Time to 'think the unthinkable' and consider UK conscription, says Britain's former top NATO commander (news.sky.com)
Spanish defence ministry demands €94,782.47 from Briton who said he would blow up plane (www.euronews.com)
The young man accused of public disorder defended himself in Spain’s National Court saying it was a joke....
Is Kim Jong Un Preparing for War? - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea (www.38north.org)
Mondo. L'attentato a Instabul allarma gli europei a Cipro, zona calda del Mediterraneo (www.caserta24ore.it)
(LEAD) N. Korea fires several cruise missiles from its east coast: JCS (en.yna.co.kr)
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) – North Korea fired several cruise missiles from its east coast on Sunday, the South Korean military said, days after Pyongyang test-fired new strategic cruise missiles from the west coast....
Israel-Hamas war: Germany joins states pausing UNRWA funding (www.dw.com)
How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election (apnews.com)
Taiwan has been able to effectively respond to Chinese disinformation in part because of how seriously the threat is perceived there, according to Kenton Thibaut, a senior resident fellow and expert on Chinese disinformation at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. Instead of a piecemeal approach — focusing...
Top UN court stops short of ordering cease-fire in Gaza and demands Israel contain deaths (apnews.com)
Putin Says Russia Shouldn’t Be Ruled By ‘Weirdos Who Show Their Backsides’ (www.kyivpost.com)
Amazon's record drought driven by climate change (www.bbc.com)
Russia fires a top geneticist who claimed people could live to 900 before sins caused Biblical flood (apnews.com)
Russia’s science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that humans once lived for centuries and that the shorter lives of modern humans are due to their ancestors’ sins, state news agency RIA-Novosti said Thursday....
UNRWA Hamas attack claims: UK becomes latest country to pause funding for agency (www.bbc.com)
“The UK is appalled by allegations that UNRWA staff were involved in the 7 October attack against Israel, a heinous act of terrorism that the UK Government has repeatedly condemned,” the UK Foreign Office said in a statement....
World reacts to ICJ interim ruling in Gaza genocide case against Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
The article collects the reactions of representatives from multiple countries to the provisional ruling, including South Africa, Israel, the US and some other Western and Muslim countries.
Japan bomber may have been found after 50 years (www.bbc.com)
How Israel controls $188 million of Palestinian money every month (www.aljazeera.com)
On Sunday, Israel approved a plan to send taxes earmarked for Gaza to Norway instead of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Revealed: UK granted asylum to Rwandan refugees while arguing country was safe (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine Says It Uncovers Mass Fraud in Weapons Procurement (www.usnews.com)
(Reuters) - Ukraine’s SBU security service said on Saturday it had uncovered a corruption scheme in the purchase of arms by the country’s military totalling the equivalent of about $40 million.
UNRWA claims: UN agency condemns aid halt over alleged help for Hamas attacks (www.bbc.com)
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Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taiwan as U.S.-China talks resume (www.cnbc.com)
China sent dozens of military aircrafts and naval ships toward Taiwan, some of which crossed over the Taiwan Strait....
Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after tit-for-tat strikes (www.reuters.com)
Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran on Saturday, Pakistan’s ambassador and Iranian state media said, amid efforts by the two countries to mend ties after tit-for-tat attacks....
Gazans call for Hamas overthrow, flee through IDF humanitarian corridor (www.jpost.com)
Russians queue to support Putin opponent in presidential election race (www.euronews.com)
Several Russian opposition figures have vowed to put up a fight against President Vladimir Putin as he seeks yet another term in office....
Russia-Ukraine war: attacks on Russian enlistment offices signal dissatisfaction with war, says UK (www.theguardian.com)
US sees signs of progress on deal to release hostages, bring temporary pause to Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to two senior administration officials....
CNN reporter crawls over 60 feet underground to visit tunnels IDF says were used by Hamas (edition.cnn.com)
CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to tour what IDF alleges are tunnels used by Hamas under Khan Younis in southern Gaza....
