Tracking Bible Prophecy Headlines - 04/18/2026 King David & Solomon made peace with Lebanon - can Trump & Netanyahu after 8,000 Hezbollah rockets, missiles and mortars? Netanyahu: 'Road to peace' with Lebanon begins; Trump: Israel 'PROHIBITED' from bombing there Trump shocked Netanyahu with post declaring Lebanon strikes "prohibited" www.axios.com/2026/04/17/lebanon-strikes-israel-trump-prohibited After Trump declared Israel 'PROHIBITED' from bombing, IDF drone said to target motorcycle in south Lebanon Military operation against Hezbollah 'still not complete,' Israel's defence minister says As ceasefire takes hold, Katz says Israel remains committed to disarming Hezbollah - Amid U.S.-led diplomatic push, defense minister insists IDF will maintain control of security zone inside Lebanon Amid truce with Israel, Aoun says Lebanon to now seek 'permanent agreements' - Declaring his country 'stands before a new phase,' Lebanese president says it's 'not a sign of weakness' to negotiate with Israel, which he only directly mentions when urging IDF withdrawal www.timesofisrael.com/amid-truce-with-israel-aoun-says-lebanon-to-now-seek-permanent-agreements/ As ceasefire holds, displaced Lebanese trickle home to find out what remains - Cars line up to cross destroyed Qasmiyeh Bridge over Litani River after Lebanese army bulldozes new path: 'If the situation allows, we will stay and we will not leave our land again' www.timesofisrael.com/as-ceasefire-holds-displaced-lebanese-trickle-home-to-find-out-what-remains/ Trump: Iran Deal Expected 'in the Next Day or Two' - Might Travel to Islamabad for Final Talks President Trump says Iran has 'agreed to everything' justthenews.com/government/security/president-trump-says-iran-has-agreed-everything-report As Trump claims 'no sticking points' and that deal possible in days, Iran insists he's lying US to recover uranium from Iran at a 'leisurely pace' U.S. considers $20 billion cash-for-uranium deal with Iran www.axios.com/2026/04/17/iran-us-deal-20-billion-frozen-funds-uranium 2016: US sent plane with $400 million in cash to Iran www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/politics/us-sends-plane-iran-400-million-cash Trump says gas prices are 'not very high' compared to cost of nuclear Iran www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4532571/trump-gas-prices-not-very-high-nuclear-iran/ Oil prices drop more than 10% and US stocks soar after Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz S&P 500 Smashed Another Record Wednesday, Signaling the Markets Believe Trump That the Iran Conflict Is Ending www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/sp-500-smashed-another-record-wednesday-signaling-markets/ Market volatility from Iran conflict is 'head spinning': Former NEC Director www.foxbusiness.com/video/6393174625112 'Dystopian' Iran war bets spark US crackdown on prediction markets - American lawmakers sound alarm over wagers on US-Israel war against Iran and rescue mission for stranded airman, raising concerns over insider trading and public trust www.timesofisrael.com/dystopian-iran-war-bets-spark-us-crackdown-on-prediction-markets/ Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement www.msn.com/en-gb/money/economy/ar-AA218sHt Oil prices plunge after Iran says Strait of Hormuz open for commercial shipping traffic - Trump says naval blockade on Iran will remain 'in full force' until the 'transaction with Iran is 100% complete' It will take two YEARS for world to recover from fuel shortages sparked by Iran war, energy chief warns www.the-sun.com/news/16235655/ As fuel prices rise, a new technique of gas theft is spreading - With simple tools, thieves are "drilling and draining" fuel from vehicles, leaving drivers with costly repair bills www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/17/gas-thefts-drill-drain-fuel-prices/ Trump: Iran Removing Sea Mines, Will Never Close Strait of Hormuz Again: 'Brilliant Day for the World' CNN's Richard Quest Reports Ships Aren't Actually Sailing Through the Strait of Hormuz Despite Trump's Assurances Iran says Strait of Hormuz not fully open, will charge tolls to cross Trump reveals NATO called him after Strait of Hormuz reopening: 'Don't want your help anymore' www.foxnews.com/video/6393325234112 Starmer and Macron accused of 'playing at being relevant' with Strait of Hormuz plan - A senior European official insists the initiative is not meant to sideline the Trump administration www.foxnews.com/world/starmer-macron-accused-playing-being-relevant-strait-hormuz-plan Euro-Globalists Meet in Paris To 'Discuss' the Strait of Hormuz, But Iran Has Already Opened the Waterway, and Trump Discards the Participation of the 'Paper Tigers' www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/euro-globalists-meet-paris-discuss-strait-hormuz-iran/ China blocks Scarborough Shoal and 30% of global shipping - China isn't sending warships to the strait of Hormuz (yet), despite the US blocking 6 merchant ships in the first 24 hours of the U.S. blockade. Instead, they are blocking a much bigger shipping lane The Iran war