RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russia ramping up military drills to Cold War levels, NATO says
• Russia to test new S-500 defenses in 2016
• North Korea test fires long-range rocket
• North Korea Undeterred by International Condemnation
• Moscow warns U.S. over missile system deployment to South Korea

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Report: 2015 Saw ‘Most Violent’ Persecution of Christians in Modern History
• ‘Map shows Christians facing violent Muslim persecution
• Even in Italy, Christian Converts from Islam Live in Fear of Reprisals
• Study: Christianity Dying in Britain, Only Islam Growing
• Al Shabaab Kills Christians in Raid on Village in Coastal Kenya
• Pakistani Police Strip Christian Man Naked, Beat Him to Death with Logs
• India: 12 Arrested for Converting to Christianity

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Hamas calls for suicide bombings in Israeli buses
• ‘Kill 500 Israelis,’ mourners demand at funeral of PA gunman
• Fatah official: Palestine alongside Israel is just ‘a phase’
• Ignoring Obama, Iran upgrades its nuclear-capable Emad missile
• U.S. Intel Chief: Islamic State Produced, Deployed Chemical Weapons
• Former Libyan official: ISIS got Qaddafi’s chemical weapons

HE THAT KEEPETH ISRAEL WILL NEITHER SLUMBER OR SLEEP

• Netanyahu: We’ve been here 4,000 years; terror can’t defeat us
• Netanyahu: Israel in ‘world war’ with Islamic extremists
• ISIS attacks in Israel ‘just a matter of time’
• ISIS leader Baghdadi to Jews: Palestine will be your graveyard
• ISIS terrorists reveal: We only fear Israel

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• 2015: The Year of Anti-Christian Jihad, ‘Christians Are Allah’s Enemies!’
• Mideast Christians face ‘apocalypse’ at hands of Islamic State, top UK cleric says
• Police Break Spine of One Christian, Nose of Another in Tamil Nadu, India
• Christians Beaten in Berlin After Christmas Day Celebrations; ‘I Am Muslim, What Are You?’ Shouts Attacker
• Iran Arrests, Beats Christian Convert Before Christmas Eve

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Chinese military conducts war games in South China Sea
• North Korea’s Kim Says He Is Ready For War
• North Korea says conducted ‘successful’ H-bomb test
• North Korea’s ‘Successful’ Hydrogen Bomb Test Met with Skepticism

JIHAD IN AMERICA

• Islamic State Recruiting ‘City Wolves’ For ‘Guerrilla War In America’
• Islamic State Supporters Speculate Whether Lone Wolf Jihadists Carried Out CA Mass Shooting
• San Bernardino: Female Attacker Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State, Al Qaeda Links Emerge
• San Bernardino shooter’s dad: He was ‘obsessed’ with Israel
• FBI Director Goes Where Obama Doesn’t: Yes, It Is ‘Radical Islamic’ Terror

NO-GO ZONES

• UK Cop: ‘There Are Areas We Have To Ask Muslim Leaders’ Permission To Patrol’
• ‘Shariah police’ free to ‘patrol’ German streets
• No-Go Zones: German Police Admit To Losing Control Of Immigrant ‘Problem Neighbourhoods’

ISLAMIC GLOBAL AMBITIONS

• Hilaire Belloc in 1938: Islam ‘the Most Formidable and Persistent Enemy’ of Western Civilization
• Security Analyst Warns: Islamic State Has Global Ambitions For 2016
• ‘Allahu Akbar’: It Means Almost Everything — Except What The Establishment Media Says
• Apologists for Islam: “ISIS kills mostly Muslims” – So what?
• Islamic State presents its version of the apocalypse

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• UN Teachers Glorify Knife Attacks Against ‘Jewish Apes And Pigs’
• Michigan Arab activist: Stabbing Jews is OK, they’re animals

SUNNI VS. SHI’ITE

• Shi’ite preacher: Sunnis ‘mercenaries of Jews, Americans’
• Iran: Saudis face ‘divine revenge’ for executing al-Nimr
• Saudi Arabia-Iran row: Bahrain cuts diplomatic ties with Tehran

IDF: Hamas planning 100-man tunnel attack

Israel National News reports: “The most serious scenario that the IDF is currently preparing for on the southern front is a multi-pronged ‘surprise attack by about 100 Hamas men coming out of several terror tunnels […]