President Donald Trump ordered Saturday’s attack on Iran alongside Israel that Iranian state media confirmed killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an escalation Trump framed as a response to Iranian threats and nuclear ambitions after weeks of lobbying by Saudi Arabia and Israel.[#item_full_content]

Christian persecution concerns rise in Egypt as State Department presses religious freedom
A series of violent attacks on Egyptian Christians, including the incarceration of a man who converted from Islam to Christianity, prompted the U.S. State Department