Prophecy News Watch - May 20, 2019

Around the World
Trump warns if Tehran attacks, it will be ‘official end of Iran’
US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed.
US has the military might, but Iran will lean on proxies and militias if they get dragged into conflict
The possibility of a military confrontation between the United States and Iran is rising as U.S. officials claim an increased threat risk to troops in Iraq and Syria and shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf.
The toll of ISIS’s archaeological looting in Syria is just beginning to become clear
The Islamic State group surrendered its last scrap of territory, in Baghouz, Syria, this past March.
Trump: I don’t want to fight but we can’t let Iran have nuclear weapons
US President Donald Trump said in an interview Sunday that while he does not want to go to war with Iran, he will not let it acquire nuclear weapons.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Trump to Release Part of Israeli-Palestinian 'Deal of the Century' June 25
The White House announced Sunday that the Trump administration will release part of its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on June 25 and June 26 in Bahrain.
Syria says air defenses intercept Israeli missiles, in 2nd incident in 24 hours
Syria claimed its air defenses on Saturday night shot down a number of missiles fired from Israel, for the second time in less than 24 hours.
IDF tests new pinpointed rocket alert system in northern Israel
The Israeli military on Monday said it was testing a new, more exact incoming rocket alert system in the north of the country as part of a larger exercise taking place this week.

Inside the United States
House passes LGBT Equality Act; conservatives say it 'undermines women’s equality'
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act Friday afternoon, hotly-debated legislation seeking to codify LGBT non-discrimination protections into federal law.
US 'nuclear coffin' on island in the Pacific could be 'leaking' radioactive sludge into the sea
Radioactive waste from Cold War nuclear weapons tests could be leaking into the Pacific Ocean.