Israel determined to stop Iran in Syria, PM tells Putin

SpaceDaily.com reports: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday that Israel would keep acting against its arch foe Iran in Syria, after a Russian aircraft was accidentally downed there by Syria during an Israeli missile strike. […]

Erdogan Adopts Xi Jinping’s Language and Strategy in Turkey’s ‘New Era’

Breitbart.com reports: “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced during his inaugural address Monday that Turkey is entering a ‘new era,’ where the nation will take center stage in geopolitics and citizens are expected to submit […]

Report: Israel attacks Iranian weapons depots in Syria

Israel National News reports: “Media outlets affiliated with the Syrian opposition reported on Tuesday that Israel had attacked warehouses of weapons used by Iranian militias near the Dara-Damascus road. The Syrian Center for Monitoring Human […]

‘An infiltration into Israel was prevented’

Israel National News reports: “Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday evening held a security consultation with the Defense and Internal Security ministers, the Chief of Staff, the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), […]

JERUSALEM: A CUP OF TREMBLING

• Jerusalem: Opposition to mooted Trump Israel announcement grows
• Jordanian king warns US against moving embassy to Jerusalem
• Hamas threatens ‘intifada’ over US recognition of Jerusalem
• Jerusalem: Turkey warns Trump against crossing ‘red line’
• Israel Fires Back at Turkey: Jerusalem Has Been the Jewish Capital for 3,000 Years
• ‘You can tell Ezekiel: “The bones ain’t dry anymore!”‘

THE WORLD WITHIN A MADMAN’S REACH

• North Korea’s latest missile test puts more of U.S. in range
• North Korea: Manhattan and White House top nuclear targets, report shows
• Hawaii on Frontlines of Preparing for Nuclear Attack

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Dunford: US Military Superiority Over Russia, China Markedly Decreasing
• U.S. vows to help Europe repel Russian aggression
• From Myanmar to Zimbabwe, China’s global footprint grows
• North Korea calls U.S. terror listing a ‘serious provocation’
• McMaster: ‘Increasing’ Possibility of War with North Korea

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• American ‘Christendom’ staging ‘rebellion against God’
• Quran sneaking into Christian settings
• Church of Sweden to stop clergy calling God ‘he’ or ‘the Lord’ in bid to crack down on gendered language
• Christians in India Praise God in Spite of Police Brutality, Month in Jail

ISLAMIC ATROCITIES

• Report: Hundreds of Islamic State Sex Slaves Face Honor Killings if They Escape
• ‘Ignorant infidels’ in U.S. may have to be ‘forced’ to accept Islam
• ‘Western Christianity in denial about radical Islam’
• Why Islamic State is obsessed with targeting Muslims
• Nigeria mosque attack: Teenage suicide bomber kills 50
• Egypt mosque attack: At least 155 killed in Sinai
• Gunmen in mosque attack ‘carried Islamic State flag’

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• China Urges Rural Christians to Replace Jesus Images with Xi Jinping
• North Korean Christians Face Beatings, Rape, Torture for Professing Faith
• Muslims kill 48 Christians, scatter hundreds
• Egypt security forces depriving Christians of rights
• ‘It is as if prayer is a crime’: Egypt’s Christians appeal for help after church closures
• Churches in India ordered to stop worship services amid fresh crackdown
• Nepal Criminalizes Christian Conversion and Evangelism

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Xi Jinping Rallies Communists in Three-Hour Speech: ‘Time for Us to Take Center Stage’
• As China aims for ‘world-class army’, Asia starts to worry
• Xi as demi-god portends ever darker times for ‘free’ Hong Kong
• Hundreds dead as North Korean nuclear base collapses
• North Korea Threatens ‘Unimaginable Strike at an Unimaginable Time’ on U.S.
• US: North Korea Months Away From Being Able to Hit US with Nuclear Missile
• North Korea threats at ‘unprecedented, critical’ level, Japan official says
• Trump urges North Korea to ‘come to table’ over nuclear issue
• Japanese Leader Echoes Trump on North Korea: ‘All Options are On the Table’

WORLDWIDE TERROR

• NYC ‘terror’ attack leaves 8 dead, several injured
• ISIS Group Behind World Cup Threats Vows ‘More Bitter and Greater’ Manhattan Attacks
• ISIS Group Issues Threat Before Paris Attack Anniversary, Vows to Kill Kids
• ISIS Group Vows ‘Christmas Blood’ While Depicting Attack on Vatican
• MI5 boss Andrew Parker: UK terror threat evolving at scale never seen before