The Faithful Watchman

Iran Announces $25 Billion Nuclear Plant Deal with Russia

Iranian state media on Friday announced the regime in Tehran has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russia’s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, to build four nuclear power plants in Iran.

The deal is valued at roughly $25 billion.

Russia’s state-run Tass news agency said on Friday that the four nuclear power plants will all be part of one facility, the Hormoz Nuclear Power Plant in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.

Three Men Arrested After Texas Baseball Coach Shot During 20-Minute Gunfire Barrage

The Waller County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office arrested three men who allegedly shot a baseball coach during a pregame prayer, according to witnesses. The coach was shot during a barrage of gunfire from a nearby field shortly before the start of a little league baseball game at a park located northwest of Houston.

Houston Warriors founder Andy Baize told KHOU that the coach was saying a pregame prayer when he was struck by gunfire coming from a nearby field, KHOU CBS 11 reported. Witnesses say the gunfire came from three men who were allegedly “target practicing” from 700 yards away. There does not appear to be any gun range or protective burms located on the property adjacent to The Rac baseball park.

Florida Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Sharia Law: ‘We Are Not Going To Become A Muslim Nation.’

Florida Congressman Randy Fine and Texas Rep. Keith Self on Friday introduced legislation that would ensure that Sharia law cannot be implemented anywhere in the United States.

The “No Shari’a Act” would prohibit the application of Sharia “where such application would violate constitutional rights,” according to a copy of the legislation shared with The Daily Wire. Both Fine and Self said that the measure was intended to protect Western culture and ensure that the United States would not be taken over by Islamic radicals.

Russian Jets Enter Estonia’s Airspace In Latest Test For NATO

Three Russian military jets violated NATO member Estonia’s airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an “unprecedentedly brazen” incursion, its government said, the latest in a series of recent military actions by Russia that have rattled the alliance.

With tensions already high because of the war in Ukraine, the incursion came just over a week after more than 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace on the night of Sept. 9-10. That prompted NATO jets to down some of them and Western officials to say Russia was testing the alliance’s readiness and resolve.

The Depth Of America’s Political And Moral Divide Is On Full Display

After police arrested the man they believe assassinated Charlie Kirk, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said, “There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody and will be charged soon and will be held accountable.”

That’s a good thing to remember. In fact, I think about it every time a new shooting occurs. There are 340 million people in the United States. Should it surprise us that a few take advantage of our freedoms to do great evil? But the number of shooters, people willing to take the life of another or a group of others, keeps growing.

A Call Back To Our Foundations: It Is God Alone That Secures Our Nation’s Liberty And Peace

This week, in the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many are asking whether incendiary words are fueling violent deeds. A recent Reuters poll found roughly two in three Americans believe harsh political rhetoric encourages violence. And when U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on a podcast that the Trump administration would target “hate speech,” the backlash from conservatives was swift; she later clarified that any focus must be on true threats of violence, not the nebulous catch-all of “hate speech.”

The AI Data Center Wars Have Begun… Farms, Water and Electricity is Stripped from Humans to Power the Machines

The farms that once produced food for humans are being repurposed as land to build AI data centers and solar farms that produce no food at all.

The water supplies that once ran your showers, dishwashers and toilets are being redirected to AI data center cooling systems, leaving humans with water scarcity and little remaining irrigation for growing food.

Reports: Christians Told to Renounce Jesus or Starve in Sudan Civil War

The plight of Sudan’s two million Christians has become extremely dire as the brutal civil war between former junta partners Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo grinds on.

Sudan was already one of the worst countries in the world for Christian persecution and neither side in the two-year civil war has demonstrated much concern for their safety.

Woman who allegedly posted videos of herself torturing her 7-year-old son on Instagram was ‘paranoid’ about demons

An Ohio woman from Brunswick who allegedly committed horrific acts of abuse against her 7-year-old son could be seen smiling in a news video of her arrest.

Police began a multi-state search for 32-year-old Tiarika Baymon after receiving a call from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the child was missing and possibly in danger, according to Brunswick Police Department Lt. Chris Spencer.

Female avatar appointed as Europe’s first AI government official

An Eastern European country has appointed a new minister, and it is not a real person.

For the last few years there have been discussions about implementing artificial intelligence in Ukraine to help with its judicial system due to its lack of available judges. The country even introduced an AI spokesperson for its foreign ministry in 2024.