Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
Vancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniform (vancouversun.com)
Shooter Kills Two, Wounds Four in Southern Israel Terror Attack (www.haaretz.com)
Two people were killed and four were wounded in a shooting attack in southern Israel on Friday....
Gazan riots erupt near Rafah's border with Egypt, fire breaks out (m.jpost.com)
Analysis | As Israel corners Rafah, Netanyahu defies the world (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israeli army chief urges soldiers to stop looting Gaza homes (www.middleeasteye.net)
Egypt builds 'buffer zone' in Sinai as 1.4 million Gazans face displacement: Report (thecradle.co)
Russia has lost over 400,000 soldiers in Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, Russian media report (edition.cnn.com)
ailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died, the Russian prison service said.
Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege (www.reuters.com)
Alexei Navalny dies in jail, Russian prison service says – DW – 02/16/2024 (www.dw.com)
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'feeling unwell' and 'losing consciousness' (news.sky.com)
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....
Alexei Navalny Sacrificed Himself to Show Russia That Putin Is a Monster (www.thedailybeast.com)
Navalny’s friends knew he was willing to become a martyr if that’s what it took to stand up to Putin....
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....
Russian opposition leader Navalny has died, prison service says (www.bbc.co.uk)
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says (www.vice.com)
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.
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...
Israel: No evidence so far that Hamas held hostages in Gaza's Nasser Hospital (www.haaretz.com)
The Israel Defense Forces sent troops into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis based on intelligence that hostages were held there, but army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that as of Thursday evening no evidence had been found to that effect....
Seoul hopes egg freezing can help S. Korea baby crisis, experts disagree (www.france24.com)
Cocaine City? Gang wars on the rise as drug dealers fight for territory in EU capital Brussels (apnews.com)
In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency (www.nytimes.com)
The agency has 72 hours to leave the country, marking a “drastic hardening” of conditions inside the South American nation....
Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich (www.theguardian.com)
Western leaders are hoping a round of meetings at a security conference in Munich will put overwhelming pressure on Israel not to press ahead with a ground offensive in Rafah....
