Prophecy News Watch - December 9, 2025
Around the World
Powerful Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warning
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean some 45 miles west of Misawa, Japan, shook the northern region of the archipelago around 11:26 p.m. local time.
EU Warns US Security Strategy Boosts Far-Right Parties And Threatens Transatlantic Unity (Worthy News Analysis)
European Union leaders have expressed deep concern about a new U.S. national security strategy that they view as “ideologically anti-European,” supportive of “far-right” and populist movements across the continent, and a threat to transatlantic unity.
European Leaders Rally Behind Ukraine’s Zelenskyy As Russia Escalates Attacks And U.S. Presses Peace Deal
The leaders of France, Germany, and Britain expressed firm support Monday for embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as more people were killed and injured in Russia’s nearly four-year war against his nation.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF Hits Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon, Including Radwan Force Training Site
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon late Monday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, including a training site used by the group's elite Radwan Force, the military said in a statement Tuesday.
Major Maccabean-Era City Wall Unearthed at Tower of David
Archaeologists have uncovered one of the longest and best-preserved sections of Jerusalem’s Hasmonean-period city wall, a massive fortification dating to the Maccabean era, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.
Inside the United States
Trump Unveils $12 Billion Aid Package to Support U.S. Farmers Hit by Tariff Fallout
President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion bailout package aimed at supporting U.S. farmers who have absorbed the brunt of global market disruptions and retaliatory tariffs stemming from the administration’s ongoing trade war with China.
Federal Agencies Cancel 43 Wasteful Contracts, Save $222 Million Under DOGE Initiative
Federal agencies have canceled or significantly scaled back 43 wasteful government contracts worth a combined ceiling value of $3.5 billion, saving taxpayers $222 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced in a Dec. 6 post on X.
After Kirk Assasination, Students Less Comfortable With ‘Controversial’ Events On Campus
Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, half of the nation’s college students report feeling less comfortable attending controversial public events on campus and nearly half are less comfortable voicing opinions on controversial subjects in class.
White House: More Than 60,000 Smuggled Children Located Under Trump Administration
White House border czar Tom Homan said on Dec. 7 that the Trump administration has located more than 60,000 children who were illegally smuggled into the United States—many of whom were rescued from sex trafficking, forced labor, and other forms of abuse.
Christian News
Pakistani Police Investigate Killing of Pastor
Pakistani police have released security camera footage allegedly showing the main suspect in Friday’s assassination of Pastor Kamran Salamat, also known as Kamran Naaz, whose death at age 45 has shocked Pakistan’s embattled Christian community.
Powerful Japan Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Warning
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean some 45 miles west of Misawa, Japan, shook the northern region of the archipelago around 11:26 p.m. local time.
EU Warns US Security Strategy Boosts Far-Right Parties And Threatens Transatlantic Unity (Worthy News Analysis)
European Union leaders have expressed deep concern about a new U.S. national security strategy that they view as “ideologically anti-European,” supportive of “far-right” and populist movements across the continent, and a threat to transatlantic unity.
European Leaders Rally Behind Ukraine’s Zelenskyy As Russia Escalates Attacks And U.S. Presses Peace Deal
The leaders of France, Germany, and Britain expressed firm support Monday for embattled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as more people were killed and injured in Russia’s nearly four-year war against his nation.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
IDF Hits Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon, Including Radwan Force Training Site
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes in southern Lebanon late Monday targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, including a training site used by the group's elite Radwan Force, the military said in a statement Tuesday.
Major Maccabean-Era City Wall Unearthed at Tower of David
Archaeologists have uncovered one of the longest and best-preserved sections of Jerusalem’s Hasmonean-period city wall, a massive fortification dating to the Maccabean era, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.
Inside the United States
Trump Unveils $12 Billion Aid Package to Support U.S. Farmers Hit by Tariff Fallout
President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled a $12 billion bailout package aimed at supporting U.S. farmers who have absorbed the brunt of global market disruptions and retaliatory tariffs stemming from the administration’s ongoing trade war with China.
Federal Agencies Cancel 43 Wasteful Contracts, Save $222 Million Under DOGE Initiative
Federal agencies have canceled or significantly scaled back 43 wasteful government contracts worth a combined ceiling value of $3.5 billion, saving taxpayers $222 million, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced in a Dec. 6 post on X.
After Kirk Assasination, Students Less Comfortable With ‘Controversial’ Events On Campus
Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, half of the nation’s college students report feeling less comfortable attending controversial public events on campus and nearly half are less comfortable voicing opinions on controversial subjects in class.
White House: More Than 60,000 Smuggled Children Located Under Trump Administration
White House border czar Tom Homan said on Dec. 7 that the Trump administration has located more than 60,000 children who were illegally smuggled into the United States—many of whom were rescued from sex trafficking, forced labor, and other forms of abuse.
Christian News
Pakistani Police Investigate Killing of Pastor
Pakistani police have released security camera footage allegedly showing the main suspect in Friday’s assassination of Pastor Kamran Salamat, also known as Kamran Naaz, whose death at age 45 has shocked Pakistan’s embattled Christian community.