Prophecy News Watch - April 20, 2023

Around the World
Hungary Remembers Shoah Amid Antisemitism
Hungary has come under pressure to tackle antisemitism as the government called the Holocaust one of the nation’s “greatest tragedies.”
NATO: China to triple its nuclear arsenal ‘within a few years’
China will have a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads “by 2035,” according to Western officials who worry that technological advances and geopolitical acrimony have raised the potential for nuclear conflict.
EU Lawmakers Vote To Punish ‘Global Warming’
The European Parliament has approved reforms to the European Union's carbon market, which are expected to hike the cost of polluting in Europe.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
‘Embassy inauguration is sign of strengthened ties between Israel and Turkmenistan’
Eli Cohen became the first Israeli foreign minister to step foot in Turkmenistan in nearly three decades after arriving in the Central Asian country's capital Ashgabat on Wednesday night to open an embassy there.
IDF said to hit sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Syria, then drop flyers
The Israel Defense Forces dropped threatening pamphlets in southern Syria on Wednesday, warning Syrian soldiers to stop cooperating with Hezbollah, an opposition journalist reported, hours after Israel reportedly conducted artillery strikes on sites belonging to the Iran-backed group.

Inside the United States
Hunter Biden investigation infected by ‘politics’ and ‘preferential treatment’: IRS whistleblower
A decorated supervisory IRS agent has reported to the Justice Department's top watchdog that federal prosecutors appointed by Joe Biden have engaged in "preferential treatment and politics" to block criminal tax charges against presidential son Hunter Biden, providing evidence as a whistleblower that conflicts with Attorney General Merrick Garland's recent testimony to Congress that the decision to bring charges against Biden was being left to the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for Delaware.
John Ratcliffe Testifies Lab Leak Is Only ‘Credibly Supported’ Explanation For COVID-19
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus leaked from the Wuhan lab.
Oregon: Christian woman sues state after being told she cannot adopt children unless she “supports” their future hypothetical transgenderism
A Christian woman has filed suit against the state of Oregon for denying her application to adopt siblings from foster care because she would not agree to “respect, accept, and support … the sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression” of any child placed with her. The suit was filed earlier this month on behalf of Jessica Bates, a widowed mother of five, by the conservative legal firm Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).

Christian News
China: Government plans to bring in new measures requiring churches to include CCP propaganda in services
China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is planning to bring in new regulatory measures that would require all churches and other places of worship to implement CCP propaganda as part of their services, the Bitter Winter Chinese human rights magazine reports.
Indonesia: Church allowed to reopen after 13 years of legal proceedings
After 13 years of legal proceedings, a church in Indonesia has finally been granted a permit and allowed to reopen after being shut down by government authorities in 2010, International Christian Concern (ICC) reports.