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Feb. 20, 2020- Hamas official calls for 'intifada' against Israel; Hospitals across the US prepare for coronavirus outbreak to become global pandemic

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Netanyahu approves thousands of Jewish housing units in eastern Jerusalem

Palestinian president blasts Netanyahu’s east Jerusalem settlement plan

In the past, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refrained from expanding these neighborhoods because of international pressure opposing Israeli expansion in eastern Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that he has approved thousands of building permits for two Israeli neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. According to Netanyahu, Har Homa will receive 2,200 new housing units and Givat Hamatos will receive 4,000.
Feb. 20, 2020

Hamas official calls for 'intifada' against Israel

Khalil al-Hayya, a member of the Hamas political bureau and one of the organization’s senior leaders in the Gaza Strip, is calling for a national action plan to combat the so-called “Deal of the Century”. Speaking at a conference in Gaza, al-Hayya said that the plan to fight the proposal should be based primarily on stopping the security coordination with Israel and canceling the Oslo Accords. He stressed the importance of convening the PLO leadership to discuss the fight against the “Deal of the Century”
Feb. 20, 2020

      Egypt constructing concrete wall along border with Gaza Strip

Security and military forces in Egypt have begun constructing a concrete wall on the border with the Gaza Strip. Egypt began the first stage of construction on Jan. 27 on the approximately mile-long wall stretching from the Kerem Shalom crossing to the Rafah border crossing. The barrier is set to be completed by the middle of 2020, security officials said. Upon completion, the wall will stand 19 feet high and extend 16 feet into the ground while standing parallel with an older rock barrier built in early 2008 about 32 feet away. The barrier is being constructed to block entry of gunmen from the Gaza Strip into Sinai and shut down the use of cross-border tunnels. The Egyptian army announced it had discovered a mile-long tunnel between the Palestinian and Egyptian sides of the border city of Rafah on Feb. 3, hours after five Egyptian soldiers were killed by an explosive device in a town in North Sinai.
Feb. 19, 2020

  Erdogan threatens 'imminent' Turkish operation in Syria

Turkey-backed forces hit Syrian troops in Idlib as a million civilians flee

Turkey says US could send Patriot missiles as tensions with Syria rise

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to launch an operation in Syria's Idlib region by the end of the month if Damascus fails to withdraw behind Turkish military positions. "An operation in Idlib is imminent," Erdogan told his party's legislators in Parliament on Wednesday. "We are counting down, we are making our final warnings". Russia - the Syrian government's main ally in the nearly nine-year war - responded by saying any Turkish offensive against Syrian forces in Idlib would be the "worst scenario". "If we are talking about an operation against the legitimate authorities of the Syrian Republic and armed forces of the Syrian republic this would, of course, be the worst scenario," said Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, adding Russia and Turkey were staying in contact to prevent tensions escalating further.
Feb. 20, 2020

Erdogan slams EU plan to enforce Libya arms embargo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday criticized the European Union’s decision to launch a maritime effort focused on enforcing the UN arms embargo around Libya, accusing the European states that have agreed to the operation of “interfering in the region.” Erdogan also hailed a decision by Libya’s UN-supported government to withdraw from talks with rivals following an attack Tuesday on the sea port of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. The US called for the talks to be resumed “quickly.” EU foreign ministers agreed earlier this week to end ‘Operation Sophia’, the bloc’s naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea, and launch a maritime effort focused more on implementing the UN arms embargo around Libya.
Feb. 20, 2020

Coordinator of the ’Boycott U.S. Products’ Campaign in Tunisia: America Is Threatening the Whole World (VIDEO)

Yahya Muhammad, coordinator of the “Boycott U.S. Products” campaign in Tunisia was interviewed on Telvza TV (Tunisia) on February 12, 2020. In the interview, Muhammad said that the goal of the campaign is to target the American economy that has brought “nothing but killing upon the world.” He added that America is threatening not only the Palestinians, but the entire Arab region and even the whole world.
Feb. 20, 2020

Global Crop Failures Continue: In Australia This Is Going To Be The Worst Harvest Ever Recorded

