Germany considers recruiting foreigners to army in face of Russian menace (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Defence minister Boris Pistorius admits ‘foreign legion’ style move is being considered...
Will a war between Russia and NATO start in February? Here's how it could happen (news.yahoo.com)
Norway allocates $190 million to boost defense production for own needs, Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The Norwegian government announced on Jan. 17 the allocation of 2 billion Norwegian kroner ($190 million) to increase defense production capacities, namely regarding artillery shells....
Haiti's police force shrinks amid gang crisis -union (news.yahoo.com)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti’s national police has lost nearly 3,300 officers in three years, according to data from the force’s main trade union, as under-gunned security officials battle powerful gangs estimated to control most of the capital....
UN staff on £1.5bn Iraq aid project ‘demanding bribes’ (www.theguardian.com)
'Wage-slavery to a handful of multimillionaires': Vladimir Lenin's Letter to American Workers (www.rt.com)
‘The Social Contract Has Been Completely Ruptured’: Ireland’s Housing Crisis (www.nytimes.com)
Soaring rents have left many struggling to afford homes in Dublin and have created a generational divide. Two-thirds of younger adults in the city live with their parents....
More than 42,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine since launch of full-scale invasion (www.rferl.org)
At least 42,284 Russian military personnel have been killed since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, according to research by journalists from Mediazona and the BBC Russian Service who have established the deceased soldiers’ identities....
Move to expand mobilization brings Ukrainian society face-to-face with immense pressure of war (kyivindependent.com)
As Russia’s full-scale war approaches its third year and looks ready to drag on for several more, one topic is dominating the discussion in Ukraine: mobilization....
“It Will Be A Shock”: Ukraine Lost 500,000 Soldiers In War So Far, Nearly 30,000 Per Month: Lutsenko Claims (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Welcoming F-16 Fighters, Ukraine Begins Preparing 'Special Airfields' To Operate Fighting Falcons - Kyiv (www.eurasiantimes.com)
A-50 AWACS: Ukraine Claims Downing Russia's Most Prized Aircraft; What Makes It A 'Big Kill' For Ukraine? (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Ukraine 'Fused' S-300 & PAC-3 Missiles To Bamboozle, Hunt Russian A-50 AWACS Aircraft - Expert (www.eurasiantimes.com)
France OKs Rafale Missiles For Ukraine; Germany Rejects Arming Kyiv With Long-Range Taurus ALCMs (www.eurasiantimes.com)
Russia "Acknowledges" A-50 AWACS Loss; Deploys Another Aircraft But Far Away From Ukrainian Border -- UK MoD Says (www.eurasiantimes.com)
'Died Heroically'! Shot Down By Ukraine, Russia's Il-22M Pilot Dead; Co-Pilot Lands 'Beyond Repair' Aircraft - Reports (www.eurasiantimes.com)
90,000 NATO Troops To 'Beat Back' Russia With Biggest-Ever Drills - Steadfast Defender - Since Cold War (www.eurasiantimes.com)
17-Year-Old Palestinian-American Killed in Occupied West Bank by Off-Duty Israeli Forces (www.teenvogue.com)
At a funeral for his son in Ramallah on Saturday, Tawfic Abdeljabbar’s father asked, “How many fathers and mothers have to say goodbye to their children?”
A Step for Freedom of Religion and Belief in Indonesia. (text.hrw.org)
How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the Nova Festival (new.thecradle.co)
China lobbies countries to praise its rights record ahead of UN review - diplomats (www.aol.com)
GENEVA (Reuters) - China has been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record ahead of a key U.N. meeting where it will face questions and criticism over its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to diplomats and documents....
Russia's Navalny says he is forced to listen to pro-Putin singer every morning (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has complained of being poisoned, assaulted and deprived of proper medical care, but on Monday he disclosed he faced a new challenge: being forced to listen to a pro-Putin pop singer at 0500 every morning....
Archaeologists unearth rare 14th-century armor near Swiss castle: "Sensational find" (www.cbsnews.com)
Archaeologists in Switzerland recently made an unusual discovery while excavating the land around a medieval castle near the German border. The crews unearthed a well-preserved gauntlet that experts believe was forged during the 14th century, which would be unprecedented, officials said in an announcement that described the...
EU foreign policy chief says Israel failed to engage with Brussels peace summit (www.theguardian.com)
One of the EU’s most senior diplomats has criticised the Israeli foreign minister for not properly engaging with a summit in Brussels designed to pave the way for a peace plan in the Middle East....
Brazil to share intel, technology with Amazon nations at Manaus police hub (news.yahoo.com)
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in policing the rainforest, sharing intelligence and chasing criminals, a senior Brazilian police officer said....
