Arrests after Iran’s iPhone ban paves way for multimillion-dollar scam | Technology News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
The Death Throes of a Ukrainian City (www.nytimes.com)
Since Jan. 1, President Vladimir V. Putin’s forces have dropped around one million pounds of aerial bombs on an area encompassing just 12 square miles, according to estimates by Ukrainian officials and British intelligence....
China to send coast guard ships as tensions rise over Taiwanese islands (www.reuters.com)
US signals it will block proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli cabinet unanimously opposes 'unilateral recognition' of Palestinian state (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Tens of thousands at pro-Palestinian march in London (www.bbc.com)
Navalny in final message: ‘You’re not allowed to give up’ (thehill.com)
At the end of the Oscar-winning documentary “Navalny,” Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a final chilling message....
Russia tightens the noose on Ukraine's city of Avdiivka where outnumbered defenders are holding out (apnews.com)
Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka struggled Friday with severe ammunition shortages as Russian forces tightened the noose around the strategic eastern city in an intense Kremlin push for a battlefield win....
US senators to visit Hungary pushing Sweden's NATO bid | Reuters (www.yahoo.com)
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation will visit Hungary on Sunday as pressure grows on Budapest to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership when parliament reconvenes after its winter break....
Seoul hopes egg freezing can help S. Korea baby crisis, experts disagree (www.france24.com)
Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich (www.theguardian.com)
Western leaders are hoping a round of meetings at a security conference in Munich will put overwhelming pressure on Israel not to press ahead with a ground offensive in Rafah....
99 journalists killed in 2023, 77 in Gaza war: report (www.al-monitor.com)
‘A lot higher than we expected’: Russian arms production worries Europe’s war planners (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow has massively ramped up its industry, giving it advantages in Ukraine and leading to a redistribution of wealth...
GDP figures: UK entered recession in 2023, new figures show - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
“They brought Israeli civilians to watch our nude torture”: IDF torture of Palestinian prisoners is turned into entertainment for Israeli viewers (euromedmonitor.org)
London hospital and Sheffield clinic affected by faulty egg-freezing products (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights court finds failings in Greece tourist rape inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal MPs – including the prime minister and cabinet members – have voted overwhelmingly to urge the US and the UK to allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Atlantic drugs bust takes dramatic turn after alleged smuggler ‘kidnaps’ crew (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military starts evacuation of Gaza’s last big hospital (www.ft.com)
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Indonesia elections: Polls indicate Prabowo Subianto victory (www.dw.com)
Al Jazeera reporter and camera operator seriously hurt in Israeli airstrike in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Canadian federal police officer arrested, accused of ‘assisting foreign actor’ (www.theguardian.com)
A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been arrested and charged with accessing police records to assist an unnamed foreign actor....
Biden joins international calls for Israel to halt Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has added his voice to growing international calls for Israel to drop plans for an all-out military assault on the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, after a ferocious hostage rescue operation that killed dozens of Palestinians....
Body of 6-year-old killed in ‘deliberate’ Israeli fire found after 12 days (www.aljazeera.com)
Relatives find body of Hind Rajab who had begged rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire.
