Prophecy News Watch - September 15, 2022

Around the World
Russia Strikes Ukraine Dam As Losses Mount
Faced with unprecedented losses in a proverbial David-versus-Goliath battle, mighty Russia took revenge and attacked a dam in the Ukrainian industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, sending water gushing downstream, witnesses said.
Sweden Prime Minister Resigns After Elections
Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson, announced her resignation Wednesday after a right-wing and far-right bloc defeated her Social Democrats in parliamentary elections.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
US Envoy Pressures Israel on ‘Two-State Solution’ at UNSC
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday to discuss the Biden Administration’s “commitment to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon” – but used the opportunity to also continue her boss’s mission of pressuring Israel into accepting the so-called “two state solution.”

Inside the United States
Democrat double-cross: House leaders poised to toss aside Manchin pipeline deal
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer now says there is no agreement to tie energy permitting reforms to a must-pass government funding bill.
Judge temporarily blocks Ohio from banning nearly all abortions
An Ohio judge temporarily blocked a statewide ban on nearly all abortions for two weeks.
Truckers, small businesses, train industry warn of ‘dire consequences’ if rail strike occurs
Small businesses, truckers, and the rail industry are warning that a major economic fallout would occur if railway unions follow through with a strike beginning Friday, including further supply chain delays, increased inflation, lost jobs and shuttered businesses.
Inflation so high, millions of Americans struggle to pay for food
A new government report showed millions of Americans are struggling to pay for food, fuel, and rent as US inflation in August remained at 40-year highs, USA Today reports.
Christian baker in Oregon returns to Supreme Court over refusal to bake same-sex wedding cake
A Christian baker is back at the Supreme Court, asking the justices once again to take up her challenge to Oregon’s public accommodations law after the state put her out of business for refusing to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

Christian News
Libya Court To Evict Church
A Libyan court has ordered the Protestant ‘Union Church in Tripoli’ (UCT) to vacate its building by 27 September or be forcibly evicted, Christians told Worthy News Tuesday.
Nigeria: Fulani murder church security guard, abduct pastor
As the slaughter and kidnapping of Christians in Nigeria continues, on September 11, suspected Fulani jihadists murdered a Christian security guard during the course of abducting a pastor from his church premises in Plateau state, Morning Star News (MSN) reports.