is risking America's global security ties and damaging its reputation, especially among the world's Muslims, according to a set of State Department cables Israel's gas platforms in the crosshairs - The shutdown of the Karish and Leviathan gas platforms is estimated to have cost about 1.5 billion shekels www.israelhayom.com/2026/04/16/israels-gas-platforms-in-the-crosshairs/ Iran-Linked Terror Cell Claims Radioactive Drone Attack on Israeli Embassy in London as Police Swarm Park in Hazmat Suits www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/iran-linked-terror-cell-claims-radioactive-drone-attack/ IDF expects Hamas to enter disarmament process soon - The announcement was aspirational in that Hamas has not yet done so, and no one can really know whether the Gazan terror group will follow through www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-893374 Expert identifies major holes in UN report claiming 38,00 women and girls were killed in Gaza war Syria's Sharaa: Israel has acted with 'brutality,' but talks not at dead end - Leader says talks now focused on restoring UN buffer zone, will later shift to future of Golan; all bases in Syria that hosted US troops now under state control, Damascus says UK police search near Israel's London Embassy after threat of drone attack with 'dangerous substances' Trump antisemitism envoy: US will bar World Cup attendees tied to antisemitism abroad - People who want to sow discord in this country are not welcome, Yehuda Kaploun says, while denying report claiming US will ban specific European politicians Duke suspends SJP chapter over alleged antisemitic post www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/duke-suspends-sjp-chapter-over-alleged-antisemitic-post/gm-GM09E99ED3 British tourists hurl antisemitic abuse at Israeli couple in Vietnam: 'Rats running away' - Pair accuse fellow diners of genocide, cite white supremacist meme of mass expulsions of Jews; one says 'Viva Iran' before they sing 'Boom, boom Tel Aviv' French court rules antisemitism not a motive in nanny's poisoning of Jewish family Fetterman: 'Definitely' Democratic Party Has a Problem with Antisemitism Tucker Carlson's identity crisis: Is he on a spiritual path toward Islam? allisraelnews.com/tucker-carlsons-identity-crisis-is-he-on-a-spiritual-path-toward-islam Anonymous Rumors Claim Pentagon Planning Cuba Invasion www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2026/04/16/anonymous-rumors-claim-pentagon-planning-cuba-invasion/ Pentagon ramps up plans for military operation in Cuba in case Trump orders direct intervention: report Rep. Comer: Epstein Probe Expanding Amid New Depositions www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-comer-jeffrey-epstein-testimony/2026/04/17/id/1253296/ U.K.'s Starmer Under Fresh Scrutiny Over Epstein Fallout - The prime minister denies knowing that disgraced former U.S. envoy Peter Mandelson - a friend of Epstein - hadn't been cleared by security vetting www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-s-starmer-under-fresh-scrutiny-over-epstein-fallout-ab3cb30f Epstein Scandal: UK Ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson Failed Security Vetting But Was Appointed by Starmer Anyway 'The Government Doesn't Run The Government': Starmer Insists He Won't Resign Over Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Starmer's Mandelson nightmare never ends. This time, it may cost him his job as U.K. leader Senate passes short-term extension of overseas spying authority www.yahoo.com/news/videos/senate-passes-short-term-extension-223510095.html Madison Square Garden's Facial Recognition Program Is Now a Civil Liberties Problem tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurity/articles/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition-160301555.html The Chinese cyber-attack that could have stolen data from every American www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8m8l White House works to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos AI Tucker Carlson suggests Trump might be the Antichrist after president's AI image of himself as Jesus There Are Signs of a Massive AI Backlash - It's a powder keg futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/signs-massive-ai-backlash Reese Witherspoon warns AI is three times more likely to replace women www.foxnews.com/media/reese-witherspoon-warns-ai-three-times-likely-replace-women Elon Musk Proposes 'Universal High Income' Payments to Address AI-Driven Job Displacement Robot Dogs Patrolling Precious Crops as Food Crisis Deepens - Meet the corn farmer's best friend futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-dog-food-crisis 11th scientist death emerges in string of missing, dead officials with access to US secrets White House: 'No Stone Will Be Unturned' in Probe of 'Troubling Cases' of Missing, Deceased Scientists Artemis II Astronaut 'Broke Down' at Sight of Chaplain's Cross After Return to Earth Trump says first releases from Pentagon UFO study will come out 'very, very soon' after Phoenix rally tease