Several news outlets have reported that China activated a large contingent of their Dong Feng (DF-26) ballistic missiles after a US navy ship traveled within 12 nautical miles of the Parcel Islands “to challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law,” according to a US Pacific Fleet Spokesman.

A senior official in the Russian Defense Ministry; Major General Igor Konashenkov issued a dire threat against the nation of Israel recently. In response to an alleged Israeli airstrike at the airport near the Syrian capital of Damascus, Konashenkov threatened to respond to further Israeli action in Syria with surface-to-surface missiles against targets inside Israel.

Officials in Cairo have confirmed that at least seven Christians were killed by terrorists recently as they returned from a baptism ceremony at a Coptic monastery in Egypt. This ranks as the most serious attack on Egyptian Christians in over a year!

It should come as no surprise to learn that terrorist groups are now widely utilizing the speed and connectivity of the internet to reach and recruit new members.

In another facet of a growing trend toward the fulfillment of the one-world currency prophesized in the pages of Scripture, Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for a new system of payments to be created that would be independent of the US and would allow Europe to be independent in its financial operations from Washington. Officials from Russia, Iran, and China quickly sounded their approval and intent to support such an effort that many see as a means of rescuing the nuclear deal between Iran and the west.

U.S. intelligence and cyber security experts have recently issued a strong cautionary message; there is a very real danger of foreign enemies attacking the U.S. electricity infrastructure and these attacks could result in the death of up to 90% of the U.S. population!