Augustinos Samaan, a Coptic Christian scholar and content creator with more than 100,000 YouTube subscribers, has been sentenced to five years in prison with hard labour in Egypt after posting videos defending and explaining Christianity. Egyptian authorities charged Samaan under Article 98(f) of the Egyptian Penal Code — a provision commonly used in blasphemy-related prosecutions. Read more by IFN English on IFN.

The Supreme Court has issued a unanimous 9-0 ruling allowing First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to bring its First Amendment challenge against New Jersey’s attorney general to federal court. The case began when then-Attorney General Matthew Platkin worked with Planned Parenthood to draft a consumer alert warning New Jerseyans against using pregnancy resource centers. Platkin Read more by IFN English on IFN.

A Vancouver priest recovering from a hip fracture at Vancouver General Hospital says he was twice offered assisted death by health-care staff who knew he was a priest and opposed to euthanasia. Father Larry Holland, 79, of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, suffered a hip fracture after falling in his bathroom on Christmas Day. He described Read more by IFN English on IFN.

Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan is facing fierce backlash after defending the gruesome practice of abortion in shocking terms. The controversy erupted during a Capitol Hill hearing when pro-life Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) confronted abortion advocate Jessica Waters, graphically describing the barbaric methods used to kill unborn babies — procedures that expose the evil Read more by IFN English on IFN.

A Scottish court has dismissed charges against Rose Docherty, a 75-year-old woman who became the first person prosecuted under Scotland’s Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 after holding a placard outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. Docherty was arrested near the QEUH on two separate occasions — in May and September — Read more by IFN English on IFN.