Maldives sets March 15 deadline for India to pull out troops amid deepening row (indianexpress.com)
German 'remigration' debate fuels push to ban far-right AfD (www.dw.com)
'Catastrophic': Residents, aid organizations describe conditions in northern Gaza (abcnews.go.com)
According to a December report by the United Nations into food insecurity in Gaza, “At least one in four households (more than half a million people) in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic acute food insecurity conditions (IPC Phase 5 – Catastrophe), characterized by extreme food gaps and collapse of their livelihood.”...
EPA sets out rules for proposed ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies (english.elpais.com)
Large explosion near oil refinery in occupied Haifa Bay: Israeli Media (english.almayadeen.net)
Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates (apnews.com)
How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the Nova Festival (new.thecradle.co)
Israel Plans Risky Mission to Seize Last Gaza Border it Doesn’t Control (www.msn.com)
“The Philadelphi Corridor has to be in our hands, it has to be closed,” Netanyahu said late last year....
Icelandic Eruption 1-14-24 (www.youtube.com)
The magma chamber threatening the grindavik area has erupted again just before 8:00am....
"We are the largest economy in Europe, despite pressure from every side": Russian President Putin (m.economictimes.com)
Deputy Mayor, Plant Managers Detained Over Major Power Outage in Moscow Region (www.themoscowtimes.com)
U.S. does not support Taiwan independence, Biden says (www.reuters.com)
US Delegation To Arrive In Taipei Sunday: De-facto US Embassy For Taiwan (www.barrons.com)
PepsiCo bans mentioning Ukrainian army, support for Kiev in advertising (tass.com)
Tens of thousands march on Washington to demand ceasefire in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon in Ecuador (www.theguardian.com)
Nobody can stop Israel's war, including the world court, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says (www.itv.com)
How Israel Dominates the Palestinian Economy (jacobin.com)
Kyrgyzstan’s self-proclaimed ‘new God’ and former presidential candidate found dead in prison (globalvoices.org)
On January 5, a famous Kyrgyz politician and businessman, Arstan “Alai” Abdyldaev, was found dead at a penitentiary located in the Moldovanovka village near Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek. He was 55. According to the State Penitentiary Service, Abdyldaev committed suicide by hanging himself in the cafeteria of the special...
Prosecutors in Peru seek 34-year sentence for ex-President Castillo (www.aljazeera.com)
Peru’s prosecutor’s office has formally requested 34 years in prison for former President Pedro Castillo, who was dramatically removed from office and arrested after his attempt to dissolve Congress in late 2022....