THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• North Korea’s Kim greets Chinese official, calls for stronger ties
• Beijing, Hanoi promise to keep peace in South China Sea
• Tehran, Beijing to boost nuclear cooperation

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russian submarines lurk near underwater cables powering internet

THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Man with Down Syndrome Tells U.N. ‘I Am a Human Being, Not a Birth Defect’

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Vladimir Putin reelected as Russia’s president
• Xi applauds Putin re-election, hails ‘best level’ ties
• ‘You Listen to Us Now’: Putin Reveals Nuclear Weapons He Claims NATO Cannot Intercept
• Expert: U.S. Military ‘Over a Decade’ Behind China, Russia on Space Defense

ISLAMIC JIHAD

• ‘Kill Them All’: New ISIS Call for Truck Attacks as Stockholm Terrorist Goes on Trial
• Jihadist Found Guilty of Trying to Create ‘Army of Children’ for London Terror Attacks
• Police: Teen attempted to detonate explosive device at Pine View, researched ISIS
• Florida Teen Accused of Triple Stabbing ‘Inspired by Muslim Faith’

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• ‘Army of Islam’ would be world’s biggest military
• Lebanese PM says army to deploy along Israeli border
• The IDF prepares for all-out war
• Former Hamas official says Jews make Hamentashen out of blood
• Iran launches festival to celebrate Israel’s ‘imminent collapse’
• Haley: Israel is not going away
• ‘Jerusalem is not holy to Muslims, enough with this lie!’

A NUCLEAR WORLD

• North Korean rockets fitted with nuclear weapons ‘can reach central Europe’
• ‘Iran nuke deal opened door to nuclearization of entire Mideast’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Bible Burning in Southern India Shows Depth of Hostility Toward Christians
• 800 Christians flee Pakistan neighbourhood after violent mob demands death for ‘blasphemy’
• ‘Christianity as default is gone’: the rise of a non-Christian Europe

SHARIA LAW ≠ DEMOCRACY

• Canadian PM: Sharia law is compatible with democracy
• Indonesian Province Orders Female Flight Crews to Don Hijabs or Face ‘Punishment’
• British Government Promotes ‘Liberation’ of Hijab at London Event, Avoids Commenting for A Week

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• New ISIS Video Sings to U.S. Jihadists: ‘It is Now Time to Rise, Slit Their Throats, Watch Them Die’
• Al-Qaeda calls on Muslims to ‘rise and attack Jews, Americans’
• Made-up to look beautiful. Sent out to die.

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Roman Colosseum to Be Lit Blood Red for Persecuted Christians
• Chinese Pastors Ordered to Post Signs on Churches Forbidding Entry to Minors

JERUSALEM: A CUP OF TREMBLING

• Abbas Rips Into Trump: Palestinians Are Original Canaanites, Were in Jerusalem Before the Jews
• ‘Jerusalem will be the capital of the Islamic Caliphate’
• Jordan King Calls for Palestinian Capital in East Jerusalem
• Netanyahu at Davos: Jerusalem to remain capital under any peace agreement