Global food production is being hit from seemingly every side. Thanks to absolutely crazy weather patterns, giant locust armies in Africa and the Middle East, and an unprecedented outbreak of African Swine Fever in China, a lot less food is being produced around the world than originally anticipated. Even during the best of years we really struggle to feed everyone on the planet, and so a lot of people are wondering what is going to happen as global food supplies become tighter and tighter. The mainstream media in the United States is so obsessed with politics right now that they haven’t been paying much attention to this emerging crisis, but the truth is that this growing nightmare is only going to intensify in the months ahead.
Feb. 19, 2020

 The anti-Zionist hypocrisy of the World Council of Churches

What is the WCC and why does it view Trump's Peace plan as the equivalent of an act of war against the Palestinians? The umbrella world body was founded in 1948 with the mission of unifying Christian witness. However, with conflicting theologies, the only thing that it shares is political defamation of the Jewish state of Israel, thus providing cover for the Palestinian Authority opposing efforts at normalization. Instead, the WCC supports the blood libel actions of clerics like Archbishop Attallah Hanna, the Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem who was condemned by the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the International Committee for Interreligious Consultations. Then there is South African theologian Jerry Pillay, who is running for election as the WCC leader and who accuses Israel of being an apartheid state.
Feb. 19, 2020

 First coronavirus deaths among Diamond Princess passengers and in South Korea; health experts warn of mounting cases beyond China

Iran announces 3 new cases of new virus after 2 deaths

South Korea Reports 1st Coronavirus Death as Outbreak Enters 'New Phase'

Hospitals across the US prepare for coronavirus outbreak to become global pandemic

California Asks Over Five Thousand People To ‘Self-Quarantine’ Over Suspicions Of COVID-19 Coronavirus

Authorities worldwide warned about the spread of the coronavirus beyond China on Thursday as Japan reported the first two deaths from the Diamond Princess cruise liner, South Korea reported its first fatality, and new cases in Iran sparked fears about many new cases appearing in the Middle East. A Japanese man and woman, both said to be in their 80s, were among more than 600 passengers who contracted the disease while on board the Diamond Princess. They left the ship last week and were hospitalized, but they died Thursday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. A day earlier, an infectious disease specialist slammed officials for failing to observe proper quarantine practices on the vessel. In South Korea, cases soared by nearly two-thirds, mostly in the southern part of the peninsula, national authorities said. The mayor of Daegu, the city where 10 South Koreans contracted the disease from a church service, asked residents to stay indoors. Many international experts say the disease will continue to spread globally even as the Chinese government seeks to present the image that it is coming to grips with the epidemic.
Feb. 20, 2020

US Experiencing Worst Flu Season For Children In Past Decade As Second Influenza Wave Spreading

It’s been a bad flu season for children nationwide and now officials say there is a second wave of influenza spreading. Pennsylvania has more than 72,000 confirmed cases of the flu, which is just a small reflection of the number of people who are sick. The flu can be dangerous for children, especially if they have a weakened immune system or have not been vaccinated. Dr. Aditi Joshi, with Jefferson Health, says it’s easily spread in schools. “Because it’s very contagious, it can live on surfaces for a few hours even if you’re not there and if you don’t wash your hands, it tends to be very contagious for that reason, so kids tend to get it a lot,” Dr. Joshi said. The CDC says this is one of the worst flu seasons for children. Ninety-two have died since last fall, which is the highest total at this point in the season in the past decade.
*** 92 people have died of influenza since last fall, while 2,100 have died of the coronavirus in China in the last 7 weeks
Feb. 19, 2020

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     Turkey to send more troops to Syria even as Moscow talks continue

Turkey will deploy more troops to Syria's Idlib region and retaliate against attacks by government forces there, even as Ankara continues to discuss the situation with Moscow, Turkish Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Tuesday. A Turkish delegation met Russian counterparts for a second day of talks in Moscow on Tuesday, with no apparent agreement on Idlib, where a push in recent weeks by Russian-backed Syrian government forces has killed several Turkish troops and led to mass displacement of civilians. 
Feb. 18, 2020

