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Author: Ken Vancil

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

  • North Korea: Kim Jong-un vows to build ‘invincible military’
  • North Korea fires suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile
  • US in uphill battle to challenge Russia in Black Sea
  • U.S. needs nuclear spacecraft to compete with China, NASA official says
  • China Stuns U.S. Intelligence with Hypersonic Missile Test
  • US ‘very concerned’ over China’s hypersonic test
  • China may boost accuracy of its hypersonic weapons via AI technology
  • China plans to build special site for weekly launch of Long March 8 rockets

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

  • Hamas: Eliminate the ‘cancerous’ entity
  • Fatah calls for an ‘uprising’ against Israel
  • Khamenei: Countries that normalized ties with Israel ‘sinned’
  • PA: Temple Mount belongs only to Muslims
  • PA Mufti warns against harming Al-Aqsa
  • Israel said to approve $1.5 billion budget for potential strike on Iran
  • Air Force resumes training to attack Iran nuclear sites
  • Bennett warns: There are non-peaceful ways to deal with Iran’s nuclear program
  • Iran claims to have 80% of uranium needed to build nuclear bomb
  • IDF official: Israel expects Hezbollah to fire 2,000 rockets a day in wartime
  • Report – Israeli Officials Fear Joe Biden Iran Approach: ‘The Situation Is Very Bad’
  • Concerns raised of Syrian revenge against Israel

CONTINUING AFGHANISTAN FALLOUT

  • Afghans Selling Their Kids to Buy Food
  • Taliban official: Executions and punitive amputations returning
  • Taliban Put Bodies on Public Display to ‘Alert All Criminals’
  • Afghanistan: Pregnant former police officer executed by the Taliban in front of family
  • Pregnant California Woman Stranded in Afghanistan Claims Taliban ‘Hunting’ Americans

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

  • ‘Christian’ denomination installs first transgender bishop
  • 62 percent of Self-Identified Christians Do Not Believe the Holy Spirit Is Real
  • 25 Texas Churches Fight Heartbeat Ban, Label Abortion a ‘Moral and Social Good’
  • Satanic Temple Argues New Texas Heartbeat Law Infringes on Its Religious Freedom
  • Man charged with murdering mother because she converted to Christianity
  • Muslim Gunmen Open Fire on Christians in Pakistan, Wounding Six
  • Christians Concerned About Turkish Attacks in Northeast Syria
  • North Korea Portrays Christians as Blood Sucking Monsters, Murderers and Spies to Deter Faith
  • Chinese Communist Authorities Raid Christian Music School, Take Students, Teachers into Custody, Arrest Principal
  • Chinese Communist Party Bans Tributes to Christian Martyrs, Demands Churches Pray for Dead Communist Soldiers

NORTH VS. SOUTH

  • North and South Korea conduct dueling missile tests as arms race heats up
  • North Korea fires unidentified projectile, criticizes US ‘hostile’ policy
  • North Korea leader’s sister demands South drop ‘hostile policies’
  • North leader’s sister says inter-Korean summit possible with ‘respect’

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

  • Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says all out-war with Russia is possible
  • Russia possesses ‘unbelievable military power’ after transforming forces, US General Says
  • US sends spy planes to monitor large-scale war games involving China and Russia
  • Russia calls for mechanism to prevent deployment of weapons in space
  • US Space Force Commander claims Russia has armed satellite in orbit

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

  • In video marking 9/11 anniversary, Al-Qaeda chief says ‘Jerusalem will never be Judaized’
  • ANALYSIS: Iran is making progress in the program to wipe Israel from the map
  • Iranian Armed Forces Spokesman: America ‘No. 1 Enemy,’ Israel ‘Must Be Eliminated’
  • Iran’s nuclear program has crossed ‘all red lines’: Israel PM
  • Iran a ‘clear danger to Middle East’ says Foreign Ministry after Raisi speech
  • Iran warns of ‘crushing response’ to any threats

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

  • Taliban going door-to-door executing Christians
  • Taliban Tells Women: Stay Home Until We Train Jihadis ‘How to Deal’ with You
  • Taliban kill folk singer days after banning music in Afghanistan, family says
  • ‘Stone Adulterers’: Islamist Hate Preacher Anjem Choudary Calls on Taliban to Enforce Strict Sharia
  • Report: Taliban Killing People Found with Bibles on Their Phones
  • Canadian Imam Urges Support for Taliban, Calls Jews, Christians ‘Our Enemies’
  • Pro-interfaith Norwegian imam said Jews should be killed
  • Afghan Christian: ‘The whole world has abandoned us’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

  • 60% of adults under 40 say Jesus isn’t only way to salvation; equal to Buddha, Muhammad
  • Harvard names atheist as chief chaplain
  • ‘Be Prepared for Persecution,’ American Evangelist Warns Following Arrest for Preaching Against Homosexuality in London

SPACE: THE FINAL FRONTIER

  • Pentagon preparing to unveil and demonstrate highly classified space weapon
  • Congressional Report details deployment of Russian, Chinese laser and microwave weapons in space
  • Rocket Lab launches US Space Force mission
  • Army successfully tests high-energy laser weapon

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

  • China’s kids get schooled in ‘Xi Jinping thought’
  • US Strategic Command Chief says China’s nuclear modernisation ‘breathtaking’
  • Chinese eyes Russia’s S-500 for possible purchase for PLA
  • Reports: British carrier followed by Chinese subs, possibly for target practice
  • Singapore PM warns US against hard line toward China

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

  • Iron Dome intercepts missile aimed at Israeli city
  • PM says Israel will respond to Gaza rocket fire ‘at a time of our choosing’
  • Hamas escalates fight along the border
  • Hezbollah could escalate its response to Israel, Nasrallah warns
  • ‘Don’t test us’: Iran warns Israel against military action