Germany considers recruiting foreigners to army in face of Russian menace (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Defence minister Boris Pistorius admits ‘foreign legion’ style move is being considered...
China lobbies countries to praise its rights record ahead of UN review - diplomats (www.aol.com)
GENEVA (Reuters) - China has been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record ahead of a key U.N. meeting where it will face questions and criticism over its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to diplomats and documents....
Putin Orders Hunt for Property of Russian Empire, Soviet Union (www.bloomberg.com)
Vladimir Putin is going on a property hunt, ordering officials to find Russian assets that once belonged to its former empire or were owned by the Soviet Union....
Norway allocates $190 million to boost defense production for own needs, Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The Norwegian government announced on Jan. 17 the allocation of 2 billion Norwegian kroner ($190 million) to increase defense production capacities, namely regarding artillery shells....
Russia "Acknowledges" A-50 AWACS Loss; Deploys Another Aircraft But Far Away From Ukrainian Border -- UK MoD Says (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Welcoming F-16 Fighters, Ukraine Begins Preparing 'Special Airfields' To Operate Fighting Falcons - Kyiv (www.eurasiantimes.com)
A Louisiana teen traveled to the West Bank to learn about his roots. He was shot dead. (www.nbcnews.com)
Ukraine 'Fused' S-300 & PAC-3 Missiles To Bamboozle, Hunt Russian A-50 AWACS Aircraft - Expert (www.eurasiantimes.com)
A-50 AWACS: Ukraine Claims Downing Russia's Most Prized Aircraft; What Makes It A 'Big Kill' For Ukraine? (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Will a war between Russia and NATO start in February? Here's how it could happen (news.yahoo.com)
Eisenkot: Key Israeli war leader challenges Netanyahu over Gaza strategy (www.bbc.com)
A key member of Israel’s war cabinet has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not telling the truth about the military goals in Gaza....
Fear and fatigue: Why anti-migrant sentiment in Europe helps Russia (ecfr.eu)
17-Year-Old Palestinian-American Killed in Occupied West Bank by Off-Duty Israeli Forces (www.teenvogue.com)
At a funeral for his son in Ramallah on Saturday, Tawfic Abdeljabbar’s father asked, “How many fathers and mothers have to say goodbye to their children?”
Haiti's police force shrinks amid gang crisis -union (news.yahoo.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti’s national police has lost nearly 3,300 officers in three years, according to data from the force’s main trade union, as under-gunned security officials battle powerful gangs estimated to control most of the capital....
UN staff on £1.5bn Iraq aid project ‘demanding bribes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Iran is 'directly involved' in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, US Navy's Mideast chief tells AP (apnews.com)
Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday....
'Wage-slavery to a handful of multimillionaires': Vladimir Lenin's Letter to American Workers (www.rt.com)
A Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing (apnews.com)
Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration of a grand Hindu temple at the same site on Monday in a political move to boost his party ahead of a crucial national vote....
Theodore Luhaka: Aspiring footballer left with 'serious anal injuries' - French police officers given suspended sentences (news.sky.com)
UK sends UN experts photographs of North Korean shipments to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Two of the three ships were also identified in a recent report by the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. It showed a growth in transshipments from North Korea to Russia that “reveal that Russia has likely begun shipping North Korean munitions at scale”. A third was identified by NK News, an independent news website...
Taiwan says it spots six more Chinese balloons, one crossed island (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected six more Chinese balloons flying over the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, one of which crossed the island, the latest in a spate of such balloons the ministry says it has seen over the past month-and-a-half....
Move to expand mobilization brings Ukrainian society face-to-face with immense pressure of war (kyivindependent.com)
As Russia’s full-scale war approaches its third year and looks ready to drag on for several more, one topic is dominating the discussion in Ukraine: mobilization....
Archaeologists unearth rare 14th-century armor near Swiss castle: "Sensational find" (www.cbsnews.com)
Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German border. The crews unearthed a well-preserved gauntlet that experts believe was forged during the 14th century, which would be unprecedented, officials said in an announcement that described the...
A Step for Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia. (text.hrw.org)
Exploring a vast Hamas tunnel complex where hostages were reportedly held captive: Reporter's notebook (abcnews.go.com)
There were multiple tunnel off-shoots, with one of them leading us to a large room with a vaulted ceiling plastered white, walls colored with tiled walls and carpeted with artificial grass. The soldiers said they believed it was used to hold women and children hostages, showing us a child’s drawing they said a 5-year-old...
