Prophecy News Watch - September 6, 2016

Today's Breaking News
Around the World
Iranian Ayatollah: The 'Hidden Imam' Will Arrive In A Vessel 'Like A Spaceship'
An Iranian Grand Ayatollah recently said that the Mahdi – the Shi'ite version of the messiah – will arrive in a "super-modern vessel like a spaceship" and that until that time there will be no "peace, security, or decency" on earth.
US is ignoring Iran pushing the envelope on nuclear deal
Iran is systematically testing the boundaries of the nuclear deal it struck with the West, and the Obama administration has repeatedly swept this under the carpet, acting as 'Iran's lawyers' instead, a senior Israeli security expert has warned.
Iraq puts out more oil fires at northern field, some still burning
Iraq has put out fires at six more oil wells in the Qayyara region, which Iraqi forces recaptured from Islamic State late last month, but at least three fires are still blazing, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.
Iran's Nuclear Timetable ... Right Now!
Amid the disclosure this week that the Obama administration has allowed Iran to continue secret efforts to enrich uranium and stockpile the heavy water needed to produce a plutonium nuclear weapon, a leading expert on the Iranian nuclear program remains concerned that Tehran could build a deliverable atomic bomb now.
G20 world leaders pledge global economic cooperation
The G20 summit wrapped up Monday with the world leaders pledging to boost a sluggish economy with global cooperation.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Mahmoud Abbas agrees to talk with Netanyahu in Moscow
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to direct talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Russia, Interfax news agency cited the Palestinian embassy in Moscow as saying on Monday.
Iran, aided by proxy terrorist groups, biggest existential threat to Israel
Citing Iran and its proxy terrorist organizations, Hamas and Hezbollah, as the greatest existential threats to Israel, former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head and current chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Avi Dichter, said the Middle East is undergoing 'tectonic movements.'

Inside the United States
Congress Moves to Block Obama Admin's 'Ransom Payments' to Iran
Congress is set to consider new legislation that would block the Obama administration from awarding Iran billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars in what many describe as a ransom payment, according to a copy of the legislation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Is there a Russian Secret Plot to Influence the U.S. Elections?
U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election and in U.S. political institutions, intelligence and congressional officials said.
Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92
Conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, best known as the leader of the opposition to the 1970s Equal Rights Amendment, died Monday at age 92.

U.S. Politics
Coughing, Clinton says she's 'allergic' to Trump
Hillary Clinton struggled to begin a campaign speech in Cleveland on Monday, coughing repeatedly for several minutes as she sipped water and took a cough drop.
Clinton's Christian faith, once a political weapon, all but absent from campaign
Hillary Clinton's Christianity, which she wielded as a political weapon in her 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, largely has been missing in this year's election.

Christian News
Terrorist massacre of Pakistani Christian village thwarted
The British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) issued cautious praise for government security forces, after an all-out massacre of a Christian community near Peshawar, northern Pakistan, was prevented by security forces on Friday morning.