Israeli army chief urges soldiers to stop looting Gaza homes (www.middleeasteye.net)
Russia has lost over 400,000 soldiers in Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, Russian media report (edition.cnn.com)
ailed Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who made global headlines when he was poisoned with a nerve agent in 2020, has died, the Russian prison service said.
Alexei Navalny dies in jail, Russian prison service says – DW – 02/16/2024 (www.dw.com)
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'feeling unwell' and 'losing consciousness' (news.sky.com)
Russia tightens the noose on Ukraine's city of Avdiivka where outnumbered defenders are holding out (apnews.com)
Ukrainian troops in Avdiivka struggled Friday with severe ammunition shortages as Russian forces tightened the noose around the strategic eastern city in an intense Kremlin push for a battlefield win....
Alexei Navalny Sacrificed Himself to Show Russia That Putin Is a Monster (www.thedailybeast.com)
Navalny’s friends knew he was willing to become a martyr if that’s what it took to stand up to Putin....
US senators to visit Hungary pushing Sweden's NATO bid | Reuters (www.yahoo.com)
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation will visit Hungary on Sunday as pressure grows on Budapest to ratify Sweden’s NATO membership when parliament reconvenes after its winter break....
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran Used GPT for 'Malicious Cyber Activities', OpenAI Says (www.vice.com)
Palestinian doctor flees hospital stormed by IDF only to go back to work in overcrowded Rafah (www.nbcnews.com)
Israeli soldiers stormed Nasser Hospital overnight, forcing patients and staff to evacuate the last major functional medical facility in southern Gaza. Dr. Mohammad Harara, whom NBC News has been following at Nasser since December, joined an estimated 1 million displaced Gazans crammed in the southern border town of Rafah. But...
Israel: No evidence so far that Hamas held hostages in Gaza's Nasser Hospital (www.haaretz.com)
The Israel Defense Forces sent troops into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis based on intelligence that hostages were held there, but army spokesman Daniel Hagari said that as of Thursday evening no evidence had been found to that effect....
In Extraordinary Move, Venezuela Expels U.N. Human Rights Agency (www.nytimes.com)
The agency has 72 hours to leave the country, marking a “drastic hardening” of conditions inside the South American nation....
Russian Black Sea commander 'sacked after Ukraine downs warship' (www.standard.co.uk)
Viktor Sokolov has been dismissed and succeeded by an unnamed chief of staff, according to reports...
Gaza and the End of the Rules-Based Order (www.foreignaffairs.com)
Ukraine Russia war: US warns Avdiivka could fall (www.bbc.com)
The US has warned that Russia could seize Ukraine’s key eastern town of Avdiivka - the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in recent months....
99 journalists killed in 2023, 77 in Gaza war: report (www.al-monitor.com)
Energy firms face legal threat over Israeli licences to drill for gas off Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
China sides with Russia at UN, urges end to weapons for Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
China has sided with Russia on the Ukraine issue at the United Nations while telling the U.S. to stop sending weapons to Kyiv....
Germany now world's third largest economy as Japan loses its spot (www.euronews.com)
Japan slips into recession, becoming the 4th-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany....
Putin urges Russians to have more kids, says ethnic survival at stake - Reuters (news.yahoo.com)
(Reuters) - Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation’s ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday....
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela (www.theguardian.com)
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea...
Toronto police increase presence along hospital row after pro-Palestinian protest (www.cbc.ca)
Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing group denies hospital targeted...
Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage (www.theguardian.com)
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from church officials....
U.S. Disrupts Hacking Operation Led by Russian Intelligence (www.nytimes.com)
The F.B.I., working with other countries, disrupted a Russian hacking operation that infiltrated more than 1,000 home and small-business internet routers in the United States and around the world, the Justice Department announced on Thursday....
Sea drones are being used to smash Russia's navy, and now they're being used to threaten a US carrier strike group too (www.businessinsider.com)
Houthi rebels are threatening US warships and shipping using naval drones, a new report said....
