Nepali Men in Russia, Tricked Into Ukraine Frontline Deployment, Appeal to India for Help (m.thewire.in)
Mass kidnappings of Nigerian students leave parents in shock and despair (www.nbcnews.com)
The kidnapping of 287 students in Kuriga was one of three mass abductions in remote northern Nigeria last week....
Haiti: US evacuates embassy staff amid gang violence (www.bbc.com)
The United States says it has airlifted non-essential embassy staff from Haiti, as the country spirals further into gang violence....
Hamas could be expelled from Qatar if deal not reached - WSJ report (www.jpost.com)
Former president of Honduras convicted in US of aiding drug traffickers (apnews.com)
Canada faces a series of 'crises' that will test it in the coming years, RCMP warns (www.cbc.ca)
Report examined ‘shifts in domestic and international environments’ that could affect policing
Red Sea: US, UK and French destroy dozens of Houthi drones (www.bbc.com)
Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel (www.axios.com)
US Flies Forces in to Beef up Security at Embassy in Haiti and Evacuate Nonessential Personnel (www.usnews.com)
A new surge of settler outposts is terrorizing Palestinians off their land (www.972mag.com)
Since late December, Palestinians living in the village of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, have been cut off from significant portions of their land. A group of Israeli settlers simply arrived in the area one day — which UNESCO has designated as a world heritage site — and set up a new outpost, with a...
Protests as Israel president at Dutch Holocaust Museum opening (www.france24.com)
Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially opened the country’s first Holocaust Museum Sunday, as demonstrators angry at Israel’s military campaign in Gaza protested against the Israeli president, who also addressed the ceremony....
Biden’s plan to build floating port for Gaza aid could take 60 days (www.independent.co.uk)
Ethiopia begins issuing digital IDs for refugees (apanews.net)
‘Definitely stronger’: why 2024 could be Southeast Asia’s year for tourism (www.scmp.com)
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women (apnews.com)
Neuroscience research hub opens doors in Türkiye's capital Ankara (www.dailysabah.com)
Israeli government officials slam chief rabbi's threat of haredi exodus (www.jpost.com)
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in vote over constitutional amendments about family and women (apnews.com)
Five killed and 10 injured in Gaza aid airdrop when parachute fails to open (www.theguardian.com)
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday (apnews.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations....
Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories amount to ‘war crime’: UN (www.scmp.com)
Taylor Swift is related to famed poet Emily Dickinson (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
It appears that Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” has an interesting connection to her distant relative, the famed poet Emily Dickinson. Ancestry, a genealogy company, has revealed that Swift and Dickinson are 6th cousins, three times removed. Ancestry made the announcement on its Instagram...
Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross the line into hate, harassment (www.cbc.ca)
Western Australian Man Charged with Aggravated Assault for Using Cable Ties to Restrain Children (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
A man from Western Australia has been charged with aggravated assault after reportedly using cable ties to restrain three children. According to police, the man detained a six-year-old girl and two boys aged seven and eight after discovering them swimming on an empty property....
Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging. (www.nytimes.com)
The fires in the Amazon, which reaches across nine South American nations, are the result of an extreme drought fueled by climate change, experts said....
