Prophecy News Watch - June 11, 2019

Around the World
Iran has accelerated production of enriched uranium, IAEA says
Iran has followed through on a threat to accelerate its production of enriched uranium, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said on Monday, departing from his usual guarded language to say he was worried about increasing tension.
Trump ready to slap more tariffs on China after G20 meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was ready to impose another round of punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if he cannot make progress in trade talks with China’s President at a Group of 20 summit later this month.
Russia prepares ‘crushing’ offensive in Syria
Russian forces are preparing a military operation to help Syrian dictator Bashar Assad reclaim the last major cities held by rebel forces and terrorists, according to Moscow’s top diplomat.
US said to mull further Iran sanctions targeting trade with Europe
The Trump administration is reportedly considering sanctions against an Iranian financial body set up to enable humanitarian trade with Europe, a measure that would likely end any possibility of European countries maintaining economic and humanitarian trade with Tehran.
Iran-linked terrorists caught stockpiling explosives in London
Just months after signing on to the Iran nuclear deal, authorities in London reportedly discovered that an Iran-linked group was stockpiling tons of the same explosive used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
ISIS sleeper cells burn, blow up and slaughter hundreds in uptick of attacks across Iraq and Syria
It has been months since the Islamic State was expelled from its territorial control in Iraq and Syria, but the brutal terrorist outfit continues to wreak havoc in the lands it once deemed its 'caliphate.'

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Netanyahu: Iran’s foreign minister is lying
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Iranian foreign minister of 'lying' on Monday and said he would never 'allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons that threaten our existence and endanger the entire world.'
Iran’s foreign minister: Netanyahu wants to destroy us, and we will respond
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Monday that Tehran will not remain passive in response to what it says are threats from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to destroy Iran.

Inside the United States
DOJ reveals scope of Trump campaign surveillance probe
The Justice Department on Monday gave more details about the review Attorney General William P. Barr has ordered into the government’s surveillance of President Trump’s 2016 campaign, saying there are still too many 'open questions' about why it was done.
Supreme Court Declines Challenge to ‘In God We Trust’ Motto
The Supreme Court declined to take up a legal challenge to the inscription of 'In God We Trust' on coins and currency.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signs chemical castration bill into law
Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law that requires anyone convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child under 13 years of age to undergo chemical castration treatment as conditions of parole.
New York state lawmakers introduce bill to decriminalize sex work
A group of Democratic lawmakers in New York state introduced a bill Monday that seeks to decriminalize sex work and make it legal to engage in the consensual sale of sex.

Christian News
Christians in Iraq Struggle to Reclaim Ancestral Homeland in Nineveh Plains
Christians in Iraq are struggling to reclaim their ancestral territory, according to a new report by International Christian Concern (ICC).
Christian baker Jack Phillips sued for the third time over LGBTQ cake order
Christian baker Jack Phillips of Colorado is facing a third lawsuit over his refusal on religious grounds to make certain cakes, the latest legal battle for the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner.