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Officials say Gaza residents travelling on foot only will be allowed through border point, which was shut in May 2024
Reuters

Gaza’s main border crossing in Rafah will reopen for Palestinians on Monday, Israel has said, with preparations under way at the war-ravaged territory’s gateway, which has been mostly closed for almost two years.

Before the war, the Rafah crossing with Egypt was the only direct exit point for most Palestinians in Gaza to reach the outside world as well as a key entry point for aid. It has been largely shut since May 2024.

Cogat, the Israeli agency charged with administration of Gaza, said the crossing would reopen in both directions for Gaza residents on foot only and its operation would be coordinated with Egypt and the EU.

“Today, a pilot is under way to test and assess the operation of the crossing. The movement of residents in both directions, entry and exit to and from Gaza, is expected to begin tomorrow,” Cogat said on Sunday.
By The Associated Press

ZURICH — An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy.

The victim died on Saturday, according to the Swiss public prosecutor. The prosecutor said in a statement Sunday it would provide no further information on the status of the investigation.

Investigators have said they believe sparkling candles atop Champagne bottles ignited the fire when they came too close to the ceiling at the packed Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, less than two hours after midnight on Jan. 1. Authorities are looking into whether soundproofing material on the ceiling conformed with regulations and whether the candles were permitted for use in the bar. Fire safety inspections hadn't been carried out since 2019.
Alcaraz becomes the youngest man in tennis to complete a career Grand Slam and win seven Slams with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 triumph.
By Hafsa Adil and News Agencies

Carlos Alcaraz has rewritten tennis history by becoming the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam with his victory over the great Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open 2026 in Melbourne.

Alcaraz, 22, overcame a first-set loss to complete a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 triumph over the 24-time Grand Slam champion at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. In the process, he denied the 38-year-old a chance to become the only player with 25 Slam titles.
Comes a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people.
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan -- Pakistani police and military forces killed over a 100 “Indian-backed terrorists ” in counterterrorism operations across the restive southwestern province of Balochistan over the past 40 hours, government officials said on Sunday, a day after coordinated suicide and gun attacks killed 33 people, mostly civilians.

The raids began early Saturday at multiple locations across Balochistan, and left 18 civilians, including five women and three children, and 15 security personnel dead, authorities said.

Sarfraz Bugti, the provincial chief minister, told reporters in Quetta that troops and police officers responded swiftly, killing 145 members of “ Fitna al-Hindustan,” a phrase the government uses for the allegedly Indian-backed outlawed Baloch Liberation Army, or BLA. The number of militants killed over the past two days was the highest in decades, he said.

“The bodies of these 145 killed terrorists are in our custody, and some of them are Afghan nationals,” he said. Bugti claimed that the ”Indian-backed terrorists" wanted to take hostages but failed to make it to the city center.
By Reuters

PRAGUE, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Czechs rallied on Sunday in support of President Peter Pavel after he refused to approve the nomination of a minister to the new eurosceptic coalition government who performed a Nazi salute and posted Nazi memorabilia.

In an escalating rift with the government, the pro-EU and pro-Ukraine Pavel last week accused Foreign Minister Petr Macinka of sending text messages via his adviser that threatened the president with "consequences" if he continued to oppose Filip Turek's nomination as Czech environment minister.

Turek, a member of Macinka's right-wing Motorists party, has faced criticism for making a Nazi salute and posting Nazi memorabilia. Turek has put his behaviour down to bad taste rather than any affinity for Nazism or racism.
Medical charity has been barred for not providing Israeli authorities with personal details of its staff in the enclave.
By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies

Israel says it will terminate the humanitarian operations in Gaza of Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, after it failed to provide a list of its Palestinian staff, further depriving Palestinians in the besieged enclave of life-saving assistance.

In December, Israel announced it would prevent 37 aid organisations, including MSF, from working in Gaza from March 1 for failing to submit detailed information about their Palestinian employees, drawing widespread condemnation from NGOs and the United Nations.

