News and Prophecy Staff

“After two weeks of battling a number of out-of-control fires in California, Arizona and New Mexico, state and federal [fire] crews had the upper hand against all but one by Sunday morning—the Erskine Fire in Kern County, north of Los Angeles, which grew from 37,000 acres to 43,360 acres during the day” (ABC News, June 26, 2016). As the U.S.

NATO and Europe distrust Russia because of the situation in Crimea and beyond (AFP, May 19, 2016) and Russia is increasing its military activity in response to NATO’s actions (Aljazeera, May 4, 2016; Time, May 4, 2016).  Re

After 43 years as a member of the European Economic Community and the European Union, the British people voted last week to leave the EU. In a close vote (roughly 52% for departure, 48% for remaining “in”), Britons cast their vote for national sovereignty and control of their own borders (Deutsche Welle, June 24, 2016).

Omar Mateen, a Muslim claiming an affiliation with ISIS, killed 49 people in a homosexual nightclub in Orlando, Florida—“the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history” (Associated Press, June 13, 2016).  This event leaves many “around the world wondering why mass violence keeps happening in America” (Associated Press, June 13, 2016).

South America is facing a host of mounting problems. In Colombia, drug lords and narcotics trafficking have generated years of violence, corrupted the political and economic systems and contributed to a growing domestic drug problem (The Guardian, April 18, 2016).