Police beatings of pro-Palestinian schoolchildren spark outrage in Italy (www.deccanherald.com)
India confirms citizens have joined Russian military (www.dw.com)
New Delhi has confirmed that some of India’s citizens have signed up for “support jobs” with the Russian army. The Indian government says it is working with Moscow to secure their discharge....
Many in Myanmar consider fleeing to Thailand to escape conscription into an army they despise (apnews.com)
Navalny's body returned to mother, spokeswoman says (www.bbc.com)
The body of leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been returned to his mother, his spokesperson says....
‘Putin must lose everything’: defiant Zelenskiy hosts western leaders in Kyiv to mark two years of war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president met the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium in a show of unity after recent battlefield defeats...
Bengal famine: Tracking down the last survivors of WW2's forgotten tragedy (www.bbc.com)
Three million died in the 1943 Bengal famine - one man is collecting the remaining survivors' tales.
Berlin says EU should prepare for war by end of decade (www.euractiv.com)
How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the Nova Festival (new.thecradle.co)
China says it aims to 'contain' foreign interference over Taiwan this year (www.reuters.com)
China aims to “contain” foreign interference over Taiwan and “resolutely combat” any efforts towards the island’s formal independence this year, which is the sensitive 75th anniversary of the founding of communist China, state media said on Friday....
Hungary and Sweden agree on defense deal ahead of final vote on Sweden's NATO accession (apnews.com)
The prime ministers of Hungary and Sweden concluded a defense industry agreement on Friday that will expand Budapest’s fleet of Swedish-built fighter jets, paving the way for Hungary’s likely ratification of Sweden’s long-delayed NATO bid....
US and UK carry out fresh strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen (www.bbc.com)
The Pentagon says US and UK fighter planes have carried out strikes on 18 Houthi sites in Yemen - the fourth such joint operation by the allies....
UK-born woman Shamima Begum who joined ISIS loses appeal over citizenship removal (www.straitstimes.com)
Six gold plated Comanchero bikes destroyed by police | 1News NZ (www.1news.co.nz)
Italian police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Russian war blogger dies in apparent suicide after facing criticism for revealing Moscow's losses (apnews.com)
Incredibly, The Russian Air Force Has Lost Another Rare A-50 Radar Plane (www.forbes.com)
Incredibly, the Russian air force has lost another one of its rare Beriev A-50M/U Mainstay radar early-warning planes. Video that circulated online on Friday reportedly depicts the A-50’s burning wreckage in Krasnodar Krai, in Russia just east of the Sea of Azov....
UK Conservatives suspend MP for saying London's mayor was under the control of Islamists (www.france24.com)
EU warns Israel against "catastrophic" Rafah offensive (www.reuters.com)
BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday warned Israel against launching an offensive in Rafah that ministers said would create a disaster for the roughly 1.5 million refugees crammed into the city on the southern edge of Gaza. “An attack on Rafah would be absolutely catastrophic … it would be...
Pope Francis cancels a meeting with Rome deacons because of mild flu, the Vatican says (apnews.com)
Pope Francis has canceled an audience scheduled for Saturday as a precaution after coming down with mild flu, the Vatican press office said in a short statement, without adding further details....
Shamima Begum: Woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against the removal of her UK citizenship (www.cnn.com)
A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship....
Houthis to step up Red Sea strikes, use 'submarine weapons', leader says (www.reuters.com)
“Operations in the Red and Arabian Seas, Bab al-Mandab Strait, and the Gulf of Aden are continuing, escalating, and effective,” Abdul Malik al-Houthi added in a televised speech. He gave no details of the submarine weapons....
Rafah Attack Escalates “Most Transparent Genocide of All Time,” Scholar Says (truthout.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16060292...
WWII-era bomb safely detonated at sea after one of the largest peacetime evacuations in UK history (apnews.com)
A World War II-era bomb whose discovery prompted one of the largest peacetime evacuations in British history has been detonated at sea, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday....
‘It was an execution’: family mourns boy shot dead by Israeli forces (www.theguardian.com)
Nihal Abu Ayash, 16, was reportedly the 100th Palestinian child to be killed in the West Bank since Hamas’s 7 October attack...
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse (www.newyorker.com)
