The U.S. State Deparment is working to free an American missionary and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti...a Pittsburgh jury has begun deliberations in the punishment for the gunman in a 2018 synagogue massacre...and an Idaho abortion law has been put on hold.

American Christian nurse kidnapped in Haiti...Denmark’s foreign minister says the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Quran or other holy books in front of foreign embassies...and another big weekend for "Sound of Freedom".

A coup in Niger and its implications...U.S. Senate passes Defense bill, setting up battle with House on abortion policy...and University of Notre Dame professor files efamation lawsuit against student-run publication over coverage of her abortion work.

Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, including an Orthodox Church... dozens of Christians reportedly in jail in Uttar Pradesh, India on allegations of breaking anti-conversion laws...and Nero's theatre has been discovered near the Vatican.

Israeli Supreme Court to hear challenges against a new law that weakens its power...Canadian pastor moves to Kenya to escape persecution...and a settlement for three Idaho Christians arrested at an outdoor "Psalm Sing".

Protests continue in Israel over judicial law...and reaction to missle strike on Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Odesa.

Israeli lawmakers have approved a plan to reshape the country’s justice system...famous Jesuit priest expelled from the Catholic regligious order...and another strong weekend at the box office for "Sound of Freedom"

More demonstrations over Swedish Quran protests...UN council adopts resolution on blasphemy...and guilty plea in Wyoming abortion clinic fire.

A sentence for a Nebraska women for burning and burying the body her unborn baby after an illegal abortion...more protests in iraq over a protest in Sweden over the Quran...and India's Prime Minister speaks out on deadly clashes between mostly Hindu and Christian ethnic groups in Manipur state.

Israel's President addresses U.S. Congress...Nigerian Bishop gives written testimony to U.S. Congress on what he says is genocidal violence targeting Christian communities in the African nation..and Germany's parliament rejects attempts to introduce assisted suicide into the country.