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

THE GROWING IRANIAN THREAT

• Gantz: Iran is two months away from nuclear bomb
• Iran says it is expanding defense beyond borders, will continue missile program

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Judge: LGBT law forcing Christians to violate beliefs is no threat to churches
• Shock: Americans ditch biblical worldview for ‘fake Christianity’
• India’s Christians are facing an ‘existential threat’ – Open Doors
• Chinese Concentration Camp Survivor: I Saw People Tortured for Denying Xi Jinping Is God