Prophecy News Watch - March 8, 2018

Around the World
Iran’s Russian Anti-Aircraft Missile Now Operational, U.S. Says
Iran tested and deployed a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile system last year that has long worried U.S. and Israeli military officials because it gives the Islamic Republic a 'generational improvement in capabilities,' the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency disclosed.
Eleven nations - but not U.S. - to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal
Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago on Thursday, as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist bent of the United States, which last year pulled out of the pact.
IRGC commander says Iran's missile production has increased three-fold
Iran has increased its missile production three-fold, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said Wednesday, according to the Fars news service.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Seven decades after its foundation, Israel is relying on Christians to help fulfill the promise of encouraging Jewish immigration — and what was once a strictly Jewish-funded mission is increasingly being bankrolled by evangelical Christians.
Ex-Netanyahu aide will testify against 2 Likud ministers
Nir Hefetz, the former media adviser to the Netanyahu family who became a state’s witness earlier this week against the prime minister, has reportedly told investigators he has potentially incriminating evidence against four senior Likud officials, including two sitting ministers.

Inside the United States
Sessions blasts ‘radical’ move by California to block ICE raids, says move akin to ‘open borders’
Jeff Sessions, the U.S. attorney general, on Wednesday told Fox News that California is 'not entitled' to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and vowed that the federal government will not allow the Golden State to flout immigration laws.
Federal judge allows Trump to withhold grants to California as part of sanctuary city crackdown
A federal judge in Northern California has declined a request from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to block the Trump administration’s decision to withhold a law enforcement grant to the state as part of its crackdown on states and jurisdictions that protect illegal immigrants.
Trump considering tariff exemptions for Canada, Mexico
The White House opened the door Wednesday to exempting Canada and Mexico from the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, the first pullback from a plan that critics say will spark a trade war.
California governor says Trump administration waging war against state
California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday accused President Donald Trump’s administration of declaring war on the most populous U.S. state, after the Justice Department sued to stop policies that protect illegal immigrants against deportation.
Florida House passes gun control, school safety bill
The Florida House on Wednesday passed a bill that includes some gun control measures and more public safety resources in response to the mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school last month.
After Florida shooting, more than 600 copycat threats have targeted schools
Since the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., there have been 638 reported threats targeting schools across the nation from Feb. 15 to Feb. 27.

Christian News
Christian group sues Michigan university after it is kicked off campus
A Christian student group is suing a Michigan college after being stripped of its official recognition solely because it required its religious leaders to embrace Christianity.
6 Pastors Arrested in Rwanda for Planning to Defy Gov't Ban on 'Unclean' Churches
Rwandan police have arrested six Christian pastors on grounds that they are planning to defy a recent order that closed more than 700 churches that allegedly don't meet safety and cleanliness standards.