NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Top US general: Iran has 3,000 ballistic missiles that can hit Tel Aviv
• ‘Iran’s missiles are an existential threat to the whole region,’ U.S. official says
• Netanyahu: Iran deal endangers not just Israel, but also the US
• Netanyahu warns a nuclear Iran ‘can take the entire world hostage’
• Report: Israel will try to thwart proposed Iran Nuclear Deal
• Defense Minister: ‘World must mobilize to stop Iranian aggression’
• Khamenei hints he supports nuclear negotiations
• PM, Lapid urge US not to delist IRGC as terror group: ‘Don’t abandon closest allies’

PLAGUES AND PESTILLENCES

• ‘Harrowing Figures’: Yemen Report Says 161,000 to Face Famine
• Australia Facing ‘Unprecedented’ Japanese Encephalitis Outbreak

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• Taliban orders girl high schools remain closed
• ‘Horrific’: 30 worshippers killed in Pakistan suicide attack
• SPA: Saudi Arabia Executes 81 Men for Terrorism, Other Charges

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

• Putin Announces ‘Special Military Operation for De-Militarization and De-Nazification of Ukraine’
• Biden Warns American Citizens To Leave Ukraine
• EU countries urge nationals out of Ukraine
• NATO says Russia’s military build-up continuing around Ukraine
• As world looks to Ukraine, did Russia just take Belarus?
• Ukraine Attack Leaves Baltics Wondering: Are We Next?
• Russian forces around Ukraine now ‘north of 100,000’: Pentagon
• US warns Russian invasion could see Kyiv fall in days, leave 50,000 civilians dead
• Its navy lost, Ukraine girds for Russian warship drills

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Chinese Government Is Rewriting the Bible with Communist Principles, Watchdog Group Warns
• Now cemetery crosses are condemned for upsetting those of ‘other religions’

A NUCLEAR IRAN?

• Analysis: Why is no one talking about Iran digging a new unbombable nuke facility?
• ‘We’ll do whatever necessary to prevent Iran from getting nukes’
• Lapid: Israel not bound by nuclear deal with Iran
• Khamenei rejects ‘absurd’ claims Iran wants an atomic bomb

PLAGUES AND PESTILENCES

• First bird flu infection in US commercial flock detected in Indiana
• Bird flu detected in more commercial flocks in US
• Two more human cases of H5N6 bird flu detected in China

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Analysis: How war in Ukraine increases Iran’s threat to Israel
• Iran unveils new missile named for Jewish oasis overrun by Muslims

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON & STARS

• US lightning bolt leaps into record books at 768 km long
• Israel gets new earthquake warning system, sends alert within seconds of 1st tremor

INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND

• Michigan mom says SpongeBob SquarePants told her to kill 3-year-old daughter
• Appalling video shows Iranian man carrying wife’s head after ‘honor killing’

THE RUSSIAN BEAR AWAKENS

• Russia Says It’s ‘Not Bluffing’ and Warns of Large-Scale Conflict in Europe
• Biden: ‘Distinct Possibility’ Russia Will Invade Ukraine
• Russia Rejects Biden Warning of ‘Severe’ Actions if it Invades Ukraine
• Europe at greatest risk of war in 30 years, Poland warns
• Russia to hold naval drills in Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Mediterranean
• Russia launches new military drills in south, Crimea
• NATO Members Send Ships, Jets to Eastern Europe as Ukraine Tensions Mount
• Ukrainians prepare for war with Russia as military aid arrives

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China’s Xi warns global confrontation ‘invites catastrophic consequences’
• China Eyes Risks and Rewards of US-Russia Standoff Over Ukraine
• China warns US will ‘face unbearable price’ on Taiwan
• China flies 39 warplanes towards Taiwan as tensions with island rise
• China’s high-tech warplanes pose ‘big new threat’ to Taiwan
• China will continue to ‘modernise’ nuclear arsenal: foreign ministry
• China says it warned away US warship in South China Sea
• Former Top US Commander in Korea Urges Allies to Include China in War Plans
• Two US carriers enter South China Sea, to ‘counter malign influence’
• Sounding alarm on China, Japan and US vow to collaborate more on defense
• Japan extends US military support amid China, North Korea ‘challenges’
• Japan, Australia sign defence treaty with eyes on China
• North Korea Fires Two More Missiles, Continuing Dizzying Pace of Launches