Europe faces military limitations in Ukraine, the US strengthens ties with Ukraine, the ICC investigates war crimes in Gaza, China targets UN activists, and Pakistan warns of an imminent Indian strike.

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Europe faces challenges in deploying a significant number of troops to Ukraine, highlighting limitations in its military capacity. Meanwhile, the United States has signed an agreement to provide military support to Ukraine, indicating a strengthening of their alliance. In the Middle East, the International Criminal Court is examining the use of starvation as a war crime in the conflict between Israel and Gaza. At the United Nations, China is reportedly using puppet organizations to surveil and intimidate human rights activists, raising concerns about its influence on international human rights discourse. In South Asia, Pakistan has claimed to have credible evidence of an imminent Indian military strike, escalating tensions between the two nations.

Top Stories

• Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in capital Nairobi, local media says (reuters.com)

• Europe ‘would struggle to put 25,000 troops on the ground in Ukraine’ (www.thetimes.com)

• US-Ukraine sign deal. US to provide military support (www.reuters.com)

• Israel, Gaza, and the Starvation Weapon: The ICC Tests a Rarely Prosecuted War Crime (www.foreignaffairs.com)

• At the U.N., China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists (www.icij.org)

• Pakistan claims ‘credible’ proof of Indian military strike in next 24-36 hours (www.hindustantimes.com)

• Minutes to leave: Syria's Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint (www.reuters.com)

United States

• House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth’s Signal use (www.cnn.com)

• Army pilot claims he distributed LSD for religious reasons (www.militarytimes.com)

• 2 dead as slow-moving storms flood roads across Oklahoma and Texas (apnews.com)

• C.I.A. Sent an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees to Trump Administration (www.nytimes.com)

• Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released from ICE detention (www.cbsnews.com)

• Trump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum (www.nytimes.com)

Africa

• Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in capital Nairobi, local media says (reuters.com)

• Mali coup leader wins backing to be president for next 5 years (www.bbc.com)

• Algeria drafts wartime mobilization bill amid regional tensions (apnews.com)

• Surge in deadly attacks rocks northeastern Nigeria (www.newsweek.com)

• South Africa to probe alleged suppression of justice in apartheid-era killings (reuters.com)

Middle East

• Syria's Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint (www.reuters.com)

• Israel says it struck gunmen attacking Druze in Syria after deadly clashes (bbc.com)

• Will a weakened Hezbollah in Lebanon disarm? (apnews.com)

• Israeli forces detain prominent Palestinian journalist in early morning West Bank raid (cnn.com)

• Wildfire closes main highway linking Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, sends 12 to hospital (latimes.com)

Indo-Pacific

• Trump loses first round of trade war as US economy shrinks, China's grows (www.newsweek.com)

• Vietnam Celebrates 50 Years Since War's End and Focuses on Peace (apnews.com)

• Pakistan claims ‘credible’ proof of Indian military strike in next 24-36 hours (www.hindustantimes.com)

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns China is 'not behind' in AI (www.cnbc.com)

• Rubio urges de-escalation in India, Pakistan calls amid soaring tensions (aljazeera.com)

• China quietly rolls back retaliatory tariffs on some US-made semiconductors (www.cnn.com)

Europe

• US-Ukraine sign deal. US to provide military support (www.reuters.com)

• Swedish journalist sentenced in Turkey for ‘insulting Erdoğan’ (www.theguardian.com)

• Finland to restrict the use of smartphones in school (euronews.com)

• EU cheers Mark Carney’s election win in Canada (www.politico.eu)

• Microsoft says it respects European laws as U.S. ramps up trade tensions with EU (www.cnbc.com)

• Europe ‘would struggle to put 25,000 troops on the ground in Ukraine’ (www.thetimes.com)

Latin America

• Why did the IMF block Colombia's access to a credit line? (reuters.com)

• Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations (apnews.com)

• Will Trump Strike Drug Cartels He Says 'Run' Mexico? (barrons.com)

• Mexico avoids recession despite tariff uncertainty (france24.com)

• FBI and Chilean police take down international gang of thieves (reuters.com)

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