THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Xi Jinping Greatly Expands Chinese Military’s Mandate Beyond Defense, Tells World Not to Worry
• China: U.S. Could ‘Spark World War III’ by Diversifying Mineral Supply Chains
• China tests missile-interception system
• China, Russia veto US bid at UN to punish North Korea
• Taiwan Scrambles Jets to Warn Away Chinese Aircraft
• China vows ‘fight to the end’ to stop Taiwan independence
• Five Nations Revive 51-year-old Security Pact Amid China Threat

Kim vows North Korea to have world’s most powerful nuclear force

SpaceWar.com reports: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country aimed to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he celebrated the launch of its newest intercontinental ballistic missile at a ceremony with […]

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• ‘Preaching the Gospel May One Day Become Hate Speech,’ Legal Expert Warns
• ‘Shocking’ New Poll: Only 37 Percent of U.S. Pastors Hold a Biblical Worldview
• 40 Percent of Generation Z Believes Jesus Sinned: State of the Bible Survey
• North Korea Authorities Murder Christians for Secretly Worshipping Jesus

INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND

• 19 Children, 2 Adults Killed in Texas School Shooting
• ‘Assisted suicide’ program now taking those who are in financial straits
• French City To Replace Mother and Father with ‘Parent 1’ ‘Parent 2’ On Civil Documents

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• Executions spiked in Iran in Saudi Arabia in 2021
• Islamic State executes 20 Christians as warning to believers
• ‘Loyalty to Allah’ Prompts a Muslim to Murder a Christian

SHARIAH LAW

• ‘Inclusive’ Taliban: Women Must Cover Faces, Should Leave Home as Little as Possible
• Taliban Order Afghan Female TV Presenters to Cover Faces

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Iran’s Guards Commander Says Israel Creating Conditions for Own Destruction
• Hamas in message to Israel: The rocket launchers are ready for action
• Israel is an ‘evil state that must be destroyed’ – South Africa’s EFF
• Iraqi bill: Death penalty for normalization with Israel

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Jordan’s Foreign Minister: There is no Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount
• Clashes break out as nearly 1,000 Jews visit Temple Mount on Independence Day
• Satellite images show Syria site ‘completely destroyed’ in raid attributed to Israel

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Putin allies eye prolonged conflict in Ukraine
• Ukraine conflict: Russian soldiers seen shooting dead unarmed civilians
• Kremlin: Finland joining NATO ‘definitely’ threat to Russia

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• North Korea leader warns of ‘preemptive’ use of nuclear force
• North Korea testing ‘nuclear detonation device’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• ‘If I Shall Be Incarcerated, Then So Be It’: China Church Leader Won’t Stop Spreading Gospel
• ‘They Killed So Many People’: Nigerian Terrorists Conduct Easter Sunday Massacre
• Violence against Christians in Nigeria ‘warrants a state of emergency’

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Hamas threatens Israel over Passover sacrifices
• Jordan calls on Israel to cease attempts to ‘change status quo around al-Aqsa’
• Arab League criticizes Israel over Temple Mount
• Non-Muslims to be barred from visiting the Temple Mount during the end of Ramadan
• Arabs riot on the Temple Mount, fire explosives at police officers