     Port hit by barrage of rocket fire in Libyan capital

A port in the capital of war-torn Libya was hit by a barrage of rocket fire on Tuesday, witnesses said. The Tripoli port, used by merchant shipping and the navy, was cordoned off by security forces and there were no immediate reports of casualties. “The rockets flew over our heads and hit one of the quays at the Al-Shaab port,” a resident of the central district of Dahra told AFP. “So far there have been more than 15 rockets and the bombardment is ongoing.” A column of smoke rising from the port area was visible from across Tripoli, the target of a months-long operation by eastern military commander Khalifa Hifter to oust the U.N.-recognized unity government. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the strikes. 
Feb. 18, 2020

ISIS has DOUBLE the number of soldiers across Iraq and Syria than it did when it swept through the region in 2014, Kurdish leader warns

ISIS has double the number of soldiers it had when it began capturing territory in Iraq and Syria in 2014 and is poised for a comeback, a Kurdish leader has warned. Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, issued the stark warning amid moves by President Trump to withdraw US troops from the region after years of fighting. While ISIS has lost all of its territory and much of its leadership, Barzani believes the terror group still has 20,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria and is trying to recruit more. 
Feb. 18, 2020

  Ukraine conflict: Deadly flare-up on eastern front line

Ukraine says its troops on the eastern front line have come under heavy shelling during a rebel attack, with one soldier killed and four wounded. It says four rebel soldiers were killed and six injured. Russian-backed rebels say Ukrainian forces tried to break through their lines and got caught in a minefield, with two killed and three wounded. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the rebel "provocation" would not derail Kyiv's course to achieve peace. The violence puts new pressure on a shaky ceasefire deal. Tuesday's clash, now said to be over, took place near Zolote, a front-line village in the Luhansk region of Donbas. 
Feb. 18, 2020

   Coronavirus could impact 5 million companies worldwide, new research shows

The new coronavirus outbreak and subsequent shutdown of huge swathes of China could impact more than 5 million businesses worldwide, according to a new study. A special briefing issued by global data analytics firm Dun & Bradstreet analyzed the Chinese provinces most impacted by the virus, and found they are intricately linked to the global business network. The affected areas with 100 or more confirmed cases as of February 5 are home to more than 90% of all active businesses in China, according to the report, and around 49,000 businesses in these regions are branches and subsidiaries of foreign companies. Almost half (49%) of the companies with subsidiaries in impacted regions are headquartered in Hong Kong, while the U.S. accounts for 19%, Japan 12% and Germany 5%. 
Feb. 17, 2020

    Christian Pastor Faces Criminal Investigation For Booklet Opposing Homosexuality

The leader of a confessional Lutheran denomination in Finland was questioned by the police on 12 February about his responsibility in the distribution of "Male and Female He Created Them", a 24-page booklet published back in 2004. Juhana Pohjola, Dean of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland and head of the group of churches' publishing house, responded to police questions for five hours, as a part of a preliminary investigation of a case that also involves the author of the booklet, member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen. At the tactful and thorough interrogation, I said that I am, as the editor-in-chief, responsible for the publication and distribution of the booklet. I denied, however, being guilty of the crime of ethnic agitation" Pohjola said after the meeting with the police. "In my view, Mrs Räsänen's text is not defamatory or insulting to homosexuals. In my answers, I showed that the booklet teaches in line with Christian anthropology that every person is precious as being created in the image of God, regardless of sexual orientation", he added. "This does not mean, however, that people are not responsible before God for their way of life or moral choices. The homosexual lifestyle is contrary to God's order of creation and a transgression against His will. 
Feb. 18, 2020

  14 Americans Taken Off Cruise Ship And Flown To U.S. Test Positive For Coronavirus

Russia Becomes First Country To Ban All Chinese From Entering

U.S. military preparing to implement medical martial law due to coronavirus pandemic

Japan plans HIV drug trials to fight coronavirus as Diamond Princess cases rise

The White House doesn’t trust China’s coronavirus numbers

Fourteen U.S. passengers evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan and flown to military bases in California and Texas have tested positive for the new coronavirus, U.S. officials confirm. Earlier, on Sunday, U.S. officials announced that 44 people from the Diamond Princess ship had tested positive for coronavirus. Those who were sick were to remain in Japan to be treated. The State Department said it was in the process of transporting more than 300 Americans who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess off Yokohama, Japan, when it got word of the positive tests for the disease now known as COVID-19.
Feb. 18, 2020

