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Weekly News Brief 5/24/23
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News from this Week 12/21/22
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Breaking World News
The following news is taken in whole or part from Worthy News Ministries.
Ukraine’s President To Visit US
Ukraine’s wartime President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington on Wednesday, where he is due to visit the White House and address the U.S. Congress, several sources said Tuesday.
Afghanistan Women Barred From Universities
Afghanistan’s Islamic government on Tuesday barred women from attending private and public universities in the latest severe blow to women’s rights.
US arrests six ISIS operatives in helicopter raids in Syria
US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces arrested six ISIS operatives in three helicopter raids in eastern Syria in the past two days, CENTCOM announced on Tuesday.
Latest World News Headlines
Thailand Navy Says Dozens Missing After Warship Sinks – December 20, 2022
Netherlands Prime Minister Apologizes For Slavery In Historic Speech – December 20, 2022
EU Citizens To Pay For CO2 Emissions – December 19, 2022
US airstrikes in Somalia kill 15 al-Shabab fighters – December 19, 2022
Iran Hails ‘More Than Doubled’ Nuclear Enrichment Despite Int’l Backlash – December 19, 2022
Russia’s Military Hits Ukraine Massively; Several Killed (Worthy News Radio) – December 19, 2022
Iranian atomic official says uranium enrichment capacity hits record highs – December 18, 2022
Breaking Israel News
IDF says troops downed suspected Hezbollah drone on Lebanon border
Israeli forces on Tuesday downed a small drone that Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group apparently flew over the border, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Experts say newly deciphered inscriptions first discovered in Hezekiah’s tunnel in Jerusalem in 1880 reveal important evidence that the Biblical kings of Israel and Judah indeed lived and reigned and wrote accounts of their deeds, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Latest Israel News Headlines
Syria says Israeli airstrikes hit sites in Damascus area, two soldiers wounded – December 19, 2022
Legislative blitz set to ramp up as jammed bills keep Netanyahu government at bay – December 18, 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu lays out agenda for third term: Stop Iranian aggression and expand peace in the region – December 18, 2022
Israeli cows to get their own biometric ID cards – December 18, 2022
Breaking U.S. News
Court rules White House can’t force contractors to guarantee workers have COVID vaccinations
A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that the Biden administration cannot enforce its planned COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors.
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes parts of Northern California, 70,000 without power
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Tuesday, jolting people awake, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Latest U.S. News Headlines
Powerful winter storm to bring freezing temperatures, snow to much of the U.S. – December 20, 2022
‘Twitter Files’ show FBI offered executives top secret info to guide 2020 election censorship – December 19, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Recommends Four Charges For Trump – December 19, 2022
Winter storm could see 55 million people hit by freezing Christmas conditions – December 19, 2022
Texas, Arizona and 17 other states ask SCOTUS for stay in eliminating Title 42 border protocol – December 19, 2022
Senate Passes Defense Bill Rescinding COVID Vaccine Mandate – December 19, 2022
Pentagon receives hundreds of new UFO reports — though no evidence of aliens yet – December 18, 2022
Breaking Christian News
A high-ranking UK government lawyer admitted last week that it was wrong of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service to have argued that sections of the Bible are ‘no longer appropriate in modern society’ when it charged a Christian street preacher with committing a ‘hate crime,’ Christian Concern (CC) reports.
Fulani jihadists in Nigeria’s Kaduna state murdered 41 people in a series of attacks on predominately Christian areas this month, Anglican Ink (AI) reports. The attacks have raised concern of even more intensified violence in these Christian areas during the run-up to Christmas.
India Releases Evangelical Leader On Bail
A jailed leader of more than 30 churches and congregations in northeastern India has been released on bail after International pressure, Worthy News learned Tuesday.
Latest Christian News Headlines
Uganda: Muslim extremists attack their own brothers for converting to Christ – December 20, 2022
Millions of Gospel tracts to be handed out during King Charles’ coronation – December 19, 2022
Over 400 hostile acts committed against US churches since 2018, increased incidents since 2021 – December 19, 2022
Jerusalem: Archaeologists find rare 2,000 coin which appears to corroborate Biblical account in Exodus – December 15, 2022
Nearly 40% of Americans believe we are in the End Times, poll finds – December 14, 2022
Ohio: Christian teacher fired for refusal to use students’ preferred pronouns, files suit – December 14, 2022
Britain: Archaeologists uncover 1,300 year-old necklace with cross pendant which belonged to female Christian leader – December 13, 2022
News from this Week 12/7/22
Breaking World News
The following news is taken in whole or part from Worthy News Ministries.
Argentina Vice President Sentenced Over Corruption
Argentina faced more upheaval Wednesday after an Argentine federal court found Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner guilty of corruption.
Putin holds council meeting on domestic security following 3 airbase ‘explosions’
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called a meeting with his security council to discuss the country’s domestic defenses after three airbases saw “explosions” this week.
‘Army May Intervene In Brazil’
Brazil’s military could still intervene to prevent leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from becoming the next president, well-informed sources suggested Tuesday.
Latest World News Headlines
Russia: Putin signs law banning all LGBT expression in public life – December 6, 2022
Indonesia Bans Extramarital Sex – December 6, 2022
Ukraine: Civilians without electricity in deep winter as Russia continues strikes on infrastructure – December 6, 2022
Iran may be able to build ‘crude’ nukes within six months – December 5, 2022
Indonesia’s Mount Semeru Erupts, 2,000 Flee – December 5, 2022
Iran Abandons Morality Police After Protests; Christians Still Uncertain (Worthy News In-Depth) – December 5, 2022
Nigeria: ‘Weapons For Ukraine Reach Islamist Terrorists’ (Worthy News Investigation) – December 5, 2022
Breaking Israel News
Gantz orders IDF to prepare for escalation in light of new government
Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the IDF to prepare for the possibility of an escalation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in light of ongoing security tensions and the entry of the new government, the defense minister revealed in an interview with Ynet on Tuesday.
IAF, French air force hold joint strike drills over Israel’s skies
Israeli and French aircraft held a joint aerial exercise this week over Israel’s skies that simulated airstrikes and combating aerial threats, the Israeli Air Force said Tuesday.
Latest Israel News Headlines
Saudi Arabia wants to normalize ties with Israel – December 6, 2022
Bahraini FM: Palestinian statehood bedrock of Abraham Accords success – December 5, 2022
IDF readiness for war compromised by West Bank tension – December 5, 2022
Hamas fires at Israeli jets as air force hits terror group following rocket attack – December 4, 2022
Breaking U.S. News
Real ID Deadline Pushed Back Again
The Real ID deadline has been pushed back yet again. The Department of Homeland Security deadline for enforcement will shift back another 24 months, from May 2023 to May 2025, the agency said Monday. After that date, federal agencies like the TSA will no longer accept driver’s licenses and other forms of identification that do not meet federal standards.
US Trade Deficit Widens in October on Weak Exports
The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in October as slowing global demand and a strong dollar weighed on exports.
Latest U.S. News Headlines
Supreme Court grapples with Christian business owner’s objection to Colorado’s pro-LGBTQ law – December 5, 2022
White House dismisses Hunter Biden laptop ‘Twitter files’ as ‘distraction’ – December 5, 2022
White House opposes repealing military vaccine mandate through NDAA – December 5, 2022
Pentagon urged to build advanced defenses against growing cruise, hypersonic missile threats to U.S. – December 5, 2022
Trump Reacts To Hunter Biden ‘Twitter Files’: This ‘Allows For The Termination Of All Rules, Regulations, And Articles, Even … In The Constitution’ – December 4, 2022
Republicans push to end military vaccine mandate through annual defense bill – December 4, 2022
Bombshell Twitter files suggest censorship driven by politics and connections, not facts – December 3, 2022
Breaking Christian News
Algeria: Government is persecuting the Church, which continues to grow
While Algeria’s government has now shut down all but a tiny handful of churches in the country, Algerian church leaders say the persecution is causing an increase in the number of new Christians, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.
Afghanistan: Christians trying to flee the country to escape intense persecution
The US-based aid organization Release International (RI) has reported that Christians in Afghanistan are trying to escape their home country as the ruling Taliban advance a regime of violence against them and other religious minorities, Christian Today (CT) reports.
Call to prayer for missionary pilot and volunteers imprisoned by Mozambique government
A call to prayer has been sent out for the release of an American Christian missionary pilot and two South African volunteers who have been jailed in Mozambique for a month since being arrested by government officials on suspicion of insurgents in the ongoing civil war, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Latest Christian News Headlines
California Supreme Court says church cannot be forced to pay over $200,000 in COVID-19 fines – December 5, 2022
Nigeria: Christian couple and daughter hacked to death by suspected Fulani jihadists in Benue state – December 5, 2022
Nigeria: 48 Christians abducted in two attacks on buses, “please mobilize prayer for our brethren” – December 5, 2022
Jailed Church Leader Facing India Trial – December 2, 2022
China Closes House Church And School – December 2, 2022
Egypt Allows More Churches Amid Persecution – December 2, 2022
Cambridge University Dean defends sermon claiming Jesus had “trans body” with “vaginal” wound in His side – December 1, 2022
Do You Know My Father? 