Saudi Arabia announced a coalition of 34 Islamically-dominated nations in December 2015 (see ‘Saudi Arabia Announces 34-Nation Islamic Alliance Against Terrorism’ to Protect the ‘Islamic Nation’: Is the King of the South starting to form?) and followed up with a massive military exercise called ‘North Thunder’ in February 2016 (seeWorld’s largest military exercise taking place in Saudi Arabia–a prelude to the King of the South?).

Voice of America (VOA) reported the following:

May 21, 2016

BAGHDAD—Baghdad woke Saturday to the early morning sounds of helicopters flying overhead, most of them heading in and out of the fortified International Zone after protesters defied bullets and tear gas to storm the area.

A couple of readers alerted me to the following:

May 19, 2016

Superbugs will ‘kill every three seconds’

An interview shows that Pope Francis has taken another bizarre turn towards his interfaith agenda and away from real Christianity:

London’s Mayor Johnson made some statements comparing the emerging European Union with attempts at European unity by Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler:

The so-called Islamic State killed people today in Yemen:

May 12, 2016

SANAA, Yemen — Yemen’s Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that struck a navy base in the southern port city of Mukalla on Thursday morning, killing at least six troops in a rare IS attack in a city once occupied by its rival militant al-Qaida branch.

A reader sent me a link to the following about Germany increasing the size of its army:

May 10, 2016 23:46

Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven ...

Greenpeace released secret documents showing that the trade deal called TTIP has a lot of USA pressure to push genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on Europe and other lands. Here is a report from the New York Times followed by a report from the Russian Times:

Alabama’s Ray Moore has again been suspended for attempting to stand for aspects on biblical morality:

There was a military incident related to the British controlled territory of Gibraltar:

May 6, 2016

A Royal Navy patrol boat fired a flare to warn off a Spanish customs vessel that got too close to a US submarine as it approached British Gibraltar territorial waters last month. … the Spanish patrol boat belonged to the Servicio de Vigilancia Aduanera…