Huge Locust Outbreak in East Africa Reaches South Sudan

The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years has reached South Sudan, a country where roughly half the population already faces hunger after years of civil war, officials announced Tuesday. Around 2,000 locusts were spotted inside the country, Agriculture Minister Onyoti Adigo told reporters. Authorities will try to control the outbreak, he added. The locusts have been seen in Eastern Equatoria state near the borders with Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. All have been affected by the outbreak that has been influenced by the changing climate in the region. The situation in those three countries “remains extremely alarming,” the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in its latest Locust Watch update Monday. Locusts also have reached Sudan, Eritrea, Tanzania and more recently Uganda.
Feb. 18, 2020

10 Plagues That Are Hitting Our Planet Simultaneously

All of a sudden, really crazy things are starting to happen all over the world.  Giant swarms of locusts are absolutely devastating entire regions, extremely unusual storms are confounding meteorologists, earthquake and volcanic activity are both on the rise, and five very dangerous diseases are sweeping across the globe.  So far in 2020, it has just been one thing after another, and many are speculating about what could be ahead if events continue to escalate.
Feb. 18, 2020

Mississippi under state of emergency after historic flooding, above-normal rain triggers inundation and landslides in Tennessee

Incessant heavy rains continued to drench portions of the southern U.S., causing several rivers and dams to overflow. Unprecedented flooding in Mississippi put the state under a state of emergency on February 15, 2020, as Pearl River reached its third-highest level on record at 11.2 m (36.7 feet). Meanwhile, a landslide in Tennessee destroyed several houses as rains in the area have been four times above normal for February. In Mississippi, among the worst-affected areas is Jackson, where the Pearl River surpassed Major Flood stage and reached 11.2 m (36.7 feet) on Monday, February 17-- the state's third-highest level ever. Prior to this, the government of the state declared a state of emergency on Saturday, February 15. "This is a historic, unprecedented flood," said Governor Tate Reeves. "With projections showing the potential of this being the third-worst flood in our state’s history, I’ve declared a state of emergency to deploy the necessary resources to take care of all Mississippians impacted."
Feb. 18, 2020

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Feb. 18, 2020 God's Curse

 

 

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Jesus in the books of Matthew, Luke, and Mark tell us to watch for the last day sign of disease. Each day this new coronavirus is spreading to more areas around the world and the death toll is also climbing as well. Yesterday we saw 71,902 people with the disease and today that number has increased to 73,450.  We also just heard that the disease has made its way to the United States.  If you haven't been on the watch as Jesus told us to wouldn't know just how many new diseases have shown up in just the past 10 years. The coronavirus is just another one of these strange diseases. In my book The Last Chronicles of Plant Earth I have a section on diseases you may want to check out. The bottom line is diseases are just one of the many last day signs Jesus said would show up just before He returns to Earth. Each day at my site you will see many of those last day signs. If you haven't been following Christ yet now is the time to grab on to Christ for His Salvation. 

 New, detailed images of novel coronavirus released by US lab

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 – also known as 2019-nCoV – the virus that causes COVID-19

 

A laboratory in the United States has produced the most detailed images to date of the novel coronavirus currently spreading across the globe. The digitally colorized images illustrate the crown-like appearance of the virus, now officially named SARS-CoV-2 due to its similarity to the 2002 SARS virus. https://newatlas.com/science/new-detailed-images-novel-coronavirus-covid19-niaid/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=5a467ac925-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_17_03_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-5a467ac925-91888189

 

cases confirmed in US double to 29 — where they are and what to know

The patient list includes at least two pairs of spouses

The arrival of American evacuees from a virus-plagued cruise ship docked in Japan nearly doubled the number of coronavirus cases on U.S. soil to 29. Separately, one U.S. citizen died in China. Two charter flights carrying 340 passengers who had been on the Diamond Princess cruise ship arrived at military bases in California and Texas late Sunday and early Monday. All but one of the coronavirus-positive evacuees are at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/coronavirus-cdc-quarantined-how-many

 

 

Luke 21:11 And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

 Iran: Magnitude 5.8 earthquake hits Qeshm island in Persian Gulf

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit near southern Iran’s Qeshm island in the Gulf on Sunday, the official IRNA news agency reported, but a local official said there were no reports of casualties and only minor damage.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/iran-magnitude-5-8-earthquake-hits-in-vicinity-qeshm-island-in-persian-gulf-live-6271213/

Is there a connection between Iran's earthquake and Israel?  The Lord has made it very clear that if you mess with Israel you will pay a price. Read the two scriptures below.

