Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll (apnews.com)
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Exclusive: Iran's Guards pull officers from Syria after Israeli strikes (www.reuters.com)
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Swedish police foil attack on Israeli Embassy in Stockholm (www.politico.eu)
An attempted attack on the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm was thwarted on Wednesday....
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Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....
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Sweeping strikes impact entire country [of Finland] Wednesday through Friday (yle.fi)
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Greece Marks 50th Anniversary of Polytechnic University Uprising Against Military Dictatorship (unicornriot.ninja)
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US charges Chinese nationals with smuggling US-made electronics to Iran (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have charged four Chinese nationals with crimes related to the smuggling of U.S.-made electronic components, including some with possible military use, to Iran, the Justice Department said on Wednesday....
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Cyprus-led sting operation busts illegal European immigration ring that arranged sham marriages (apnews.com)
Cyprus officials said Wednesday they led a Europol-organized sting operation that dismantled an international criminal ring facilitating illegal immigration and residency in European Union countries using dozens of sham marriages on the east Mediterranean island nation.
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US warship had close call with Houthi missile in Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials told CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship....
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Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure (www.reuters.com)
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Ukrainian commander says Russian airbase in Crimea hit in attack (kyivindependent.com)
The Balbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea was hit in an attack, Air Force Commander General Mykola Oleshchuk said on Telegram on Jan. 31....
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Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images (www.theguardian.com)
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Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women (www.theguardian.com)
New show will follow Question Time format answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics...
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Thai court orders election winners to abandon plan to change royal insults law (www.reuters.com)
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"Korea Is the World's Most Depressing Country"…an honest travelogue of a famous American writer (www.mk.co.kr)
Mark Manson, an American bestselling author and famous YouTuber, has made headlines by posting a video that he “traveled to the world’s most depressing country” after visiting Korea. Manson, a best-selling author who has written famous self-development books such as “The Art of Turning Off Nervousness,” is a YouTube...
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China ousts top rocket scientist from key political body in widening military purge (www.cnn.com)
China has expelled a leading rocket scientist from its top political advisory body, the latest sign of a widening purge in the Chinese military’s missile force and aerospace contractors....
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Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack (www.wsj.com)
The Oct. 7 intelligence reports seen by the Journal identified an Unrwa Arabic teacher who the reports said was also a Hamas militant commander and took part in a terrorist attack on Kibbutz Be’eri, where 97 people were killed and about 26 people were kidnapped and taken as hostages to Gaza....
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EU aiming to launch Red Sea naval mission by mid-Feb (www.reuters.com)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday he was hopeful it could be decided later in the day which member state could lead the upcoming EU mission to protect vessels in the Red Sea, adding this operation could de launched before mid-February....
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Russian lawmakers approve bill to confiscate assets of people who 'discredit' the army (abcnews.go.com)
The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a bill that would allow the confiscation of money, valuables and other assets from those convicted on charges of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military...
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Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place in history...
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Imran Khan, Pakistan former PM, sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption (www.theguardian.com)
Ruling against Khan and wife Bushra Bibi comes just a day after a 10-year sentence was handed down, and just before Pakistan goes to the polls in a general election...
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3 boats carrying 300 migrants go missing off Spain (www.dawn.com)
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French move to make abortion a ‘guaranteed freedom’ gains big win in lower house (www.theguardian.com)
Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30...
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Hervé Bopda: Cameroon socialite accused of sexual assaults (www.bbc.com)
Earlier this month, Mr Bopda and his acquaintances were accused by a popular activist of committing a number of crimes against roughly 200 victims....
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