Israel-Palestine war: Israel set to ban Al Jazeera after attorney general approval (www.middleeasteye.net)
Hamas releases first video of a hostage taken to Gaza (www.cnn.com)
The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible....
Hamas steals UN fuel, medical equipment kept for humanitarian purposes in Gaza city (www.thestatesman.com)
U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. military is moving an aircraft carrier strike group and military aircraft closer to Israel as a show of support, and will also begin supplying Israel with munitions and other military supplies immediately, said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin....
Adam Britton: British croc expert admits sexually abusing dogs (www.bbc.com)
Adam Britton has pleaded guilty to 60 charges involving bestiality and child abuse material in Australia.
Amazon won’t stop sending tortured woman unwanted boxes of shoes (arstechnica.com)
Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says (www.nbcnews.com)
Georgia's ruling party proposes LGBTQ+ "propaganda" law that compares homosexuality to incest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
US designates Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three leaders as terrorists (www.theguardian.com)
Sperm count fall could be due to microplastics, new study finds (www.euronews.com)
The tiny plastic particles were found in all 23 human testes in a new study, and all 47 testes from pet dogs....
Kim's sister denies North Korea has supplied weapons to Russia (apnews.com)
Russian soldier murder rate soars 900% on return from Ukraine war (www.independent.co.uk)
Up to 113 active Russian servicemen were convicted in 2023 - a near 900 per cent increase on just 13 in 2022...
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter (www.theguardian.com)
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism...
Zelenskyy to US: Iran’s attack on Israel is ‘wake-up call’ to fortify America’s allies (www.politico.eu)
South Korea’s population dips below 50M (www.chosun.com)
Elderly set to exceed 30% by 2034...
Israel's 'Where's Daddy?' AI system helps target suspected Hamas militants when they're at home with their families, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
As civilian casualties continue to mount in the wartorn Gaza Strip, reports of Israel's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its targeting of Hamas militants are facing increasing scrutiny. A report by the Israeli outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call earlier this month said that Israeli forces had relied heavily on two AI...
Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated (www.jpost.com)
UN team says rape, gang rape likely occurred during Hamas attack on Israel (www.reuters.com)
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
China is reportedly scrubbing the internet of negative coverage of its economy (www.businessinsider.com)
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....
Why are so many Russians freezing in their homes? (www.dw.com)
Russia boasts a massive energy infrastructure, but a recent wave of heating system breakdowns has left many of its citizens scrambling to keep the frost outside. We are still using the communal infrastructure that was made during the Soviet era," said Svetlana Razvorotneva, a Russian lawmaker and member of the committee in...
Newest NATO member Finland signs defence pact with US (www.euronews.com)
NATO’s newest member, Finland, has announced it will sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement next week with the United States....
Biden invites Zelensky to White House Tuesday as war funding dries up (www.france24.com)
China tells WHO it has no 'unusual or novel diseases' amid spike in illness among children (www.abc.net.au)
The data showed an increase in hospital admissions of children due to diseases including bacterial infection, RSV, influenza and common cold viruses since October....