 Prophecy Sign: Obadiah 1:15 “For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.” 

“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).  The next day on February 16, 2020 after Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps elite Aerospace force stated He wanted to attack Israel Iran had a 5.8 earthquake.  Read the section from my book on God's curse and, you will find there is a different pattern of disasters taking place on those who have cursed Israel.

Iran’s Hajizadeh: We must unite to expel the Zionists and Americans

https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Irans-Hajizadeh-We-must-unite-to-expel-the-Zionists-and-Americans-617650

 

 

Feb. 17, 2020- China Raids Churches for 'Illegal' Bibles

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    Israel, Gulf States to Sign Non-Aggression Pact, Says Ex-Qatari PM

Qatar’s former prime minister said on Monday that Israel and the Persian Gulf states would soon sign a non-aggression pact that could also include Morocco. “Now it [Trump’s peace plan] will be followed by a non-aggression agreement between Israel and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE)  in addition to Egypt, Jordan and possibly Morocco,” wrote Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani on Twitter, according to i24 News. The former prime minister said that he was “not against” this kind of agreement, and that the unanimous decision by the Arab League last week to reject the Trump plan was not in the best interests of the region.
Feb. 13, 2020

EU Countries Pushing for Recognition of State of Palestine

A group of European Union member countries led by Luxembourg is planning to put forward an initiative at a meeting on Monday of European Union foreign ministers to accord joint EU recognition of a Palestinian state. The move is in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has already discussed the initiative with the foreign ministers of Ireland, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, Malta and Slovenia.
Feb. 16, 2020

IDF strikes Hamas in Gaza after two rockets hit southern Israel

We are preparing for a wide-ranging operation in Gaza,’ Netanyahu tells community leaders

Israeli fighter jets struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in response to two rockets fired from Gaza at southern Israeli communities on Saturday, according to the Israeli military. The army confirmed that two rockets were fired from the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave, landing in open terrain and causing no damage. According to an Israel Defense Forces statement, a military compound used by Hamas was hit. “This strike will impede the Hamas terror organization’s future abilities,” said the statement. Consequently, Israel announced it was suspending the easing of the sanctions on Gaza, including the expansion of its fishing zone.
Feb. 17, 2020

Russia Warns Israel of War Over Syria

Russia’s ambassador to Syria this week issued what some saw as a veiled threat should Israel continue bombing Iranian assets in the war-torn country. On February 6, an aerial attack on a target near Damascus killed 20 Syrian and Iranian military officials. It also caused Syrian air defenses to inadvertently fire on an airplane carrying 172 passengers. The plane managed to safely land at a nearby airport. Israel Defense Minister Naftali Bennett later hinted that the attack was just another in a long series of Israeli strikes against Iranian assets that are admittedly in Syria for the purpose of threatening the Jewish state. But Russian Ambassador Alexander Yefimov wasn’t interested in Israeli justifications. In an interview with Sputnik Arabic, Yefimov called the Israeli raids “provocative and very dangerous.” He further cautioned that “this increases the possibility of conflict over Syria.” Since Syria is already in conflict, his warning was taken to mean that the ongoing Israeli raids could eventually result in an armed clash between the Jewish state and Russian forces in the region.
Feb. 17, 2020

 

    Hezbollah erects massive statue of Iranian general on Israeli border – VIDEO

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah calls for boycott of US products as ‘part of the battle’

Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Chairman of the Professors for a Strong Israel, discusses the growing threats from Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah in video.  Meanwhile, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah has called for Lebanese citizens to boycott US goods and products as “part of the battle” against President Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, the militia leader said in a speech on Sunday. “Why are we not resorting to boycotting American products? This is part of the battle. If we do not want to boycott all goods, we choose some companies, and this is a form of confrontation,” Nasrallah said in his televised speech. “The Israeli is afraid of death while the American’s weakness is his security and economy,” he added.
Feb. 17, 2020

Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way

The Syrian army said on Monday it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups “wherever they are found.” The advances were made after President Bashar Assad’s forces drove insurgents from the M5 highway linking Aleppo to Damascus, reopening the fastest route between Syria’s two biggest cities for the first time in years in a big strategic gain for Assad. Government air strikes on Monday hit Darat Izza, near the Turkish border about 30 kilometers north of Aleppo city, wounding several civilians and forcing two hospitals to close, according to hospital staff. Witnesses also reported air strikes in southern areas of Idlib province.
Feb. 17, 2020

Rockets hit U.S. coalition base in Baghdad, no casualties

US offers Iraq partial troop withdrawal in secret talks

Iraqi Shiite Militia Leader Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi: We Have Resumed Covert Operations against U.S. Forces (VIDEO)

Rockets hit a U.S.-led military coalition's Baghdad headquarters early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest attack to target U.S. facilities in Iraq. Washington has blamed Iran-backed paramilitary groups for increasingly regular rocketing and shelling of bases hosting U.S. forces in Iraq and of the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Sunday's attack, before dawn, was carried out with "small rockets" and caused no casualties, the coalition spokesman said in a statement on Twitter. He provided no further details. An Iraqi military statement said three Katyusha rockets had hit the fortified Green Zone which hosts the U.S. Embassy, other foreign missions and Iraqi government buildings. It said a fourth hit a nearby logistics base for Iraqi paramilitary groups.
Feb. 17, 2020

    7 dead in alleged Israeli attack on Iranian compound in Syria

Three Syrian terrorists and four Iranian members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard were killed on Thursday night in an air attack against a military compound near the international airport in Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. According to the report, a vehicle had also been hit in what “seems to have been an attempt to stop a weapons delivery.” In a rare response to the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that maybe another country did it. “I don’t know what happened last night. Maybe it was the Belgian air force,” Netanyahu said during a Friday interview with Radio Haifa.
Feb. 14, 2020

Taliban confirms Afghan peace deal 'finalized,' will be signed this month

No Let Up in Taliban Attacks, Fresh Orders Awaited Over Deal With US

The Taliban on Monday officially acknowledged it has reached an agreement with the United States to reduce violence in Afghanistan and said the deal would be signed by the end of February. The statement marked the Taliban's first public acknowledgement of the agreement in principal announced by the United States on Thursday calling for a seven-day reduction in violence in Afghanistan. While far short of the complete cease-fire sought by the Afghan government, such a commitment would represent a key development in the talks that are ultimately aimed at removing U.S. forces from Afghanistan, where they have been stationed since late 2001. U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the chief negotiator with the Taliban, said Sunday he was "cautiously optimistic" the agreement could lead to a more lasting peace in Afghanistan.
Feb. 17, 2020

   Blast in Balochistan capital Quetta kills 22, wounds 35

An explosion killed 22 people and wounded 35 in Balochistan's capital Quetta. The wounded were evacuated to Seoul Hospital, Quetta, and a declaration of emergency has been issued at the hospital's trauma center. Two policemen were among the victims of the explosion that occurred near the Quetta Press Club. Quetta Deputy Inspector General Abdul Razzaq Cheema said that so far, the blast "seems to be a suicide attack". The blast took place as a demonstration was ongoing near the press club. Several vehicles parked in the vicinity have also been damaged due to the impact of the blast. The Balochistan insurgency is a guerrilla war waged by Baloch nationalists against the governments of Pakistan and Iran.
Feb. 17, 2020

 Air strikes on Yemen kill 31 civilians after Saudi jet crash

Thirty-one people were killed in air strikes on Yemen Saturday, the United Nations said, the victims of an apparent Saudi-led retaliation after Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed to have shot down one of its jets. The Tornado aircraft came down Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, a rare shooting down that prompted operations in the area by a Saudi-led military coalition fighting the rebels. The deadly violence follows an upsurge in fighting in northern Yemen between the warring parties that threatens to worsen the war-battered country's humanitarian crisis.
Feb. 16, 2020

