NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russia’s RS-28 Sarmat ICBM: Hypersonic Disaster for US Missile Defense Shield
• Russia’s Brand-New S-500 Missile System to Have Unprecedented Damage Radius
• Pentagon: Russia flies multiple bomber missions near Alaska

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• A quarter of British Christians ‘do not believe in the resurrection,’ BBC survey suggests
• Easter 2017, Christians ‘Most Persecuted Group in the World’
• Spectator: Egypt’s Palm Sunday Massacre Was ‘Attack on Christianity’
• ISIS claims responsibility for Egyptian church bombings
• ISIS Threatens More Attacks Against Egypt’s Christians
• Coptic churches in Egypt cancel Easter celebrations, mourning Palm Sunday bombings
• Nigerian Archbishop Calls on Govt to Protect Christians from ‘Wanton Destruction’ from Muslims
• Londonistan: 500 closed churches, 423 new mosques

TRAIN UP A CHILD

• Hamas designs terror inspired ‘Snakes and Ladders’
• New Palestinian textbooks ‘teach students to be martyrs’
• Feds fund ‘how to be a good Muslim’ lessons for U.S. schoolkids

THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS

• Syria conflict: ‘Chemical attack’ in Idlib kills dozens
• UN: Chemical weapons attack victims show signs of nerve agent
• Monitor says Syrian forces use barrel bombs despite US warning
• Syria war: ‘At least 68 children among 126 killed’ in bus bombing
• ‘Missile strikes in Syria a serious blow to US-Russia relations’
• Assad backers Iran, Russia threaten US after missile strike

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• North Korea missile test fails before Pence visit
• U.S. VP Pence warns North Korea ‘all options are on the table’ in DMZ visit
• US said preparing strike to ‘utterly destroy’ North Korean nuclear program

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Updated Hamas charter still doesn’t recognize Israel
• Rouhani: Iran does not need ‘permission to build missiles’
• Ahmadinejad is back

ISLAMIC ATROCITIES

• “This will be the last time I see you.” For the children of Mosul, life took a darker turn when the Islamic State took over
• The brutalization of the Yazidi is the crime of our age, and shows ISIL for what it truly is
• Report: Beheadings and and Islamist Stabbings Up 11-Fold in Five Years
• Islamic State Accused of Using ‘Blistering Chemical Agent’ Near Mosul

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

• ISIS warns Europe: We’re still here
• Government Report: Islamists Building ‘Parallel Society’ in Sweden
• A First–Trump Names the Enemy at Address to Congress: Radical Islamic Terrorism
• Trump’s Executive Order Mandates Government Reports on Honor Killings Committed by Migrants

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• North Korea missiles ‘drill for strike on US bases’: KCNA
• North Korea to Tillerson: We Are Ready for ‘Any War the U.S. Would Like’
• North Korea nuclear programme in ‘new phase’
• North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move, will pursue nuclear arms

THE STATE OF PALESTINE?

• Hamas leader: We want Palestine in its entirety
• Hamas said set to recognize Palestine on 1967 borders, but not Israel
• Canadian imam: Jews have ‘no right to Palestine’
• Chinese President calls for Palestinian state
• Abbas: World terror will remain until Palestinian conflict solved
• PM: Persians didn’t succeed in killing Jews in days of Haman, won’t succeed today
• Islamic State Urges Jihadis To ‘Dress Up Like Jews’ And Carry Out Terror Attacks
• ‘Israelis are human waste. We must get rid of them’

THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT

• Erdogan: European Headscarf Ban ‘Started a Clash Between the Cross and the Crescent’
• Islam Will Surpass Christianity As World’s Largest Religion By 2070, Pew Predicts
• Christian Worship to Be Replaced with Multi-Faith Assemblies in British Schools
• Shariah, Canada-style: What you can’t say

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• France: Anti-Christian Attacks Rise 245 Percent
• Christian persecution seen in more locations across the globe, new report shows
• Preacher Locked Up, Charged with Hate Crime for Quoting Bible to Gay Teen