www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-first-releases-pentagon-ufo-study-come-soon-phoenix-rally-tease Trump Says UFO Review Uncovered 'Interesting' Documents www.newsmax.com/us/trump-ufo-documents/2026/04/17/id/1253353/ UFO cluster spotted over mysterious base tied to missing Air Force scientist www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15742167/ufo-cluster-wright-patterson-air-force-base.html 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Carlsberg Ridge earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sr2n/executive 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sqta/executive 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Jurm, Afghanistan earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sr1e/executive 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Kuril Islands earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sr27/executive 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sqz1/executive 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Modisi, Indonesia earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sqzl/executive 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sqzn/executive 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Kuril'sk, Russia earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000sr09/executive Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft www.bom.gov.au/products/Volc_ash_recent.shtml Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft www.ospo.noaa.gov/VAAC/ARCH26/SANGAY3/2026D180458.html Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 17,500ft www.ospo.noaa.gov/VAAC/ARCH26/POPO/2026D171954.html Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft www.ospo.noaa.gov/VAAC/ARCH26/REVE/2026D180843.html Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft www.ospo.noaa.gov/VAAC/ARCH26/FUEG/2026D180629.html Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft www.bom.gov.au/products/Volc_ash_recent.shtml Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft ds.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vaac/data/TextData/2026/20260417_27202000_0088_Text.html Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft ds.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vaac/data/TextData/2026/20260418_27303000_0503_Text.html Pico volcano system raised to V1 alert after increased seismicity in Faial - Pico channel, Portugal Devastating damage reported across multiple states after tornado outbreak hammers the Midwest www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/damage-reported-multiple-states-tornado-outbreak-hammers-midwest Dangerous severe storms fire off strong tornadoes, 'monster' hail targeting 50M+ across 1,500 miles Severe hailstorm damages hundreds of homes in Bac Ha, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam Flooding triggers evacuations in Michigan as rivers surge and dam pressure increases watchers.news/2026/04/17/flooding-triggers-evacuations-michigan-rivers-surge-dam-pressure-increases/ Experts: California 'running out of fuel' as imports dry up, Trump needs to act to prevent crisis - Trump to rescue California? Professors estimate that California's inventories are as much as 30% below normal because of the state's climate policies Colombia convenes climate 'coalition of the willing' to break global fossil fuel deadlock Monk vanishes from secluded Scottish monastery 'accused of unauthorised exorcisms' metro.co.uk/2026/04/16/monk-presumed-dead-vanishing-secluded-orkney-island-monastery-28003959/ MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged - Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/ Over 160 Arrests in Turkish Crackdown on People Praising School Shootings Online www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/160-arrests-turkish-crackdown-people-praising-school-shootings/ Tyler Robinson defense witness argues against transparency, complains about 'sensational media coverage' in Charlie Kirk murder case Mamdani's NYC refuses to turn illegal alien charged with killing 4 in arson attack over to ICE: DHS Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons submits resignation letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin - According to a source, Lyons has overseen roughly 584,000 ICE deportations since Trump was inaugurated in 2025 Cells of Chinese nationals illegally in US use gift card fraud to fund CCP: ICE director Germany Demographics: More Than One in Four People Now Have 'Migration History' Report: Spain May Grant Amnesty to Illegal Migrants with Criminal Records www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/04/17/report-spain-may-grant-amnesty-to-migrant-with-criminal-records/ 10 House Republicans Join Democrats to Give 'Temporary' Amnesty to 350,000 Haitians Brandon Johnson says restaurant industry is 'tied to slavery,' demands reparations in Chicago Taxpayers on the hook for $18 MILLION to pay off sexual harassment settlements against congressmen California LGBTQ+ organization seeks $25M from state for gender-affirming care for minors Researchers eye potential Down syndrome fix via advanced gene editing