Prophecy News Watch - July 25, 2023
Around the World
Kyiv: ‘Russia Strikes Cathedral, Building, Killing 1, Injuring 22’ (Worthy News Radio)
Ukrainian authorities say one person was killed and 22 wounded, including four children, in Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, which also damaged a cathedral. The reported attack came ahead of a separate drone strike in Russia's capital Moscow that the Kremlin blames on Ukraine.
Al Qaeda and Islamic State gaining ground in Afghanistan, UN reports
A recent report from the United Nations shows that the Al Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups have been gaining more ground and influence in Afghanistan than ever before, CBN News reports. The US State Department stated recently that both the Trump and the Biden administrations failed to adequately prepare for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
As Iran launches air force drill, US beefs up plane fleet in Persian Gulf
Iran on Sunday began an annual air force drill in the central part of country, state media reported, as the US sends more fighter planes to the region to deter the Islamic Republic from seizing commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf area.
Center Right Wins Spain Elections
The center-right Popular Party (PP) beat Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists in Spain’s parliamentary elections. Still, it will need several junior parties to govern, official results showed. The outcome of Sunday’s vote was likely to spark weeks of political uncertainty in the European Union nation, analysts said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel Passes Controversial Court Law Despite Protests
Israel’s parliament adopted legislation limiting the powers of the top court despite protests and President Isaac Herzog saying that his nation is in “a state of national emergency.”
Coalition passes 1st judicial overhaul law, limiting review of government decisions
After 29 weeks of protests and mass public opposition that have roiled the country and divided its citizens, the Knesset gave its final approval Monday to a law that prevents the courts from reviewing the “reasonableness” of government and ministerial decisions, the first major bill of the government’s judicial overhaul to pass into law.
Inside the United States
Bill introduced in Senate to ban sex-change surgeries, hormone treatments for minors
Sen. J.D. Vance has introduced legislation that would make gender-reassignment treatments for minors a federal crime.
Biden admin allocates $5 billion for new COVID vaccines with little manufacturing guidance
The Biden administration is issuing grants from a $5 billion program to expedite the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, but pharmaceutical manufacturers are not receiving guidance about vaccine standards as the development process returns to its normally slower pace.
Christian News
Nigeria: Genocidal attacks on Christians continue in Benue state
The slaughter of Christians in Nigeria continues as Fulani jihadist herdsmen murdered 37 Christians during attacks carried out in Benue state over the last four weeks, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. With well over 50,000 Christians murdered since Islamic terrorists seized control of swathes of the country in 2015,
China’s Communist Party has rewritten parts of the Bible to suppress Christianity, US lawmaker reports
A US lawmaker has told a House Select Committee that China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) government is rewriting parts of the Bible in order to increase its power and suppress the Gospel, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Kyiv: ‘Russia Strikes Cathedral, Building, Killing 1, Injuring 22’ (Worthy News Radio)
Ukrainian authorities say one person was killed and 22 wounded, including four children, in Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, which also damaged a cathedral. The reported attack came ahead of a separate drone strike in Russia's capital Moscow that the Kremlin blames on Ukraine.
Al Qaeda and Islamic State gaining ground in Afghanistan, UN reports
A recent report from the United Nations shows that the Al Qaeda and Islamic State terror groups have been gaining more ground and influence in Afghanistan than ever before, CBN News reports. The US State Department stated recently that both the Trump and the Biden administrations failed to adequately prepare for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
As Iran launches air force drill, US beefs up plane fleet in Persian Gulf
Iran on Sunday began an annual air force drill in the central part of country, state media reported, as the US sends more fighter planes to the region to deter the Islamic Republic from seizing commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf area.
Center Right Wins Spain Elections
The center-right Popular Party (PP) beat Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists in Spain’s parliamentary elections. Still, it will need several junior parties to govern, official results showed. The outcome of Sunday’s vote was likely to spark weeks of political uncertainty in the European Union nation, analysts said.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Israel Passes Controversial Court Law Despite Protests
Israel’s parliament adopted legislation limiting the powers of the top court despite protests and President Isaac Herzog saying that his nation is in “a state of national emergency.”
Coalition passes 1st judicial overhaul law, limiting review of government decisions
After 29 weeks of protests and mass public opposition that have roiled the country and divided its citizens, the Knesset gave its final approval Monday to a law that prevents the courts from reviewing the “reasonableness” of government and ministerial decisions, the first major bill of the government’s judicial overhaul to pass into law.
Inside the United States
Bill introduced in Senate to ban sex-change surgeries, hormone treatments for minors
Sen. J.D. Vance has introduced legislation that would make gender-reassignment treatments for minors a federal crime.
Biden admin allocates $5 billion for new COVID vaccines with little manufacturing guidance
The Biden administration is issuing grants from a $5 billion program to expedite the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, but pharmaceutical manufacturers are not receiving guidance about vaccine standards as the development process returns to its normally slower pace.
Christian News
Nigeria: Genocidal attacks on Christians continue in Benue state
The slaughter of Christians in Nigeria continues as Fulani jihadist herdsmen murdered 37 Christians during attacks carried out in Benue state over the last four weeks, Morning Star News (MSN) reports. With well over 50,000 Christians murdered since Islamic terrorists seized control of swathes of the country in 2015,
China’s Communist Party has rewritten parts of the Bible to suppress Christianity, US lawmaker reports
A US lawmaker has told a House Select Committee that China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) government is rewriting parts of the Bible in order to increase its power and suppress the Gospel, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.