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U.S. soldiers prepare for a night raid in Afghanistan. “You go on night raids, make more enemies, then you gotta go on more night raids for the more enemies you now have to kill,” an Army Ranger rues. (Photo by U.S. Army) Photo used under CC BY

CIA-trained Afghan units committed terror at night

U.S. military and intelligence agencies have long used night raids to fight insurgencies, arguing that the raids are less likely to cause civilian casualties than airstrikes, but even a cursory review of U.S. military history raises serious questions, especially in Afghanistan.

ProPublica

Nighttime Israeli arrests haunt Palestinian children

Associated Press

Myanmar airstrike kills child, destroys churches

Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages killed five civilians and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said.

CBS News

India urged to close airspace to Myanmar warplanes

MSN

UN chief: Rule of law risks losing legitimacy globally

The rule of law is at risk of becoming "the rule of lawlessness,” the UN chief warned, pointing to a host of unlawful actions worldwide, from Russia’s war in Ukraine and coups in Africa to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and Afghanistan’s attacks on women’s rights.

Associated Press

Mental health camps bring relief to rural India

India’s severe shortage of mental health professionals and treatment funding leaves many patients without options, but a new program is working to get lives back on track.

Guardian

Migrant entry numbers into EU hit six-year high

The number of attempts by migrants to enter the EU without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, a European Union agency said.

ABC News

UK asylum seekers live with fear of possible deportation to Rwanda

YouTube

Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring

Police in Pakistan said they busted an organ trafficking ring when a missing 14-year-old boy was found in an underground lab after having his kidney removed.

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Interfaith marriage in India in jeopardy

Interfaith marriages in India have been a sensitive issue for years, with authorities disrupting weddings between Hindus and Muslims under “anti-conversion” laws.

Deutsche Welle

Afghanistan Taliban harassing women athletes

Afghan women have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in sports, athletes say.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Turkey punishes dissent ahead of elections

Turkey’s government is cracking down more aggressively on dissent and political opposition with censorship and prison sentences ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, Human Rights Watch said.

i24 News

Peru closes airport amid nationwide protests

Weeks-long protests that have left dozens dead across Peru continue, with escalating tensions in a tourist hub prompting the government to preemptively close the airport.

France 24

Peru protests: What is behind the violence?

Reuters

Amhara forces withdraw from Tigray region

Ethiopia’s army said forces from the Amhara region, who fought in support of the federal government during the two-year war in neighboring Tigray, have withdrawn from a major Tigray city in line with an African Union-backed ceasefire.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Rwandan-made healthcare app benefits patients

With rising internet connectivity, African governments are turning to digital health services to handle a shortage of health workers — and to better connect rural communities. But not everyone is quick on the uptake.

Deutsche Welle

US enables migrants to apply for help online

The Biden administration has launched an online appointment system as the only way for migrants to get exceptions from pandemic-era limits on asylum— the U.S. government’s latest major step to overhaul border enforcement.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

Gaza medics protest Israeli restrictions

A convoy of medics and supporters in the Gaza Strip drove ambulances along the Israeli border in protest of import restrictions on medical equipment into the Palestinian enclave.

i24 News

Zimbabwe medics condemn anti-strike laws

Zimbabwe’s medics have criticized the government for passing legislation that outlaws any industrial action, saying it will worsen the sector’s already damaging brain drain.

Guardian

900M Chinese have had COVID, study finds

Some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of Jan. 11, according to a study by Peking University. The report estimates that 64% of the country’s population has the virus.

BBC

Frustration is rising over Covid drug shortages in China

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Oladoyin Olatunbosun):

Let women who experience violence talk about it

Deutsche Welle

Column (Tuvia Gering):

No, China hasn’t shifted its approach to Iran

Asia Times Online

Column (Houda Charhi):

Celebrating Moroccan mothers is an act of feminism

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

First vaccine for honeybees approved in US

The first U.S. vaccine meant to address the global decline in honeybees has been approved by the Department of Agriculture in a move that could help one of the planet’s most important pollinators.

USA TODAY

Poach-free year for India’s Assam state rhinos

No rhinos were poached last year in the world‘s largest reserve for the endangered great one-horned rhinoceros in India’s Assam state, in what authorities say was the first time since 1977.

Reuters

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

HRW issues damning verdict for UK

The United Kingdom government repeatedly sought to damage and undermine human rights protections in 2022, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023.

Human Rights Watch

Humanitarian workers go on trial in Greece

Twenty-four humanitarian aid workers who say they were trying to save lives of migrants crossing the Mediterranean are on trial in Greece. The activists were trying to identify migrant boats in distress.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Africa’s Sahel region facing food insecurity

The United Nations voiced concern over a massive food crisis in northern Africa’s Sahel region, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and with more than five million additional people now facing “severe food insecurity”

i24 News

UN launches appeal to save malnourished kids

AfricaNews

Bolivia farm hub uses cattle, grain as leverage

Protests against Bolivia’s central government have seen buildings and cars burned, while blockades have prevented transport of food and grains from the key producing region.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Joshimath residents flee to cramped shelters

Thousands of people in the north Indian town of Joshimath are cooped up in camps after their homes developed alarming cracks in the past few weeks. BBC Hindi’s Vineet Khare speaks to the evacuated families.

BBC

India: Evacuated Joshimath residents grapple with uncertainty

YouTube

Fukushima water to be released into ocean

Authorities are to begin the release of a million tons of water from the stricken nuclear plant after treatment to remove most radioactive material.

Guardian

The coming renewable-energy boom

The world is at the “dawn of a new industrial age” of clean energy technology manufacturing that will triple in value by 2030 and create millions of jobs, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

A rural farmer in He Qing Yunnan, China. (Photo by Hong Meen Chee) Photo used under CC BY

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