The latest World Watch List from Open Doors reads less like a report and more like a global distress signal. An unprecedented 388 million Christians now live under high levels of persecution—more than one in seven believers worldwide.
Jan 15, 2026
Report: Heads, Eyes, Vital Organs Targeted
Doctors in Tehran are reporting that security forces are no longer just suppressing protests—they are deliberately targeting heads, eyes, and vital organs.
Jan 15, 2026
Pentagon Deploys Grok Into War Systems
A dramatic escalation in modern warfare is now underway as the U.S. Pentagon prepares to integrate Elon Musk’s Grok artificial intelligence into classified military networks.
Jan 15, 2026
Verizon Outage Exposes Fragile Systems
Millions of Americans were given a sobering reminder this week of how dependent modern life has become on invisible digital infrastructure.
Jan 15, 2026
Ancient Antisemitism Goes Digital
A new report from the Antisemitism Research Center is pulling back the curtain on a disturbing truth: the oldest hatred in human history has simply changed its costume.
Jan 15, 2026
South Carolina Moves to Criminalize Abortion
The Prenatal Equal Protection Act would recognize unborn children as persons under the law from the moment of conception, applying existing homicide and wrongful-death statutes to abortion.
Jan 14, 2026
Trump to Announce Phase 2 of Gaza Peace Plan
President Trump is expected to formally announce the second phase of the Gaza plan, placing the territory under international oversight through a newly formed “Peace Council for Gaza.”
Jan 14, 2026
Israel Breaks From Hostile UN Bodies
Israel has taken a bold and consequential step, announcing it will immediately sever ties with several United Nations agencies it says have become openly hostile to the Jewish state.
Jan 14, 2026
US Targets the Muslim Brotherhood
The Trump administration has officially designated three of the Muslim Brotherhood’s largest branches—in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon—as terrorist organizations, cutting off their access to Western financial systems and exposing their true nature.
Jan 14, 2026
Great Biometric Data Grab Begins
Popular online world Roblox has begun requiring users to submit biometric data—scans of their faces—to access chat features and other interactive options, pushing what was once optional safety tech into mandatory identity verification.
Jan 14, 2026
Australia Enforces Digital ID to Speak Online
Australia has just given the world a preview of what a permission-based internet looks like. Under a new law requiring age verification through government-issued ID, hundreds of thousands of social-media accounts have already been erased.
Jan 13, 2026
Iran's Bloodshed Hidden by Digital Warfare
Official regime sources admit roughly 2,000 dead, while independent groups estimate anywhere from hundreds to well over 12,000 killed in just days.