when her performance was abruptly cut short, her sound system was turned off, and the organizers ordered her to leave the stage.

Organizations are raging over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) deeming the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a terrorist organization.

Christian communities in the Syrian cities of Latakia and Homs held celebrations this weekend marking the beginning of Advent, the Christmas season, lighting Christmas trees and opening themed markets.

The air quality index in Tehran has deteriorated to “unhealthy” and “alarming” levels, according to both outside experts and the Iranian government, which advised city residents to remain indoors last week.

President Donald Trump confirmed to reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One that he spoke with Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro over the phone.

American Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff is scheduled to meet with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Tuesday afternoon, the Kremlin confirmed on Monday. The White House’s proposal to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine will be addressed by the duo.

Pope Leo XIV, addressing the leaders of the government of Lebanon on Sunday, urged them to consider “what can be done to ensure that young people in particular do not feel compelled to leave their homeland and emigrate. ” He added rejecting migration is “very valuable” and requires “real courage.”

Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

An Afghan national admitted to the United States under President Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program was arrested this week after posting a TikTok video in which he appeared to be building a bomb and referenced Fort Worth as a target, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

One of the six Democrat senators pushing the military to not follow President Trump’s orders, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), admitted that Trump did not even issue illegal orders, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) emphasized during Breitbart News Saturday’s Thanksgiving weekend special.

Officials with the U.S. Department of State are pausing visa issuance for travelers with Afghan passports.

Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services said.

One of the National Guardsmen shot in Washington, DC, is fighting for his life in the hospital, Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) said Saturday.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that airlines and pilots should consider the airspace over Venezuela to be shut down.

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said.

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared that the United States has “only just begun to kill narco-terrorists,” a blunt call to escalate direct action against cartel operatives. Hegseth reinforced the message in a separate post, vowing that the campaign against transnational drug cartels has entered a new phase.

Bronze Star recipient Mark Lucas detailed how the U.S. military’s Afghan allies were “untrustworthy” and perpetuated a barbaric culture of pedophilia and abusing women in an interview after it was revealed that the suspect in the Washington, DC shooting of two members of the National Guard is an Afghan national who previously worked with the CIA.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a station of national emergency over a string of brutal attacks and kidnappings, including mass abductions of school children.

President Donald Trump said Thursday night that Afghans brought into the United States after then-President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan were not vetted.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday suspended the nation of Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making roles after its civilian government was overthrown in a coup.

The Taliban junta in Afghanistan offered condolences on Friday to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for the murder of three Chinese nationals in Tajikistan by militants who may have struck across the border from Afghan soil.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that documents signed by former President Joe Biden’s (D) “autopen” are terminated.

Zohran Mamdani is facing a torrent of condemnation over his public statement addressing the murder of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who succumbed to her injuries after being shot, allegedly by an Afghan national admitted under Joe Biden’s ‘Operation Allies Welcome’ program.

Pete Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, spent Thanksgiving with Sailors and Marines stationed at sea, where the Secretary of War delivered a message of gratitude from the pilot house of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

Video of HBO host John Oliver lobbying for more visas for Afghans has gone viral in the wake of the death of a national guardsman in D.C.

The nationwide homicide rate has fallen to the “lowest it has been in modern history,” FBI Director Kash Patel said this week.

The father of the West Virginia National Guard member who died following Wednesday’s Washington, DC, shooting responded with two heartbreaking sentences on Thanksgiving.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported Jorge Luis Vega García, allegedly one of the Cuban communist regime’s most feared prison torturers, Martí Noticias reported Thursday.

A video of Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), U.S. Senate hopeful, advocating for bringing certain Afghan nationals into the U.S. through special visa programs has resurfaced.

U.S. Randy Fine (R-FL) is calling for “full stop on ‘legal’ immigration until our security and prosperity is guaranteed” following the tragic ambush of two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC.