News and Prophecy

Israel’s recent attack on Hamas officials in Qatar has prompted a united Arab response (RTE, September 10, 2025). The Arab nations often possess competing agendas, but this attack and Israel’s subsequent threat to strike Hamas “anywhere” may be prompting increased coordination.

Tensions related to the war in Ukraine continue to rise in Europe.

Russia may be preparing to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since 1990. Senior Russian officials, including lawmakers and military leaders, have visited the Novaya Zemlya test site—a Cold War-era facility where the Soviet Union conducted more than 130 nuclear tests. Novaya Zemlya was the site of the Tsar Bomba detonation in 1961—the most...

In a powerful commentary published in Politico, Gary Kasparov, former world chess champion and public advocate for democracy, and Gabrielius Landsbergis, member of the European Council on Foreign Relations and former Lithuanian foreign minister, highlighted the European Union’s current ineffectiveness on the world stage (August 3, 2025).