  Mainline Protestant pastors driving support for same-sex marriage: LifeWay study

A majority of Protestant pastors in the United States still disapprove of same-sex relationships, but the overall approval has grown largely due to mainline pastors, a new study by LifeWay Research reveals. Only about 8 percent of self-identified evangelical Protestant pastors say they have no issues with same-sex marriage, and their percentage has remained the same since 2010, according to a new survey by the Nashville-based research group. However, support among self-identified mainline Protestant pastors for same-sex marriage has jumped from a third (32 percent) in 2010 to almost half (47 percent) in 2020.
Feb. 17, 2020

   China Raids Churches for 'Illegal' Bibles, Threatens Fines up to $1,400

Government officials within China have confiscated Bibles from churches in recent months and threatened fines as part of an intensified crackdown on Christianity and an effort to eradicate “illegal publications,” according to a new report. The campaign has targeted illegal underground churches as well as legal Three-Self churches, which are registered with the government. “If our Bibles are taken away, we have no more,” a pastor of a Three-Self church in Jiangxi province told Bitter Winter, the watchdog behind the report. “We are thinking of asking our congregation members to hide them in the mountains.”  December, around 10 government officials raided a different Three-Self church in Jiangxi in search of “pirated Bibles” either not printed in the country or printed at illegal printers, Bitter Winter reported. The pastor told them the church owned only legal Bibles printed within the country, but the officials nevertheless seized 30 Bibles. According to the persecution watchdog, similar raids have taken place “all over the country” as part of a nationwide campaign to “eradicate pornography and illegal publications.”
Feb. 13, 2020

Gunmen in Burkina Faso kill 24 men, kidnap 3 youths in attack near church

Gunmen have killed 24 men, including a church pastor, and kidnapped three youths in Burkina Faso, AP reported, citing an official. The attack on Sunday was the latest in a series against religious leaders in the increasingly unstable West African nation. The mayor of Boundore commune, Sihanri Osangola Brigadie, said the attack occurred in the town of Pansy in Yagha province. About 20 attackers separated men from women close to a Protestant church. At least 10 other people were injured. The gunmen reportedly looted oil and rice from shops and forced the three youths they kidnapped to help transport it on their motorbikes. Both Christians and Muslims were killed before the church was set on fire, according to a government security official.
Feb. 17, 2020

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  Coronavirus: US will start testing people with flu symptoms, officials say

"Every scenario on the table" says WHO

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Chinese doctors say Wuhan coronavirus reinfection even deadlier

People in the US experiencing flu-like symptoms will be screened for the latest coronavirus that originated from China, according to health officials. Health systems in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle will screen patients through a national flu surveillance program, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced during a briefing on Friday. Officials said the program is likely to expand as more confirmed cases are expected in the coming days and weeks. The move follows reports of the 15th coronavirus infection in the US and the deaths of more than 1,300 people in China. CDC officials said that there could be undetected cases of the mysterious illness in communities across the US, as the country experiences a dramatic spike in flu as the season approaches its halfway point.
Feb. 17, 2020

Swarms of locusts overwhelm Yemen's Taiz

Locust swarms plagued several parts of war-ravaged Yemen particularly in the southwestern province of Taiz, a Yemeni official said Monday. "The plague of locusts is still expanding across the country's agricultural areas and badly affects the pasturelands and crops," the local government official said on condition of anonymity. He said that Yemen's government took no necessary measures to confront the outbreak of locusts that's threatening the local economies. "The government's recent capability is too weak and it is unable to confront such plague," he added. He urged the United Nations to help reduce the effects caused by the plague of locusts.
Feb. 17, 2020

Storm Dennis enters history books as the second-strongest North Atlantic extratropical cyclone, causes major flooding in the United Kingdom

Storm Dennis hit several western European countries over the weekend with very heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. Minimum central air pressure of 920 hPa was recorded on Saturday, February 15, making it the second-strongest North Atlantic extratropical cyclone since records began more than 150 years ago; just 7 hPa short of the all-time North Atlantic record, set by the Braer Storm of 1993. The storm left at least 2 people dead in the United Kingdom, dumped more than a month's worth of rain on South Wales, prompted the UK Environment Agency to issue a record number of flood warnings for one day, and caused widespread severe flooding across parts of the country. A yellow wind warning was still in place across the north and west of the UK on Monday, February 17. It also affected Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, northern Spain, and France.
Feb. 17, 2020

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