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Executions and public floggings rise in Yemen under Houthis’ reign of terror (www.telegraph.co.uk)

'You are responsible for the Oct 7 holocaust': Thousands protest against Netanyahu's gov't (www.haaretz.com)

Thousands took to the streets across Israel Saturday night to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster and new elections, in demonstrations spanning from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to Haifa and Caesarea in the north and Be’er Sheva in the south....

At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says (www.theguardian.com)

More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military....

Uproar as Poonam Pandey’s ‘death’ from cancer revealed as publicity stunt (www.independent.co.uk)

Actor and model is being condemned for the stunt, which has been branded ‘insensitive’ and ‘morally reprehensible’ by her followers and medical professionals...

Pod of orcas trapped by thick sea ice off northern Japan, drone footage shows (www.cbsnews.com)

Shooting war: Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack (www.aljazeera.com)

Russia buys bananas from India after Ecuador military hardware spat (www.reuters.com)

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Russia has begun buying bananas from India and will boost such imports, its food safety watchdog said on Tuesday, after a spat with its biggest supplier Ecuador over the latter’s decision to swap Russian-made military hardware with the United States....

‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza (edition.cnn.com)

How Imran Khan is campaigning from jail in Pakistan: AI and covert canvassing (www.reuters.com)

‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)

‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides...

Giraffes appear to be on a path to joining the ranks of Winnie the Pooh and Peppa Pig on Beijing's internet watchlist (www.businessinsider.com)

Deadly blasts in Pakistan on eve of vote (www.dw.com)

At least 22 dead in 2 explosions

El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Nayib Bukele claims landslide victory and says Spanish democracy is a colonial fraud in impassioned speech to supporters...

Ugandan judge Sebutinde takes over as ICJ vice-president for three years (www.timeslive.co.za)

Chile's former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash (www.reuters.com)

The helicopter carrying Pinera, 74, and three others plunged into a lake in southern Chile. The former president was pronounced dead shortly after rescue personnel arrived at the scene. The other three passengers survived. Two sources told Reuters Pinera was the pilot, although officials have not confirmed that, nor the...

CIA director: Not passing Ukraine aid would be a mistake 'of historic proportions' (www.politico.com)

Helping Ukraine is “a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns,” the CIA director wrote....

Giant successor to Hadron Collider could uncover secrets of 95% of the universe (news.sky.com)

US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report (www.theguardian.com)

Missiles could be placed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk in case of potential war between Nato and Russia...

Israel-Gaza war: Unknown fate of six-year-old Hind Rajab trapped under fire (www.bbc.com)

LGBTQ+ Palestinians can request asylum in Israel, court rules (www.jpost.com)

Israeli military opens probe into reports of Oct. 7 friendly fire deaths (www.reuters.com)

Israel has begun investigating possible breaches of the law by its forces during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the military said on Tuesday, following reports some Israeli civilians may have been killed by friendly fire in the fighting....

‘They Come in Waves’: Ukraine Goes on Defense Against a Relentless Foe (www.nytimes.com)

His unit decimated by Ukrainian fire, the last surviving soldier in a Russian assault took cover in a shallow crater while Ukrainians shouted at him to surrender. As he lifted two grenades in the air, a Ukrainian drone swept in from above and exploded....

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