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’

ANTISEMITISM RISING

• Hamas MP: Holocaust is a lie – but Hitler was right to hate Jews
• ‘Slaughter the Jews’ painted on section of Western Wall
• Armed assailant threatens to behead Jewish man in London

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China eyes high-tech army, says U.S. undermines global stability
• China tested new anti-ballistic missile in South China Sea
• China defends air patrol with Russia after South Korea, Japan fury

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• ‘If U.S. attacks, Israel will be destroyed in half an hour’
• Top Iran military adviser threatens to ‘erase’ Israel if war breaks out
• Hezbollah warns Iran able to bombard Israel if war started

THE STATE OF PALESTINE?

• Iranian official stresses importance of liberating ‘Palestine’
• PA ‘foreign minister’: A new country will recognize ‘Palestine’
• Abbas: Eastern Jerusalem is the capital of ‘Palestine’
• UK-based ‘Muslim Scholars’ Demand ‘Fascist’ Israel Returned to Arabs, Want Jerusalem as Caliphate Capital

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

• Pentagon seeks ideas for small military space station
• France’s Macron announces creation of a new space force command
• Brand-New S-500 Missile Systems Can Tackle Attack From Space
• India Launches Historic Bid to Put Spacecraft on Moon

PSALM 122:6 –PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM

• Hamas: All of Israel is Islamic
• Iran’s threat to Israel continues to grow
• Netanyahu: I say to Israel’s enemies – don’t test us
• PM: Israel will strike first, not wait to be attacked
• Bolton: Without security there can be no peace
• ‘ Report: Hezbollah planned huge, game-changing attacks on Israel targets globally

>li> Toronto: Sign threatening massacre of Jews at Al Quds Day event

RUSSIA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Russia and China show united front at economic forum
• Xi Jinping in Russia to usher ‘new era’ of friendship
• Russia, China, block U.S. effort to halt N. Korea fuel deliveries
• Russia warns U.S. over extra troop deployment to Mideast
• China warns U.S. against opening Mideast ‘Pandora’s box’
• China will double its nuclear warheads in next 10 years, DIA chief says

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

• U.S. General Claims Russia Poses Threat to America’s Space Capabilities

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Report: Christian Persecution 2019 a Scourge of ‘Mammoth Proportions’
• Christian arrested for ‘insulting Islam’ on Facebook
• China’s end game: Elimination of home churches
• Christianity is dying in Germany while Islam rises
• Christianity in Iraq is ‘perilously close to extinction’, says Archbishop
• Iranian court upholds prison sentences of two Christian converts

SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Dutch Girl Euthanized in Netherlands After Suffering Childhood Rape