Turkey's Feb exports to Russia down 34% from year earlier (www.reuters.com)
ANKARA, March 2 (Reuters) - Turkey’s exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
Ecuador asks to enter Mexico embassy, arrest former Ecuador VP (www.reuters.com)
QUITO/MEXICO CITY, March 1 (Reuters) - Ecuador has requested Mexico’s permission to enter that country’s embassy in Quito and arrest former Ecuadorean Vice-President Jorge Glas, the Ecuadorean Foreign Ministry said on Friday....
Danish Conservative People's Party leader Soren Pape Poulsen dies, party says (www.reuters.com)
COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) - Soren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark’s opposition Conservative People’s Party, died on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, his party said. He was 52.
Norway's king has pacemaker implanted in Malaysia after falling ill on holiday (www.reuters.com)
March 2 (Reuters) - Norway’s King Harald had a temporary pacemaker implanted on Saturday at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday there, the Norwegian royal household said....
Ship sunk by Houthis threatens Red Sea environment, Yemeni government says (www.reuters.com)
ADEN, Yemen, March 2 (Reuters) - The UK-owned Rubymar, attacked by Houthi militants last month, has sunk in the Red Sea, Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Saturday, warning of an “environmental catastrophe” from the ship’s cargo of fertiliser....
U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza, but it's a less-than-ideal means of aid delivery (www.npr.org)
TEL AVIV, Israel - The U.S. military on Saturday said it began dropping food over the Gaza Strip, a war-torn enclave desperate for humanitarian aid....
Israeli Attacks Continue Unabated After Gaza Food Aid Massacre, 4 More Children Starve to Death (www.democracynow.org)
A ship earlier hit by Yemen's Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea, the first vessel lost in conflict (apnews.com)
Three Arrested After Spanish Tourist Gang-raped In India. An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day in 2022, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau (www.barrons.com)
Slovak minister of foreign affairs shakes hands with Lavrov (www.pravda.com.ua)
Back in 2022, Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin were added to the European Union’s sanctions list. Since then, out of all EU countries, only Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó had had meetings with Lavrov....
Ukraine War: Germany in secret talks with India over ammunition supply to Ukraine (central24.online)
According to Der Spiegel, Germany is engaged in covert negotiations with India to procure “several hundred thousand” artillery shells for Ukraine through intermediarie…
Turkey rejects accusations by a human rights group that it committed abuses in Syria (apnews.com)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has rejected allegations by a human rights group that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes carried out mostly against Kurdish residents in northern Syria....
Hard-liners are leading in Iran’s parliamentary election which may have witnessed record-low turnout (apnews.com)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A day after parliamentary election concluded in Iran, hard-liners are leading in initial vote counting in the capital of Tehran, state media reported Saturday....
Migrant brawl at reception center in Panama’s Darien region destroys shelter (apnews.com)
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A disturbance among migrants and eventually with Panamanian border police resulted in the destruction of various vehicles and at least 10 modules of a migrant camp in the country’s Darien region, authorities said Saturday....
U.S. says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas now must decide (www.kcrg.com)
'Stupidity' poses a bigger threat than AI, CEO of Italian defense giant Leonardo says (www.cnbc.com)
US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation (apnews.com)
VIDEO || BREAKING: Explosion at power substation supplying defence facilities in Russia's Yekaterinburg (youtu.be)
An explosion occurred on the night of 1-2 March at the Kalininskaya power substation, which supplies power to three defence facilities, in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg…
See VIDEO of Attack: Ukraine War || Please Give ukraine more air defence systems - Zelenskyy tell West (www.youtube.com)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to provide additional air defence systems and missiles for Ukraine after a Russian attack on Odesa on the night of 1-2 March, when at least two people were killed…
Ukraine War: Please Give ukraine more air defence systems - Zelenskyy Begs West after Russian attack on Odesa (Watch Attack VIDEO) (central24.online)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to provide additional air defence systems and missiles for Ukraine after a Russian attack on Odesa on the…
Task Force That Includes Iraq War Architects Unveils Post-War Plan for Gaza (truthout.org)
The plan calls for the creation of a private governing entity and allows the hiring of Western mercenaries for security.
Images suggest Israel ran over Palestinian detainee with armoured vehicle (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israeli forces in Gaza destroyed the body of a Palestinian man by running him over either using a tank or a bulldozer, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said on Friday....
A lone orca killed a great white in less than two minutes. Scientists say it could signal an ecological shift (edition.cnn.com)
A pair of orcas working in concert have been killing great whites along a stretch of South African coastline since at least 2017, plundering the sharks’ nutrient-rich livers and discarding the rest....
BREAKING: People have been killed, several more civilians wounded, As Russian Forces Launch Drone Attack on Odesa, Ukraine (central24.online)
Two people have been killed, several more civilians have been wounded and residential high-rise buildings have been damaged as a result of a Russian drone …