EYES IN THE SKY

• Chinese spy balloon: US tracks suspected surveillance device
• Beijing says balloon shot down ‘damaged’ relations
• Beijing says second balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese
• US says China balloon ‘fleet’ is global as NATO joins concern
• Biden warns US will act on China after balloon downing
• US says China gave up intel secrets with balloon shoot-down
• Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloons
• US shoots down ‘high-altitude object’ over Alaska
• Speculation grows as US shoots down new mystery object

THE RUSSIAN BEAR AWAKENS

• Russia suspends participation in START treaty limiting nuclear weapons
• Russia’s Northern Fleet deploys with nukes in first since Cold War
• Russia fires dozens of missiles at Ukraine overnight: Kyiv
• Russia vows ‘response’ if UK sends planes to Ukraine as Zelensky visits London
• Russia Says Longer-Range Western Weapons Would Escalate Ukraine Conflict
• Russian bomber jets intercepted over Alaska by US air defense systems
• Dutch F-35 intercept, escort away Russian warplanes nearing Polish airspace
• US warship operates in Black Sea in first instance since Russian invasion of Ukraine

KINGS OF THE EAST

• Chinese president Xi Jinping has ordered his military to be ready to invade Taiwan in 2027, CIA director says
• Taiwan ‘to bolster’ military ties with United States
• US says China mulling arming Russia in Ukraine war
• Kim Jong Un Hails His Military as ‘Strongest in the World’
• North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘overwhelming nuclear force’
• Kim Jong-un’s Sister Tells ‘Idiots’ and ‘Maniacs’ North Korea Will Use Pacific Ocean as ‘Firing Range’
• North Korea unveils ‘record’ number of ICBMs at military parade
• North Korea threatens unprecedented action over allied military drills
• North Korea fires two more missiles into its Pacific ‘firing range’
• UN Security Council ‘silence’ on North Korea missiles ‘dangerous’, US says

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Indonesia: Village official threatens Christians at Sunday service, demands they stop worshiping
• Iran Inflicting ‘Invisible Jihad’ on Lebanon’s Christians

SANCTITY OF LIFE

Abortion is leading cause of death worldwide for fourth year in a row

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Fears for Christians as Pakistan moves to tighten blasphemy laws
• North Korea ranks as worst persecutor of Christians after enacting ‘anti-reactionary thought law’
• ‘Trans people are divine’: So-called ‘Christian’ pastor says ‘transphobia is a sin’
• Top U.S. medical school says INFANTS can be ‘queer,’ ‘asexual’

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount: ‘Israel will not give in to Hamas threats’
• Israel and Palestinians in holy site war of words
• Palestinians: Changing status quo at Temple Mount a ‘declaration of war’
• EU diplomats visit Temple Mount, express support for Jordan custodianship
• Jordanian lawmaker says ‘Jordanians will become suicide bombers for Al-Aqsa’

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

• UN condemned Israel more than all other countries combined in 2022
• US warns Israeli sanctions against PA will ‘exacerbate tensions’
• Netanyahu: Whoever needs a reminder of our red lines will get it

NEWS FROM RUSSIA

• Russia to modernize nuclear forces in 2023, add more multi-warhead nukes
• Russia produces first nuclear warheads for Poseidon super torpedo
• Medvedev threatens US with hypersonic cruise missiles, likens US to Nazis
• Putin ally Medvedev warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia defeated in Ukraine
• Russia rolls out more threats against the West
• Kremlin warns of escalation if West gives Ukraine longer range weapons
• NATO, EU eye ‘next level’ partnership in face of Russia threat

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• China Issues Veiled Warning to US Over Taiwan
• China Holds Large-Scale Joint Strike Drills Aimed at Taiwan
• China’s air incursions into Taiwan zone doubled in 2022
• US Warship Sails Through Taiwan Strait, Angers China
• US vows to defend space with Japan, deploy mobile Marines as China worries grow
• Kim calls for ‘exponential increase’ of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

• NOAA: U.S. weathered 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2022

PSALM 83:4

• Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal: We will defeat the occupation and its new fascist government
• Abbas’ military arm: We will persist in the fight against Israel – regardless of the price
• Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh: We will bury the Zionist government
• UN to mark ‘Nakba Day’ – Israel’s establishment as catastrophe
• Hamas vows to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem on 35th birthday

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