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Iran could get nuclear weapon within two years, intel assessments find
Iran is capable of producing a nuclear weapon within two years, if it steps up work on its nuclear program and violates the 2015 deal with the West, according to a recent Israeli intelligence assessment.
Pompeo says 'confronting Iran' key to Mideast peace
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday at a security conference in Warsaw that Iran is the top threat in the Middle East and confronting the country is key to reaching peace in the entire region.
Iran Claims to Have Formula for Nuclear Bomb
A senior Iranian official said over the weekend that the Islamic Republic has the chemical and technical know-how to produce a nuclear weapon, according to Farsi language remarks independently translated for the Washington Free Beacon.
US said to widen ‘secret program’ to sabotage Iran’s missiles
The US has escalated a clandestine program to sabotage Iranian missiles and rockets as part of an attempt to weaken the Islamic Republic’s military and cause economic damage, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
U.S.-Libya forces raid al Qaeda site in Libyan city of Ubari -Libyan official
Joint U.S.-Libyan forces raided an al Qaeda site in the Libyan city of Ubari on Wednesday, according to a statement by a Libyan official.
China, US start trade talks ahead of March tariff deadline
U.S. and Chinese negotiators began trade talks Thursday that President Donald Trump says will help decide whether he escalates a fight over Beijing’s technology ambitions by raising tariffs on $200 billion of imports from China.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF believes Iran pulling forces in Syria away from Israel border due to strikes
Israel’s campaign of airstrikes in Syria has driven Iran to change tack in the country, moving the bulk of its troops and bases away from the Israeli border and toward what it sees as a safer location closer to Iraq, according to Military Intelligence assessments released Wednesday.
Israel and Iran both set to join Russia-led free trade zone
Israel is set to sign a free-trade agreement with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union in the near future, according to officials in Moscow and Jerusalem.
Netanyahu Again Confirms Syria Strike, Contrary to Position of Top Brass
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday evening that Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Syria the previous day. The confirmation runs contrary to the position of the Israeli defense establishment, as senior defense officials refrained from addressing the incident on the Syrian Golan Heights.

Inside the United States
Congress reveals details of huge spending bill -- nearly 1,800 pages -- ahead of shutdown deadline
Congressional negotiators early Thursday released details of the massive spending deal -- giving lawmakers less than 24 hours to read it before they’re expected to vote on it.
U.S. senators to try again to pass Russia sanctions bill
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose stiff new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in U.S. elections and aggression against Ukraine, the latest congressional effort to push President Donald Trump to ratchet up Washington’s response to Moscow.
House Democrats planning expansive Trump probes, even after Mueller report
No matter when and how Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe ends, House Democrats are planning to aggressively ramp up their own Trump-related investigations that will include a network of committees and high-profile public hearings likely to last well into the 2020 election year.
House votes to end U.S. support in Yemen's civil war
The House on Wednesday voted to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war, a rebuke of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman's alleged role in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Robert Mueller has spent two years investigating Trump, and he hasn't said a word. It's possible he never will.
Occasionally, his signature appears on court documents. But on the most consequential days of the nearly two-year investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, the man leading it – Robert Mueller – has been conspicuously absent.

Christian News
New Bible translation technology by Wycliffe spreading Gospel faster than ever before
New technology has emerged that will enable quicker translation of the Bible and faster spread of the Gospel, accelerated by indigenous people doing the work of translation.
Innocent Man on Death Row Shares How God Used His False Conviction to Share the Good News
For many of us, the very thought of only seeing the sun for an hour a day for 30 years has never crossed our minds – in fact, it would horrify most of us if this actually happened to us.