Chinese fishing vessels are going scorched earth and pumping cyanide into contested waters, Philippine fishing authority says (www.businessinsider.com)
After A 12-Month Wait, The Ukrainians Are Finally Firing Their 90-Mile Glide-Bombs At The Russians (www.forbes.com)
Settlers reportedly shoot two Palestinians, torch cars in latest West Bank attacks (www.timesofisrael.com)
Man and boy hospitalized after perpetrators said to descend from Yitzhar, fire shots, throw stones and clash with Palestinian residents in Asira al-Qibliya
Channel 4 Finds ‘No Evidence’ Of UNWRA-Hamas Links In Confidential Israeli Dossier (www.msn.com)
Channel 4 News reports that it found “no evidence to support its explosive new claim” by Israel that employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) participated with Hamas in the October 7th attacks.
Milei’s party presents draft bill to repeal Argentina abortion law (www.laprensalatina.com)
Buenos Aires, Feb 7 (EFE).- Argentina’s far-right ruling coalition La Libertad Avanza has presented a draft bill to repeal the country’s abortion law in parliament, according to information on Wednesday....
Gaza: outrage at video of Israeli soldier ‘torturing’ detained Palestinian (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
The same Israeli soldier has posted video clips showing soldiers arresting dozens of men, women and children who were stripped, blindfolded and handcuffed in areas across Gaza.
Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China' (news.sky.com)
‘Everything beautiful has been destroyed’: Palestinians mourn a city in tatters (www.theguardian.com)
Its walls collapsed and its minaret cut short, Gaza’s Omari mosque remains standing but vastly diminished. Around it, the historic old city is also in tatters. The 7th-century mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Gaza, was Gaza’s most famous and its surroundings a focal point of the Palestinian enclave’s history and...
Defence Intelligence unit sinks Russian corvette Ivanovets in Crimea – video (www.pravda.com.ua)
Soldiers of the Group 13 special forces unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed the guided-missile corvette Ivanovets, part of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, on the night of 31 January-1 February 2024....
Finland suspends funding for UN agency serving Palestinians (yle.fi)
Support for far-right AfD eases after Germany-wide protests - polls (news.yahoo.com)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) dropped slightly in two polls published on Tuesday after 10 days of nationwide protests against the far-right party, although it remained firmly in second place....
Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Drone video shows Gaza destruction after 100 days of war - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Politicians from Germany’s AfD met extremist group to discuss deportation ‘masterplan’ (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskyy calls on partners to create legal framework for transferring Russian assets to Ukraine (www.pravda.com.ua)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ukraine’s partners to create a legal framework for the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine....
Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million on falling births (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne (www.cnn.com)
Exclusive: Israeli Military Censor Bans Reporting on these 8 Subjects (theintercept.com)
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Guyana appeals to US and UN as Maduro advances annexation of territory (www.theguardian.com)
Request for help came after Venezuelan president announced series of measures to formalize a referendum Sunday evening...
Pope Francis' Israel Remarks Spark Fury (www.msn.com)
Fortified terror tunnel exposed underneath Gaza's Al Shifa hospital complex (www.ynetnews.com)
IDF says tunnel, outfitted with blast-proof door and firing hole, found alongside booby-trapped vehicle loaded with weapons
Australian naval personnel injured by sonar pulses from Chinese warship (www.abc.net.au)
The world is ignoring war, genocide and famine in Sudan (www.economist.com)
America is distracted, the UN is not interested
Belgium Considers Recognizing State of Palestine, Vows Sanctions Against Israel (www.moroccoworldnews.com)
Belgium announced that it is considering recognizing the state of Palestine, vowing to impose sanctions against Israeli occupation forces due to its genocidal war on Gaza.