(Worthy Insights) – Nearly 5,000 miles from his home, Mykola Pymonenko closely monitors the situation in Sumy, Ukraine. He has lived there his entire life and serves as the pastor of a Baptist church.

Pymonenko traveled to the United States this summer to share how Ukrainian Christians have struggled yet persevered during the nearly 3.5-year war with Russia.

During his visit to the U.S., 50,000 Russian troops deployed to the northeastern region of Ukraine where he resides. This week, President Trump told reporters that he is also “watching closely” to see whether Russia launches a military offensive on the city, which sits nearly 20 miles from the border between Ukraine and Russia. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Two young men were shot dead Tuesday night near the western Iranian city of Hamadan, as the regime struggles to suppress growing public dissent amid a widening crackdown. A video from their funeral Thursday shows crowds chanting “Death to the dictator,” highlighting a surge of public outrage.

During the funeral processions, hundreds of young Iranians gathered, chanting slogans against the regime and singing Iran’s pre-revolution national anthem. Among the chants: “They lied to us that America is the enemy – our enemies are right here.”

According to Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian security forces suspected an SUV carrying three passengers near the Tarikh-Dareh area, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of Hamadan, around 2 a.m. local time. This followed a report of drone activity in the area. When the vehicle attempted to flee, the security forces first fired warning shots, then opened fire, killing two of the occupants and wounding the third. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The intelligence community assessment weaponized by Democrats, corporate media, and the deep state to carry the Russia collusion hoax into President Donald Trump’s first term was fueled by former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan. Now a new Central Intelligence Agency review concludes that Brennan overrode internal concerns to claim that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

The June 2025 review, commissioned by Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe in May, scrutinized the “highest classified version” of a December 2016 assessment titled “Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election.”

It finds that the analysis touted by Brennan as evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped to help his preferred political candidate Trump win the 2016 election was rushed, restricted in its access, and then far too widely disseminated for a highly classified report. Further, the report’s developers “marginalize[d]” the National Intelligence Council (NIC) and others to advance a partisan get Trump narrative. In fact, according to the review, the ICA had “a higher confidence level than was justified.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – With news of a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Iran, the prospect of returning to synagogues and churches for worship in the Holy Land inspired a Messianic Jewish congregation in Jerusalem to gather again for worship on Sunday night.

Giving heartfelt thanks to God, the Israel Defense Forces, and faithful people who returned to their house of prayer in Jerusalem, leaders praised the congregation’s members during their first in-person worship service in nearly two weeks.

After 12 days of conflict, King of Kings Community Jerusalem (KKCJ), a church in the heart of the Holy City, welcomed back worshippers who heeded restrictions on public gatherings across Israel from the Homefront Command. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – A Florida man is crediting God and a cross necklace for helping save his life.

Aiden Perry, 20, was just feet from a .40-caliber pistol June 7, when he was shot in the chest — an incident that could have abruptly ended his life.

But the Lord apparently had other plans. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The Islamic Republic of Iran is a Shi’a Muslim government. While it is not the only Shi’a Muslim majority country, it is the only one with a Shi’a theocratic government based on the Islamic Revolutionary philosophy of its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

It is also a government that has attempted to spread its political and religious ideology outward – to other Shi’a regions, to Sunni Muslim nations, and to the rest of the world as a means of ensuring the survival of its Islamic revolutionary philosophy.

Most Shi’ites today are Twelver Shi’ites, believing in the return of the Hidden (12th) Imam, who will bring about the institution of a perfect, incorrupt Islamic government. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – This week marks three years since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. While that decision, officially known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, marked an enormous victory for the pro-life movement, recent research shows the number of abortions is rising.

Katie Glenn Daniel of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America said, “The Dobbs decision gave individual states the right to regulate abortion. Half enacted some type of ban, which at first led to fewer abortions. Now, however, they’re on the rise largely because abortion pills are being mailed pretty much anywhere.”

“I think some people might’ve thought that the Dobbs decision was the end of the story, and we wish that were the case,” she continued. “The challenges ahead of us are great, even as we celebrate three years of the Dobbs decision.” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Most Christians in the United States have little to no trust in the Democratic Party and would never vote for a Democrat, a new poll suggests, as liberal Christian advocates remain confident that there is a path to win over voters of faith.

The progressive Evangelical advocacy group Vote Common Good released the survey documenting the views of Christian voters on a wide variety of issues, including their views on the two major political parties. The poll surveyed 1,761 Christian voters from May 6-11 and was conducted by Change Research, whose clients often include Democratic politicians. The sample contained a margin of error of +/-3 percentage points.

The full results of the poll, shared with Time Magazine, suggest that 75% of Christian voters have little to no trust in the Democratic Party. Similarly, 62% of Christian voters surveyed insisted that they would never vote for a Democrat, 58% characterized the Democratic Party as hostile to Christianity and 54% believed that Democratic voters were hostile to Christianity. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Mon B, a singer and street preacher in the U.K., is standing firm for her faith after an officer with the British Transport Police attempted to shut her down, telling her sharing the Gospel was “all wrong.”

“God’s plan,” Mon B wrote in an Instagram post, sharing news of her confrontation with law enforcement officials outside King’s Cross, a railway station in London. “God cannot be mocked.”

In a separate post, the street preacher continued, “The GOD I serve is very real and HIS name is JESUS! He cannot be mocked. Don’t stop His servants from doing what He loves. To see souls saved. I pray this is a wake up call to all those who don’t believe and for Christians who have slumbered. CHURCH ARISE!” [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – The war between Iran and Israel is now in its second week, with no clear signs of an off-ramp—despite the United States bombing several key Iranian nuclear sites and President Donald Trump declaring that “now is the time for peace.” As the war continues, many of Iran’s proxies in the region have been notably quiet, including multiple Iran-backed militias in Iraq that have declared their neutrality. Immediately after the initial Israeli airstrikes, Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr posted a statement on X calling on Iraqis “not to be drawn into this war, as it is not their war, and Iraq does not need more wars.”

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iraqi-based militia group originally established by Iran to combat the Islamic State (IS) group, canceled its 11th-anniversary celebrations in solidarity with the Iranian military commanders killed in the Israeli airstrike on Tehran. But the PMF has made no announced intention of taking military action against Israel, or of using its drones in Iraq to target Israel.

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, who 11 years ago called for the creation of the PMF and for jihad against IS, released a statement calling on the international community “to stop the Israeli aggression against Iran,” but made no call for any military operations against Israel. [ Source (Read More…) ]

(Worthy Insights) – Satellite images have captured Iran’s Arak heavy water research reactor with a huge, gaping hole blasted through it after Israel dropped a bomb on the nuclear site — which was built as a key part of the country’s atomic bomb ambitions.

The before and after photos shed light on the damage inflicted on the facility after the Israeli military said it pummeled the nuclear site near Iran’s central city of Arak early Thursday in a targeted attack.

In the aftermath of the blast, one image showed a large crater in the dome of the partially built heavy water research reactor. [ Source (Read More…) ]