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Updated February 9, 2023 - 1:10 AM EST

How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline

Russia Wants Answers After Report Biden Blew Up Nord Stream

UK Says Will Train Ukrainian Pilots on Fighter Jets

		Zelensky Tells Macron, Scholz to Supply 'Game-Changing' Weapons
		Roger Waters Addresses UNSC, Calls for Ceasefire in Ukraine

Rep. McCaul Plans Taiwan Visit This Spring, McCarthy Later

China Says It Was Smeared in Biden's State of the Union Address

Syrian Red Crescent Says Lift Sanctions After Quake

		Christian Leaders in Syria Call for an End to 'Unjust' Sanctions
		Over 15,000 Killed in Turkey-Syria Earthquake

New Report Unpacks Dangers of Emerging Military Tech

Viewpoints

	Volodymyr Zelensky Is Washington's New Jonas Savimbi by Ted Galen Carpenter
	Russia and Ukraine Have Incentives To Negotiate. The US Has Other Plans by Christopher Caldwell

	How the Media Ignores Yemen by Trenton Hale
	An Overblown Balloon Headline Inflates False Narrative on China by Patrick MacFarlane
More Viewpoints

How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline
by Seymour Hersh

Frontline

	Israel's Ruling Coalition Party Says 'No Pause' to W. Bank Settlement Expansion
	UN Experts Slam Latvia for Clamping Down on Russian-Language Minorities
	Turkish Leader Admits 'Shortcomings' in Earthquake Response

Palestine/Israel

	After Fleeing War in Gaza, an Entire Palestinian Family Dies in Turkey's Earthquake
	Israel Steps Up Jerusalem Home Demolitions as Violence Rises
	Israeli Settlers Briefly Detain Mayor of Bethlehem-Area Village
	Barcelona Freezes Ties With Israel
	Two Palestinians Injured in Israeli Military Raid Near Nablus
	Grief-Stricken Palestinians Recount Deadly Israeli Raids
	Family of Druze Israeli Teen Snatched in Jenin File ICC Complaint Against Palestinian Authority

Turkey

	Turkey Restricted Twitter Across Country, Complicating Rescue Efforts
	Kurdistan Region Resumes Oil Exports to Turkey
	Syrian Refugees Volunteer With Rescue Efforts in Turkey
	We Fled War to Die in an Earthquake, Says Iraqi Woman Mourning Family in Turkey

Syria

	Syria Requests EU Support for the First Time After Earthquake
	UN Aid Deliveries to Syria From Turkey Could Resume Thursday

Middle East

	Oman Signs Four-Year LNG Deal With Chinese Firm
	Egypt Pledges to Sell Stakes in 32 State Firms Over Next Year
	Bahrani, Qatari FMs Meet in Saudi Arabia to Establish Bilateral Talks
	Lebanese Banks Close Doors to Customers to Protest Ruling

Africa

	MSF Suspends Operations in Northwest Burkina Faso After Gunmen Kill Two Staff
	Two Police Officers, Gendarme Killed in Western Mali Attack
	Libyan Military Committee Agrees Coordination on Foreign Forces Departure
	Separatist Somaliland Troops Continue Shelling Las Anod City, Killing Hundreds
	Uganda Says It Will Not Renew Mandate of UN Human Rights Office
	Algeria Recalls Ambassador to Paris Over Activist's Flight
	Protests Over Cash Shortage as Nigeria Banknote Switch Looms

The War at Home

	Biden Misstates Veterans Suicide Problem in SOTU Speech
	High Oil Prices Help to Send US Trade Deficit to Nearly $1 Trillion
	US Man Convicted of Aiding ISIS as Sniper, Trainer
	Accused Lockerbie Bomber Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in Deadly 1988 Blast

Russia

	Russia Warns London Against Sending Ukraine Fighter Jets
	Russia Calls US Demands to Resume Nuclear Arms Inspections 'Cynical'
	Rosneft: Price of Russia's Flagship Oil Will Now Be Set by Asia
	Russia Sanctions 77 Americans in Tit-For-Tat Move
	Moscow Considering Windfall Tax to Cover Plunging Oil Revenues
	Russia Raps US Over Lack of UN Visas for Its Diplomats, Seeks Arbitration

United Kingdom

	UK Sanctions More Russian Entities and Individuals
	UK Counter-Extremism Program Review: Four Years of Delays, Legal Challenges, Boycotts, Leaks
	High Court Rules UK-Based Bahrain Activists' Case Against Kingdom Can Proceed
	Britain and the EU Remain in Talks Over Northern Ireland Trade Rules

Europe

	Danish, Finnish Industries Team for Joint Naval Mine Development
	French Oil Major TotalEnergies Doubles Annual Profit to $36 Bln.
	Blaze at US Drone Plant in Latvia; Arson Not Suspected
	Norwegian Navy Seeking New Coastal Ranger Commando Vessels
	Sweden: Anti-Turkish Protests Have Increased Attack Threat
	Zelensky to Ask EU Summit for More Arms and Quick Accession: Ukrainian Official
	Germany's Scholz Criticizes 'Public Competition' to Send Arms to Ukraine

Afghanistan

	Taliban's Statement on Smuggling of Currency
	Taliban: 'No Details Found to Prove Zawahiri Was Killed in Kabul'
	Regional Security Officials Meet in Moscow, Discuss Afghanistan

Pakistan

	Pakistan Navy to Host 50 Nations in Maritime Exercises From Feb 10
	Military Forces Raid Hideout, Kill 12 Pakistani Taliban
	Top Pakistan Rights Group Raises 'Alarm' on Religious Freedom

Asia

	China Says US Should Return Debris From Balloon It Shot Down
	'No Arrangement' to Meet Xi, Senior Taiwan Opposition Leader Says as He Leaves for China Visit
	Japan Plans to Replace Military Aircraft With Drones

Latin America

	Canada Military Plane Returns After Haiti Surveillance
	Mexico Expects US to Finance Four Wind Power Plants
	US Imposes Sanctions on MS-13 Gang Members in Nicaragua, Honduras