White House confirms Russia developing 'anti-satellite capability' (abcnews.go.com)
Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage (www.theguardian.com)
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from church officials....
After A 12-Month Wait, The Ukrainians Are Finally Firing Their 90-Mile Glide-Bombs At The Russians (www.forbes.com)
Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says (www.bbc.co.uk)
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...
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....
Delta flight forced to turn back after maggots fall on passengers (www.independent.co.uk)
A Delta flight was recently forced to turn around an hour after take-off when maggots fell from the overhead compartment onto passengers sitting in the economy seats....
Gaza and the End of the Rules-Based Order (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Israel raids Nasser Hospital in Gaza; doctors describe gunfire (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israeli forces raided Nasser Hospital, the main hospital in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces said it was conducting an operation to recover the bodies of hostages, while the Gaza Health Ministry accused the IDF of storming the complex “after demolishing the southern wall,” and...
World Health Organization accuses Israel of impeding aid delivery in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
'Absolutely gross' maggots raining on passengers force flight to make U-turn (news.sky.com)
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Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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FBI disrupts Moobot botnet used by Russian military hackers (abcnews.go.com)
Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege (www.reuters.com)
Energy firms face legal threat over Israeli licences to drill for gas off Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Why Israel's war on UNRWA is so sinister (thecradle.co)
Tel Aviv’s goal of dismantling the UN agency in the name of security is a strategic move aimed not only at depriving Palestinian refugees of lifesaving assistance, but completely eradicating the notion that they will one day return to the lands they were expelled from.
Giant teddy bear nabs Peru drug dealers in Valentine raid (www.france24.com)
Seoul hopes egg freezing can help S. Korea baby crisis, experts disagree (www.france24.com)
Putin urges Russians to have more kids, says ethnic survival at stake - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation’s ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday....
Venezuela closes UN human rights office citing ‘colonialist attitude’ (www.theguardian.com)
Israel says its special forces are inside the largest hospital in southern Gaza. (www.nytimes.com)
Israeli troops have entered Nasser Medical Complex, the hospital in southern Gaza where thousands of displaced Palestinians had been sheltering in recent days, Gaza’s health ministry and the Israeli military said on Thursday....
IDF Sent in Handcuffed Prisoner to Evacuate Hospital, Then Killed Him When He Left (theintercept.com)
The young man, bound by zip-tie cuffs, delivered his Israeli captors’ message but was shot as he tried to walk out of the hospital gate....