RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russia, China cast vetoes to block UN resolution on Syria
• Russia warns against annexing Jordan Valley on eve of Netanyahu-Putin meet
• Russia, Iran blame U.S. for regional tensions
• Russia deploys S-400 missiles in Arctic; Offers Saudi ABM systems
• Pentagon steps up efforts to counter China’s rising power
• U.S. Warship Sails Near South China Sea Islands Claimed by China
• Experts: China Could Be ‘New Road’ Touted by North Korea
• U.S. says North Korea blocking resumption of nuclear talks

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Erdogan says Turkey should have nuclear weapons like Israel
• Netanyahu: Israel uncovered another secret Iran nuclear weapons site
• German intel: Iran sought to acquire weapons of mass destruction in 2018
• Al-Qaeda leader calls for attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets
• Iran’s top diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack
• Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment
• Iran’s General Salami Boasts of ‘Hidden’ Special Military Powers
• Hezbollah’s new missile ‘capable of destroying all military battleships’

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• Woman killed for posting photo with boyfriend
• Syrian Authorities Find 5,000 Bodies in Raqqa Mass Graves
• Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Tourists Wanted to ‘Protect the Prophet Mohammed’
• ‘Any criticism of Islam or Muslims is forbidden today’

SANCTITY OF LIFE

• OB/GYN confirms awful truth to Congress: Babies left to die

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

• Trump launches new Pentagon command for space warfare
• ‘No one has illusions’: Roscosmos head comments on US space militarization

Multiple nations plan military exercise in South China Sea

SpaceWar.com reports: “China’s two aircraft carriers will be deployed in August near Taiwanese waters for military exercises, according to reports. The aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong will be deployed together in the Yellow Sea’s Bohai […]

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Shocking Report: ‘Persecution of Christians Worldwide Close to Genocide’
• Iraqi Archbishop: ‘Extinction Is Coming’ for Christians in Middle East
• Militants cut off the ears of women in horrific attack on Christian village
• Aid Worker: Boko Haram Killed Schoolgirl for Refusing to Renounce Christ

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Islamic Jihad, Hamas threaten Israel after Jews ascend Temple Mount
• Jordan: Israel violating ‘sanctity of Al-Aqsa’
• Hamas spokesman: Al-Aqsa is under attack
• Jordan urges pressure on Israel over Al-Aqsa
• Iranian FM calls for Muslim unity following Temple Mount riots
• Palestinian leaders express outrage at Jewish calls to visit Temple Mount
• Waqf calls on Muslims to pray in Al Aqsa on Tisha Be’Av

WHO IS ON THE LORD’S SIDE?

• Erdogan: Whoever is on Israel’s side, we are against them
• IRGC commander: Hezbollah can destroy Israel alone
• Head of Iran’s Quds Force threatens Israel
• ‘We will rain hundreds of rockets on Israel in a single barrage’
• Abbas: ‘We’ll enter Jerusalem as millions of fighters’

WORLDWIDE TERRORIST THREAT

• Sydney: Man yells, ‘Allahu akhbar!’, kills one, wounds another
• Austria concerned by radical Islamic terrorism

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russia and China blast U.S. missile test
• Putin vows ‘symmetric response’ to U.S. missile test
• Pentagon working on 9 separate hypersonic missile projects to take on Russia, China
• North Korea’s Kim oversaw test of ‘multiple rocket launcher’
• North Korea dismisses nuclear talks if U.S. ‘hostile military moves’ continue
• North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South
• Tokyo: North Korea aims to ‘break through’ Japan’s missile defense zone
• Report: North Korea preparing ballistic missile submarine

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• ‘At least 100’ Christians incinerated in ‘well-targeted attack’
• 4 Christians executed for wearing crosses
• Radicals Burn Three Christian Churches in Ethiopia
• Jihadists rape, stone Christian woman to death in Syria
• Persecution of Christians intensifying across the Sahel
• Number of Christians in Britain in ‘dramatic decline’