CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Leah Sharibu Inspires Nigeria’s Christians, Faces Execution by Boko Haram
• Pakistan delays decision on whether Christian woman will face death penalty for blasphemy against Islam
• Asia Bibi’s daughter says she is ‘confident in God’ as family await verdict on death sentence appeal
• Muslim Mob Stones Three Christians to Death in Kenya

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• Imam: We’ll kill our women if they dishonor us
• Top Palestinian adviser admits conflict’s all about Islam
• Palestinian Sharia Judge: ‘Jews Live on the Body Parts of Others’

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russians ‘will go to heaven’ in event of nuclear war: Putin
• Kremlin: We’ll respond in kind if U.S. develops intermediate missiles
• US nuclear treaty ultimatum about China as much as Russia
• Russia Signals Willingness to Consider U.S. Complaints about Arms Treaty

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Koreas, UN Command agree to demilitarise part of border
• U.S. B-52s fly over South and East China Seas
• China slams US B-52s fly over disputed seas as ‘provocative’

JERUSALEM: A CUP OF TREMBLING

• Archaeologists unearth 2000-year-old Hebrew ‘Jerusalem’ inscription
• Israel said to fear US peace plan includes Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
• Jerusalem the capital of ‘Palestine’? Not anytime soon

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• ‘This is not a ‘terror attack’ – it’s an execution’
• ‘What are we supposed to tell the children?’
• ‘Hamas is giving out candies’
• Hamas entices preschoolers to play with incendiary balloons
• Balloon bombs land in Israeli town near Jordanian border

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Report: Half a Billion Christians Facing Global Persecution
• D’Souza: If America Does Not Speak Up, Asia Bibi Has No Chance of Surviving in Pakistan
• Report: Unable to Reach Asia Bibi, Pakistan’s Islamists Attacking Random Christians

A BRAVE NEW WORLD?

• Police Stop Middle School ‘Satanists’ Alleged Plot to Mass Murder Students, Drink Their Blood
• Supremes asked if schools can expose naked students to opposite sex

NEWS FROM IRAN

• Iran’s Rouhani Demands Muslims Unite to Fight U.S. and ‘Cancerous Tumor’ Israel
• Iranian crowds chant ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Down with U.S.’
• Iran military drills depict collapse of White House
• Rouhani: The U.S. will be defeated

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Beijing Debuts Plan to Monitor Behavior of Every Resident by End of 2020
• U.S. tells China to remove missile systems in South China Sea
• Russia fires at Ukrainian ships and captures three vessels off Crimea
• Russia Accused of Jamming GPS Signals During Major NATO Wargames

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• Farrakhan: Jews are fake Semites, white people are unnatural
• Muslim willing to sacrifice ‘millions’ of lives to retake ‘Palestine’
• ‘Peace not possible in the foreseeable future’
• Hamas’s military wing says its forces made a ‘global mockery’ of Israel
• Iranian official: Hamas’ rockets foiled Israel’s dreams
• UN set to vote on slew of measures critical of Israel

THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS

• Syrian Army claims S-300 air defenses keeping Israel at bay