THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Xi Jinping Rallies Communists in Three-Hour Speech: ‘Time for Us to Take Center Stage’
• As China aims for ‘world-class army’, Asia starts to worry
• Xi as demi-god portends ever darker times for ‘free’ Hong Kong
• Hundreds dead as North Korean nuclear base collapses
• North Korea Threatens ‘Unimaginable Strike at an Unimaginable Time’ on U.S.
• US: North Korea Months Away From Being Able to Hit US with Nuclear Missile
• North Korea threats at ‘unprecedented, critical’ level, Japan official says
• Trump urges North Korea to ‘come to table’ over nuclear issue
• Japanese Leader Echoes Trump on North Korea: ‘All Options are On the Table’

WORLDWIDE TERROR

• NYC ‘terror’ attack leaves 8 dead, several injured
• ISIS Group Behind World Cup Threats Vows ‘More Bitter and Greater’ Manhattan Attacks
• ISIS Group Issues Threat Before Paris Attack Anniversary, Vows to Kill Kids
• ISIS Group Vows ‘Christmas Blood’ While Depicting Attack on Vatican
• MI5 boss Andrew Parker: UK terror threat evolving at scale never seen before

THE IRANIAN THREAT

• Iran Says to Defy U.S. and Continue Developing Ballistic Missiles
• Iran’s nuclear chief says weapons-grade uranium only 4 days away
• All U.S. bases in Mideast in range of Iran’s missiles, Iranian general says
• Macron: Iran ballistic missiles ‘very worrying’
• Iran’s Ayatollah: ‘The U.S. Is, in the Real Sense of the Word, the Main Evil Enemy’

THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Man With Down Syndrome Tells Congress ‘My Life Is Worth Living’
• Doctor’s final fix for mother’s depression: Death

TERROR IN THE STREETS

• Las Vegas shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre
• MI5 boss Andrew Parker: UK terror threat evolving at scale never seen before
• ‘It’s in the Quran,’ says Muslim who beheaded Oklahoma co-worker

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Russian mercenaries martyred by ISIS after refusing to recant Christian faith
• Mass grave with 21 Coptic Christians’ beheaded bodies found in Libya
• Report: 75% of Victims of Religious Persecution Are Christians
• Collective consciousness to replace God – author Dan Brown
• Former Google Employee Engineering His Own A.I. Religion

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• ‘We’re basically in World War Three’
• ‘Count down days to death’ in Israel
• New UNRWA textbooks for Palestinians demonize Israel and Jews
• Waqf: Temple Mount is exclusively for Muslims
• Iranian mosques in Austria, Germany: ‘Palestine is home of Palestinians’

THE GROWING NUCLEAR THREAT

• Report: Iran tried to acquire nuke, missile technology 32 times
• Hazan: Nuclear Iran is no less a threat than the Holocaust
• Hawaii reportedly prepares for nuclear attack amid North Korea rhetoric

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• U.S. military chief Dunford: China is main threat to security
• North Korea ‘blows up US aircraft carrier and jets’ in new propaganda video
• North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down U.S. Bombers; Says, ‘United States Has Declared War on Our Country’
• North Korea says rockets to U.S. ‘inevitable’ as U.S. bombers fly off coast

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• ‘We must teach the Gospel of Christ even if they kill us’: Philippines archbishop speaks out against government
• Chinese Christians Beaten While Defending Church Property from Demolition
• Pakistan: Christian boy beaten to death in his classroom
• Evangelicals Assailed for Affirming Biblical Morality on Sex in ‘Nashville Statement’

THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING

• Irma’s trail of destruction in Florida Keys revealed
• Harvey is a 1,000-year flood event unprecedented in scale
• More than 1,000 dead in floods disaster in Sierra Leone
• Typhoon Hato leaves 16 dead as 27,000 evacuated in China
• Over 200 dead in India, Bangladesh and Nepal floods
• Mexico earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes off Pacific coast
• Oklahoma Shakes After Being Hit With 7 Earthquakes In Just 28 Hours

GLOBAL JIHAD

• More than 50,000 jihadists now living in Europe
• ‘No-go zones’ brewing in U.S., author warns
• ‘I wanted to fulfill the commandment of Jihad’