“The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism is moving to terminate the activities of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said on Sunday.

The decision followed “MSF’s failure to submit lists of local employees, a requirement applicable to all humanitarian organisations operating in the region”, it added.

The ministry had earlier alleged that two MSF employees had links with Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which the charity has denied.
A year out from a bruising loss to Mark Carney, the opposition leader is betting the next election on a simple test: are voters better off?
By Nick Taylor-Vaisey

CALGARY, Alberta — Canada’s Conservative leader channeled a legendary American president as he secured his hold on the party grassroots — and and debuted his new message to voters for a federal election that could come as early as spring.

Pierre Poilievre is rebuilding after last year’s election defeat, losing to Mark Carney, a rookie Liberal politician who leapfrogged and stunned the once-favored Conservatives.

Before the Liberal comeback, the Conservatives seemed set to ride a wave of anti-incumbent sentiment sweeping much of the Western world.

Instead, Carney scooped enough seats to form a minority government. The Liberals even won Poilievre’s Ottawa-area seat, forcing him to run in a special election in a safe Alberta riding in order to return to the House.

Ahead of the weekend’s mandatory postelection leadership review in Calgary, Poilievre whipped up more than 2,500 delegates in the beating heart of Canadian conservatism.

The Conservative leader, a longtime admirer of Ronald Reagan, echoed the former president’s 1980 pitch on his way to a crushing victory: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”
ABC News' Patrick Reevell reports on the death toll in Iran as the country's supreme leader warns that any attack by the U.S. would spark a "regional war" in the Middle East.
Story by Sam Stevenson

A new map compiled by Newsweek using data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows how Greenland’s rare earth mineral resources compare to the rest of the world.

Why It Matters
Greenland possesses some of the world’s largest untapped reserves of rare earth elements (REEs)—minerals critical to modern technologies, clean energy transitions, and defense systems. As the global demand for these materials surges, Greenland’s strategic importance as an alternative source grows.

The latest data from the USGS highlights how the self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO member, compares with major producers, underscoring part of the reason why the island has become a focus of U.S. policy discussions, including President Donald Trump’s push to acquire it—a move which has raised geopolitical tensions.
Trump gives China the green light in surprising remarks on Venezuela's oil industry
Story by Evan Williams

Washington DC - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that China is "welcome" to invest in Venezuela's oil industry as the country looks to revive its economy in the wake of President Nicolás Maduro's abduction.

"China is welcome to come in and would make a great deal on oil. We welcome China," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, noting that Venezuela's Interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday agreed to an energy deal with India.

"India is coming in, and they're going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran, so we've already made that deal, the concept of the deal, but China is welcome to come in and buy oil," Trump said.
Yuchen Li in Taipei
As Washington pulls back from international institutions, Beijing is stepping up its diplomatic outreach while pursuing leadership roles in selected areas.

In January, the same month the United States announced its withdrawal from 66 multilateral organizations, China hosted leaders from Canada, Finland and Britain.

"The international order is under great strain," Chinese leader Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling for efforts to "build an equal and orderly multipolar world," as the two met in Beijing on January 29.

The message is not new in China's diplomatic rhetoric, but it has grown more pronounced amid US disengagement from multilateral institutions.

The US is notably abandoning many initiatives focusing on climate change, labor and migration — areas President Donald Trump has characterized as "woke" initiatives "contrary to the interests" of the country.

At the same time, China remains a member of most of these multilateral organizations and gaining broader global recognition.

A recent international survey found that respondents across 21 countries, including 10 from the European Union, expect China's global influence to grow over the next decade, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations.

"The power gap [between China and the US] was much clearer in the past… but now it's getting closer and closer," said Claus Soong, an analyst at the Berlin-based Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS).

"The US is still the most powerful nation in the world, but China is catching up very quickly," he told DW.
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