Nayib Bukele re-elected as El Salvador president in landslide win (www.theguardian.com)
Voters reward Bukele for gang crackdown that has transformed security in central American country...
Eurostar may cap services due to post-Brexit passport checks, warns station owner (www.theguardian.com)
Search engine Yandex owner to exit Russia in $5.2 bln deal (www.reuters.com)
LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Nasdaq-listed technology company Yandex NV said it had struck a 475-billion-rouble ($5.21 billion) cash and share deal to sell all its assets in Russia to a consortium of Russian investors, including a fund ultimately owned by oil major Lukoil (LKOH.MM)...
Attacked by local gunmen | SDF member injured in military post in Deir Ezzor countryside (www.syriahr.com)
Yazidi woman rescued during anti-ISIS op in northeast Syria (www.rudaw.net)
Philippines wards off cyber attacks from China-based hackers (www.reuters.com)
Nokia signs 5G patent deal with China's Vivo (www.reuters.com)
At least 10 killed in attack on police station in Pakistan (www.reuters.com)
‘Feels like revenge’: Palestinians on life locked down in Hebron’s Old City (www.theguardian.com)
Shaadi Muqtasen worries most about his children, who are going crazy with boredom after nearly four months stuck at home without school; and his dogs, which are going wild with frustration after more than 100 days caged in a tiny yard....
China is merging hundreds of small banks to fend off financial stress (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli Army Admits Running Unauthorized Graphic Gaza Influence Op (www.haaretz.com)
Reversing an earlier denial, Israeli military officials have admitted that the Telegram channel 72 Virgins – Uncensored was operated by members of a department of the Israel Defense Forces' Operations Directorate....
Houthis may sabotage western internet cables in Red Sea, Yemen telecoms firms warn (www.theguardian.com)
Telecom firms linked to the UN-recognised Yemen government said on Sunday they fear Houthi rebels are planning to sabotage a network of submarine cables in the Red Sea critical to the functioning of the western internet, and to the transmission of financial data....
Canada-Ukraine security agreement could be finalized in weeks, Canadian FM says (kyivindependent.com)
Canada and Ukraine are in the final stages of negotiating a bilateral security agreement and could reach a deal within weeks, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told CBC News on Feb. 4....
Rai News: Zelensky says leadership reset is necessary (kyivindependent.com)
A reset of Ukraine’s leadership is necessary and could involve several personnel shakeups beyond the military, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Feb. 4 interview, according to Italian media outlet Rai News....
Overnight Israeli airstrikes kill scores in Gaza as fears grow of push into Rafah (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed scores of people overnight, as fears grow of the military campaign intensifying in the southern city of Rafah, a tiny pocket of the territory where more than a million people are sheltering....
Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs (www.theguardian.com)
'Alarming rise' in measles cases in Europe as 'national incident' declared in UK (www.euronews.com)
With a “national incident” over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?...
Exiled Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: 'Censorship in West exactly the same as Mao's China' (news.sky.com)
Namibia president and anti-apartheid activist Hage Geingob dies. He pushed for Africa on world stage (apnews.com)
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia’s president and founding prime minister Hage Geingob died Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for cancer, and the southern African nation quickly swore in his deputy to complete the term in office....
Canada extends ban on foreign ownership of housing by two years - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Canada on Sunday announced a two-year extension to a ban on foreign ownership of Canadian housing, saying the step was aimed at addressing worries about Canadians being priced out of housing markets in cities and towns across the country....
Gaza doctor describes ordeal of detention (www.reuters.com)
Police fire tear gas on Dakar protest following Senegal's postponed presidential vote (www.france24.com)
Opposition party supporters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Sunday after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of a presidential election set for February 25, sparking a wave of international concern....
Hamas shows signs of return in Gaza City after Israel withdraws of its most troops from area (www.pbs.org)
[New Zealand] Nearly 1000 fur seals found dead in Kaikōura in five months (www.rnz.co.nz)
Nearly 1000 fur seals have died along the Kaikōura coastline in the past five months, and scientists say it is a result of warmer sea temperatures and depleted fish stocks....
[Ukraine] Latest defense corruption case goes after officials allegedly tied to deadly ammunition shortage (kyivindependent.com)
It would have been an ordinary Ukrainian story: Officials and their associates accused of embezzling money on procurements and using procedural trickery to avoid criminal charges....
