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In response to the attack on its base, the US launched airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated paramilitary groups.
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Britain intends to strengthen financial intelligence in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, due to the circumvention of sanctions against Russia, writes Intelligence Online, a publication related to the French special services.
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More than 800 senior government officials from the US, UK and EU countries have signed a joint statement against their governments' policies in the war between Israel and Gaza. "The policies pursued by our governments risk serious violations of international law, war crimes and even ethnic cleansing or genocide," the statement said.
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Israel's years of siege and direct bombardment of Gaza have killed, maimed and left tens of thousands of Palestinian women and children in ruins. They faced the winter without housing and supplies. The near-complete breakdown of the health system and the lack of food and clean water mean that 45,000 pregnant and 68,000 nursing mothers in Gaza are at risk of anemia, bleeding and death. Currently, hundreds of Palestinian women and children are still imprisoned in the occupied West Bank, many without trial and forced to live in appalling conditions. This disaster is clearly taking its toll, but most feminists in Britain and the West in general seem to be speechless about it.
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Azerbaijani President Ilhom Aliyev accused France of contributing to the escalation of tensions in the region by providing military aid to Armenia.
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China is strengthening ties with the Taliban, Xi Jinping received credentials from the Taliban-appointed ambassador, Bilal Karimi, on January 30. Before that, China was the first country to officially appoint a new ambassador to Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power.
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On Friday morning, an Israeli airstrike south of Damascus killed three people, including Iranian Revolutionary Guard adviser Saeed Alidadi.
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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 100,000 Gazans were either dead, wounded or missing and presumed dead. He noted that there is a high risk of famine in the exclave and this risk is increasing day by day.
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Seven suspects who sold information to Israel's intelligence service - MOSSAD through private detectives were arrested in Turkey. They carried out such activities as collecting biographical information, photo-video documents, live surveillance and deployment of surveillance devices against targets.
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The Chicago City Council passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, making Chicago the largest US city to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The meeting was tense, some shouted, some were taken out of the hall by force.