- Trump Says Palestinians Wouldn’t Have Right to Return to Gaza The Wall Street Journal
- Live updates: Palestinians won’t have the right to return to Gaza under Trump’s plan for the territory The Associated Press
- Palestinian refugees in Syria have a message for Gazans: Don’t leave your land NPR
- Trump 2nd term live updates: Hegseth changes name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg ABC News
- Trump Wants to Clear Bombs From Gaza. He’s Sidelined Groups That Would Do It. The New York Times
Tremors hitting Santorini reach new strength
Three more quakes above 4.0 magnitude are registered on Monday near the Greek tourist hotspot.
Austrian police search for ‘shaman fraudster’ suspect
Police said they discovered cash, jewellery and gold worth over 10m euros at the woman's house near Vienna.
UN suspends aid operations in Houthi stronghold after 8 staffers detained – The Times of Israel
- UN suspends aid operations in Houthi stronghold after 8 staffers detained The Times of Israel
- U.N. Suspends Humanitarian Work in Yemeni Area Over Houthi Hold More Staff The New York Times
- UN pauses some Yemen operations over Houthi detention of staff The Jerusalem Post
- World News in Brief: Aid activities suspended in Yemeni governorate, Gaza humanitarian update, UN welcomes summit on DR Congo crisis UN News
- UN suspends operations in Yemen’s Houthi stronghold after staff detained Al Jazeera English
Trump’s citizenship order leaves expecting Indian immigrant parents in limbo
Thousands of Indian-origin couples in the US are anxious over Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship.
Hamas suspends release of Israeli hostages over ‘violations’ of ceasefire
Israeli military on alert as mediators fear a breakdown in three-week-old truce as Hamas says ‘door remains open’
Hamas has said it is delaying the release of Israeli hostages indefinitely over “violations” of the ceasefire deal, prompting Israel’s defence minister to put the country’s military on alert with orders to prepare for “any scenario in Gaza”.
Mediators fear a breakdown of the three-week-old ceasefire, Egyptian security sources told Reuters, and have postponed talks until they receive a clear indication of Washington’s intent to continue with the phased deal.
Continue reading...In major win for Trump, PA’s Abbas signs decree ending ‘pay-to-slay’ system – The Times of Israel
- In major win for Trump, PA’s Abbas signs decree ending ‘pay-to-slay’ system The Times of Israel
- PA’s Abbas ends programme of allowances to families of slain Palestinians Al Jazeera English
- Palestinian president revokes prisoner payments dubbed "pay for slay" Axios
- Palestinians Scrap Stipends That Israel Saw as Stoking Terrorism Bloomberg
- Palestinian Authority restructures 'pay-for-slay' policy for West Bank terrorists The Jerusalem Post
5 Notes From the Big A.I. Summit in Paris – The New York Times
- 5 Notes From the Big A.I. Summit in Paris The New York Times
- Paris AI Action Summit: India should take the lead for the Global South The Indian Express
- PM Modi Meets Macron, JD Vance At Paris Dinner Ahead Of AI Summit NDTV
- 'Great, great victory': PM Modi congratulates JD Vance, ahead of US visit; watch video The Times of India
- Paris follows up a cut-price Olympics with a low-cost AI summit POLITICO Europe
Revelations of Israeli spyware abuse raise fears over possible use by Trump
After WhatsApp claimed 90 users were targeted last year, experts concerned over how US could use cyberweapons
Even as WhatsApp celebrated a major legal victory in December against NSO Group, the Israeli maker of one of the world’s most powerful cyberweapons, a new threat was detected, this time involving another Israel-based company that has previously agreed contracts with democratic governments around the world – including the US.
Late in January, WhatsApp claimed that 90 of its users, including some journalists and members of civil society, were targeted last year by spyware made by a company called Paragon Solutions. The allegation is raising urgent questions about how Paragon’s government clients are using the powerful hacking tool.
Continue reading...Saudi PhD student freed after being jailed over posts, activists say
Leeds University student Salma al-Shehab was jailed over social media posts critical of Saudi Arabia.
Netanyahu Is Preparing to Sabotage the Gaza Ceasefire…Again – Drop Site News
- Netanyahu Is Preparing to Sabotage the Gaza Ceasefire…Again Drop Site News
- Opinion | Trump Has Given Netanyahu the Ultimate Gift The New York Times
- 'Trump is greatest friend Israel has ever had,' Netanyahu tells Fox The Jerusalem Post
- Netanyahu to Cabinet: DC visit marks ‘historic turning point’ JNS.org
- Netanyahu praises Trump’s as Israel’s ‘greatest friend’ to ever be president The Hill
Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right – The Associated Press
- Most nations miss deadline for plans to fight climate change. UN says take your time to do it right The Associated Press
- Most of the world’s big polluters just blew off a major climate deadline The Washington Post
- ‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears The Guardian
- Only One Big Economy Is Aiming for Paris Agreement’s 1.5C Goal Bloomberg
- Analysis: 95% of countries miss UN deadline to submit 2035 climate pledges Carbon Brief
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem and seize books they say incite violence – The Associated Press
- Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem and seize books they say incite violence The Associated Press
- CCTV footage shows Israeli police use trash bags to raid Palestinian bookstore CNN
- Police bookshop raid in Jerusalem sparks fears for free speech NBC News
- Israeli Police Raid Two Palestinian Bookshops in East Jerusalem The New York Times
- Anger over Israel's arrest of East Jerusalem bookshop owners BBC.com
Hamas accuses Netanyahu of ‘intentionally sabotaging’ ceasefire
A Hamas official told Al Jazeera that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “sabotaging” the ceasefire.
Hamas suspends release of Israeli captives over ceasefire violations
Qassam Brigades' Abu Obeida says Hamas committed to terms of ceasefire agreement as long as Israel adheres to deal.
Syria’s oldest music shop
Established in 1923, this is Syria’s oldest music shop.
Pink flamingos ‘seized from smugglers’ in Tunisia
Birds are discovered wrapped into packages and crammed inside crates, official photos show.
Hamas delays captive release, says Israel ignoring ceasefire terms
Hamas says it is delaying the next release of captives held in Gaza until further notice.
Key payment systems ‘under siege’ by Trump administration, experts warn
Ex-treasury secretaries caution against administration’s subversion of checks and balances, specifically Musk
A group of five former US treasury secretaries are warning that the Trump administration has put the country’s key payment systems “under siege” and is undermining the checks and balances of the federal government.
The secretaries warned that the administration has compromised roles historically given to nonpartisan career civil servants and have replaced them with “political actors”, according to a New York Times op-ed published on Monday. The secretaries specifically called into question Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, and the appointees that Musk has installed within agencies, including the treasury department.
Continue reading...Israel Just Killed a Pregnant Palestinian Woman – And Western Media Doesn’t Care – Zeteo
- Israel Just Killed a Pregnant Palestinian Woman – And Western Media Doesn’t Care Zeteo
- IDF expands open-fire orders in W. Bank, leading to surge in Palestinian civilian deaths Haaretz
- Israel kills two women, including pregnant 23-year-old, in West Bank raid Al Jazeera English
- Dozens of Palestinian families flee Israeli operation in West Bank Yahoo
- Israeli military operation displaces 40,000 in the West Bank UN News