Drone Attack In Jordan Kills Three American Troops (Updated) (www.thedrive.com)
Ukraine levels up the fight with drone strikes deep into Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Over the past three weeks, Ukraine has wreaked havoc with Russia’s energy infrastructure. Soon after the new year, someone attached explosives to train carriages in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. A blast took place next to facilities owned by Gazprom Neft, the country’s third biggest oil producer. Next, a kamikaze drone...
Putin meets Chad junta leader as Russia competes with France in Africa (news.yahoo.com)
Italian net closes in on 'Fleximan' - vigilante destroyer of speed cameras (www.bbc.com)
No Rest For Gaza Dead With Swift Burials, Bodies Dug Up (www.barrons.com)
Houthis, defying U.S. strikes, attempt another attack on U.S.-owned commercial ship (www.cbsnews.com)
The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes....
Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel. (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an unlikely source: the Israeli military itself....
A new global gender divide is emerging (www.ft.com)
Kerem Shalom crossing: Israeli protesters hold up aid trucks to Gaza (www.bbc.com)
Hundreds of Israeli protesters have blocked some humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza for a third day.
Sky News Makes On-Air Apology After Presenter Compared Israel’s War In Gaza To The Holocaust (deadline.com)
Moment vibrating phones alerted UN to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (www.bbc.co.uk)
Three US troops killed and 34 injured in drone attack in Jordan (news.sky.com)
A drone has struck a tent of sleeping troops in Jordan, killing US troops in the Middle East for the first time since the war in Gaza began. The US has blamed Iran-backed militant groups, but is yet to identify who specifically they believe is responsible....
NATO Has Been Underestimating Russia’s War Machine, Estonia Says (www.bloomberg.com)
Estonia’s top military commander said fresh intelligence on Russia’s ability to produce ammunition and recruit troops has prompted a re-evaluation among NATO allies and a spate of warnings to prepare for a long-term conflict....
Georgia's stolen children: Twins sold at birth reunited by TikTok video (www.bbc.com)
Zero-emission goal still eludes the EU, where most cars emit the same CO2 levels as 12 years ago (apnews.com)
Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago, the European Union’s auditing agency warned on Wednesday....
Over 2,000 shell companies have directors aged 123 years or older, Moody’s found. The oldest known human lived to 122 (fortune.com)
Moody’s Analytics has found 21 million “red flags” associated with shell companies that could be used to enable financial crimes, from ancient directors to dubious addresses....
Ukraine says it has uncovered major arms corruption (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine’s security service says it has uncovered corruption in an arms purchase by the military worth about $40m (£31m)....
Guterres reveals new details of UNRWA probe: of 12 suspects 9 terminated, one dead (www.ynetnews.com)
UK intelligence attributes rise in attacks on military draft offices in Russia to expectations of new mobilisation (www.yahoo.com)
UK Defence Intelligence believes that the upsurge in attacks on military enlistment offices and similar institutions in Russia may indicate a lack of confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s promise not to conduct a new wave of mobilisation.
AfD narrowly loses first election since mass deportation meeting revelations (www.theguardian.com)
AfD faces first election since revelations about mass deportation meeting...
Australian PM hints at cost-of-living relief for low and middle-income earners (www.smh.com.au)
Israel says Paris talks on hostage deal were ‘constructive,’ will continue this week (www.timesofisrael.com)
‘Significant gaps’ remain, says Prime Minister’s Office, after US, Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials meet to weigh pause in fighting in exchange for release of hostages...
Finns go to the polls to elect a new president at an unprecedented time for the NATO newcomer (apnews.com)
Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member with its eastern border with Russia closed — two things almost unthinkable a few years ago....
US to Sell 40 F-35 Fighter Jets to Greece, Gift Other Aircraft (www.bloomberg.com)
The US plans to sell as many as 40 F-35 jets to Greece and will also gift the country various defense equipment, according to a letter sent by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis....
China seals closer Uzbek ties, pushes railway route bypassing Russia (news.yahoo.com)
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Wednesday upgraded its diplomatic ties with Uzbekistan and offered closer cooperation across a range of projects, including a Central Asia railway that would open up a new trade route as shippers shun an existing overland link via Russia....
