THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Xi: China’s most powerful leader since Mao
• China’s Communist Party to hold Congress set to cement Xi’s rule
• India unveils first homemade aircraft carrier, with eye on China
• Chinese moves on Taiwan rattle remote Japanese island
• Biden says ‘yes,’ US forces would help defend Taiwan; China cries foul

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Arab sources: ‘This is a third intifada’
• Hamas official: Terror attacks will lead Israel to retreat from Judea and Samaria
• Iran’s Guards commander says any country involved in Israel’s aggression will ‘pay its price’
• Iran unveils missile it says can strike all of Middle East and parts of Europe
• Nasrallah warns Hezbollah missiles are ‘locked on’ offshore Israeli gas field
• Iran announces suicide drones it says can hit Tel Aviv and Haifa
• Iran Declares Itself ‘Invincible’ While Demanding ‘Stronger Guarantees’ for Nuclear Deal
• Mossad head: Israel will defend itself, deal or no deal, Iran not immune

A BRAVE NEW WORLD

• Boston Children’s Hospital: Children Know They Are Trans ‘the Minute They Were Born’
• Episcopal Church Comes Out in Support of Sex Changes ‘at All Ages’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Extremists chop off Christian convert’s hand in Uganda weeks after he left Islam
• Terrorists Kill More Than 20 Christians in Taraba State, Nigeria
• Christian Persecution Worsens in Communist Nicaragua with Arrests, Silencing of Catholic Media
• ‘Rushdie insulted Islam’: Justifying attack, Iran faults writer for his own stabbing

NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON

• Study: Billions would die of hunger after nuclear war between U.S., Russia
• Russian navy should be equipped with tactical nukes, says Russian scientist
• Putin: Russia soon to deploy new naval hypersonic missiles
• Mossad chief says signing nuclear deal bodes strategic disaster

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• Islamic Jihad: ‘We’ll scatter the heads and bodies of Zionists on the mountaintops’
• Senior Islamic Jihad official: We will bomb the center of Israel
• Top Islamic Jihad official: We are preparing for the next round of fighting against Israel
• Islamic Jihad leader to Israel: It’s either you or us in this land
• Erdogan: Despite reconciliation with Israel, we still support the ‘Palestinian cause’

THE IRANIAN THREAT

• Iran’s supreme leader to Islamic Jihad: You have proven you can ‘crush the enemy’
• Iran gives millions annually to Islamic Jihad to attack Israel

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russian Surveillance Aircraft Spotted Near Alaskan Air Space
• Nuclear drill in Ukraine ‘to prepare for all scenarios’
• Russia vows to expand relations with North Korea
• North Korea rejects Seoul’s aid offer as ‘height of absurdity’
• Chinese fighter jets and warships crossed median line, says Taiwan
• Chinese ship leaves Sri Lanka after riling India, US
• China warns it will not tolerate Taiwan ‘separatists’
• No threat could shake Taiwanese resolve to defend island
• Japan mulls long-range missile upgrades due to China threat
• More ‘Unsafe’ Encounters Between Australian and Chinese Forces Near Disputed South China Sea Region

NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON

• Russia ex-president invokes nuclear war if Moscow punished by ICC
• UN chief warns of ‘nuclear annihilation’
• UK National Security Adviser Warns of Sudden Nuclear War with Communist China
• Ukraine war must end to prevent nuclear ‘abyss’: Lukashenko to AFP
• Biden calls on Russia, China to enter nuclear arms control talks
• Iran says it will ‘build nuclear warheads’ and turn NY into ‘hellish ruins’

A BRAVE NEW WORLD?

• ‘Christian’ college now giving students pronoun options
• Anthropologists facing fight over whether bones were transgender
• New Biden Rule Could Force Christian Doctors to Perform Abortions: Legal Experts
• Biden Admin. Threatens Christian School’s Lunch Money Over Bible-LGBT Issue: Suit

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Putin Declares America Is Russia’s Top Threat
• Calls Rise in US Congress to Designate Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism
• Russia building new laser weapon to disable foreign satellites

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China denounces US for calling space a ‘Warfighting Domain’
• China rejects ‘concern’ by NASA chief about Beijing militarizing the moon
• Report: FBI Believes Huawei Telecom Equipment Can Capture and Disrupt U.S. Military Communications
• MI5, FBI chiefs warn over China in rare joint address
• China says it drove away US destroyer that sailed near disputed isles
• ‘Missile alert’: Taiwan holds air-raid exercise amid China tensions
• US Warns It will Defend Ally if China Breaks Sea Ruling