Italy lodges protest after citizen led in chains into Budapest court (www.theguardian.com)
Powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq to suspend military ops against US forces in region (www.cnn.com)
In a surprise move, the most powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, announced on Tuesday the suspension of its military operations against US forces in the region two days after a drone attack killed three US service members and wounded dozens of others....
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....
Ukraine Situation Report: Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb's Arrival Finally Imminent (www.twz.com)
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers | CNN (www.cnn.com)
A spokesman for the Israeli military said they would provide video of the tunnel shaft in the enormous hole, but never did....
Israeli Military Confirms It Has Begun Flooding Hamas Tunnels (www.nytimes.com)
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it had begun pumping water into the vast network of tunnels beneath Gaza, which Hamas has used to launch attacks, store weapons and imprison Israeli hostages....
Ukraine’s top general refuses request from Zelenskiy to step down (www.theguardian.com)
Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his most senior military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, to step down on Monday but the popular general refused, triggering speculation that he will be dismissed instead....
Netanyahu rules out ceasefire deal that would mean Gaza withdrawal (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not accept any ceasefire deal that requires the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners or the departure of Israeli troops from Gaza, as the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said he was willing to travel to Cairo to discuss the proposals....
Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country (www.bloomberg.com)
Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah suspends attacks on US forces (www.reuters.com)
Reaction to Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan's 10-year jail term (www.reuters.com)
UK will consider recognising Palestinian state, says David Cameron (www.theguardian.com)
Hamas command centre found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating (nationalpost.com)
Turning Zeitoun into Shivat Zion: Israeli summit envisions Gaza resettlement (www.972mag.com)
The strangest sight at the “Conference for Israel’s Victory,” which took place on Sunday evening at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, wasn’t the map depicting dozens of new settlements that Israeli settlers hope to establish throughout the Gaza Strip after the war is over. It was the moment when thousands of...
Prominent Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza moved to prison with harsher conditions (novayagazeta.eu)
Jailed Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a new prison facility with considerably harsher conditions, Novaya Gazeta reported on Tuesday....
Israeli undercover forces dressed as women and medics storm West Bank hospital, killing 3 militants (apnews.com)
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Ethiopia to ban importation of non-electric cars (apanews.net)
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics on Tuesday announced that it will not allow vehicles to enter into the country unless they are electric ones....
Foreign-born residents in Japan sue the government for alleged racial profiling (www.cnn.com)
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Military intelligence: Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76 (kyivindependent.com)
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30....
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
Islamabad: A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and one of his party deputies to 10 years in prison each, after finding them guilty of revealing official secrets....
Hamas command centre found under cemetery Israel accused of desecrating (nationalpost.com)
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At least half of Gaza's buildings damaged or destroyed, new analysis shows (www.bbc.com)
Across Gaza, residential areas have been left ruined, previously busy shopping streets reduced to rubble, universities destroyed and farmlands churned up, with tent cities springing up on the southern border to house many thousands of people left homeless....