Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Palestinian doctor flees hospital stormed by IDF only to go back to work in overcrowded Rafah (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli soldiers stormed Nasser Hospital overnight, forcing patients and staff to evacuate the last major functional medical facility in southern Gaza. Dr. Mohammad Harara, whom NBC News has been following at Nasser since December, joined an estimated 1 million displaced Gazans crammed in the southern border town of Rafah. But...
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Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela (www.theguardian.com)
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea...
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Australia, Canada and NZ warn Israel against ‘catastrophic’ Rafah ground offensive (www.theguardian.com)
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Indonesia may have just elected a strongman (www.vox.com)
A relic from Indonesia’s dictatorship is the new president....
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Seven civilians killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
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In Greece, same-sex couples await a landmark parliamentary vote on marriage equality (www.npr.org)
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Bristol University contributed to death of student who killed herself, court finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Seoul police officers sentenced for deleting Halloween crush evidence (www.theguardian.com)
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Lakewood Church shooting: AR-15 had 'Palestine' sticker, antisemitic writings recovered, police say (abcnews.go.com)
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Polish farmer protests heat up, threatening Polish-Ukrainian relations (kyivindependent.com)
Polish farmers have again taken to the border with neighboring Ukraine in their new month-long strike against EU policies and unfair competition from abroad....
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Amnesty International finds no evidence of military targets at Rafah sites targeted by Israel (thehill.com)
World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies after car crash in Kenya (www.theguardian.com)
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Nicaragua's crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile (apnews.com)
Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and faithful in Nicaragua is only worsening in 2024, according to exiled priests, laypeople in the Central American country and human rights...
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Ex-Israeli PM makes devastating condemnation of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza (www.independent.co.uk)
A former prime minister of Israel has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of needlessly prolonging the Gaza offensive and blocking the path to peace while kidnapped hostages are left to die....
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Ukraine’s new army chief says his immediate goals are better troop rotation and high-tech weapons (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s new military chief said Friday that his immediate goals are to improve the rotation of troops at the front lines and harness the power of new technology, at a time when Kyiv’s forces are largely on the defensive in the war with Russia....
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Killer whale pod trapped by sea ice in Japan has seemingly escaped, local official says (abcnews.go.com)
A pod of orcas that appeared to be trapped by drift sea ice off Japan’s main northern island of Hokkaido has seemingly escaped the icy enclosure, according to a local official....
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South Korea’s foreign worker plan put on hold as Philippines suspends labour deployment (www.straitstimes.com)
SEOUL – A moratorium set by the Philippine government on sending the country’s workers to South Korea has put the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s plan to bring in foreign domestic workers on hold, while also leaving some local farms with a shortage of workers as they will have fewer seasonal workers from the Philippines...
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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....
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Hamas shows signs of return in Gaza City after Israel withdraws of its most troops from area (www.pbs.org)
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[Ukraine] Latest defense corruption case goes after officials allegedly tied to deadly ammunition shortage (kyivindependent.com)
It would have been an ordinary Ukrainian story: Officials and their associates accused of embezzling money on procurements and using procedural trickery to avoid criminal charges....
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India's moment has arrived — but many hurdles remain (www.businessinsider.com)
India’s economy is expected to expand by 6.5% this year, according to IMF forecasts....
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Journalists filming anti-mobilization protest detained in Moscow (kyivindependent.com)
Journalists who were filming an anti-mobilization protest outside the Kremlin were detained by the police, independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported on Feb. 3....
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The First Lady and the Dior Pouch: A Political Crisis Grips South Korea (www.nytimes.com)
A scandal involving the president’s spouse has become a major issue for his party ahead of a crucial parliamentary election....
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