Swedish police foil attack on Israeli Embassy in Stockholm (www.politico.eu)
An attempted attack on the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm was thwarted on Wednesday....
Russia and Ukraine exchange PoWs after plane crash prevented last swap (www.theguardian.com)
Russia and Ukraine have conducted a major prisoner-of-war exchange a week after a previous swap was prevented when a Russian Il-76 transport plane was shot down and exploded near the border between the two countries....
Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister (www.theguardian.com)
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place in history...
US charges Chinese nationals with smuggling US-made electronics to Iran (news.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have charged four Chinese nationals with crimes related to the smuggling of U.S.-made electronic components, including some with possible military use, to Iran, the Justice Department said on Wednesday....
Donor countries voice support for the U.N. agency for Palestinians despite Israel’s accusations. (www.nytimes.com)
Key donors to the United Nations agency that aids civilians in Gaza have signaled that they will continue to support the organization under the right conditions despite Israeli accusations that some of its employees were involved with terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7....
Cyprus-led sting operation busts illegal European immigration ring that arranged sham marriages (apnews.com)
Cyprus officials said Wednesday they led a Europol-organized sting operation that dismantled an international criminal ring facilitating illegal immigration and residency in European Union countries using dozens of sham marriages on the east Mediterranean island nation.
US warship had close call with Houthi missile in Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials told CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship....
Greece Marks 50th Anniversary of Polytechnic University Uprising Against Military Dictatorship (unicornriot.ninja)
Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images (www.theguardian.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....
Ukrainian commander says Russian airbase in Crimea hit in attack (kyivindependent.com)
The Balbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea was hit in an attack, Air Force Commander General Mykola Oleshchuk said on Telegram on Jan. 31....
French move to make abortion a ‘guaranteed freedom’ gains big win in lower house (www.theguardian.com)
Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30...
Intelligence Reveals Details of U.N. Agency Staff’s Links to Oct. 7 Attack (www.wsj.com)
The Oct. 7 intelligence reports seen by the Journal identified an Unrwa Arabic teacher who the reports said was also a Hamas militant commander and took part in a terrorist attack on Kibbutz Be’eri, where 97 people were killed and about 26 people were kidnapped and taken as hostages to Gaza....
Hervé Bopda: Cameroon socialite accused of sexual assaults (www.bbc.com)
Earlier this month, Mr Bopda and his acquaintances were accused by a popular activist of committing a number of crimes against roughly 200 victims....
UNRWA'S Terrorgram - How a Telegram group of 3,000 UNRWA teachers in Gaza celebrated the October 7th Hamas massacre (unwatch.org)
Evidence Shows Widespread Support for October 7th Terrorists Among UNRWA Teachers in Gaza...
EU aiming to launch Red Sea naval mission by mid-Feb (www.reuters.com)
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Wednesday he was hopeful it could be decided later in the day which member state could lead the upcoming EU mission to protect vessels in the Red Sea, adding this operation could de launched before mid-February....
Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country (www.bloomberg.com)
We oppose axing UNRWA mid-war, senior Israeli official says amid global funding halt (www.timesofisrael.com)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not support the immediate discontinuation of UNRWA, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday as a host of Western countries moved to suspend funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians amid allegations that roughly a dozen of its employees took part in Hamas’s...
Burkina Faso thanks Russia for 'priceless gift' of wheat (www.bbc.com)
Thai court orders election winners to abandon plan to change royal insults law (www.reuters.com)
Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure (www.reuters.com)
Sweeping strikes impact entire country [of Finland] Wednesday through Friday (yle.fi)
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German domestic spy agency has its former head, now a hard-right politician, under scrutiny (www.independent.co.uk)
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its former head, who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago, under scrutiny....