WATCH: Israeli helicopter crashes while it was being airlifted.

Qatar’s former Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani:

A Saudi–Pakistani strategic defense pact, potentially joined by Türkiye (and ideally Egypt and Gulf states), is a vital step to strengthen regional security and independence amid shifting Western—especially U.S.—policies.

The alliance should be durable, broad-based (military, economic, political), non-hostile toward Iran, respect members’ sovereignty, and be founded on a clear, well-studied charter to ensure long-term credibility and effectiveness.

Russia says it will bolster its defense capabilities in Arctic over Greenland tensions.

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The crash site of Israeli helicopter.

Putin and Netanyahu spoke by phone today.

They discussed Middle East tensions and Iran.

Russia, according to the Kremlin, urged diplomacy and signaled willingness to mediate on Iran-related issues.

Palestinians Weary of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Amid Second Phase of Ceasefire

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NEW: Saudi Arabia is moving to sideline the UAE by forming a new military coalition with Somalia and Egypt, focused on Red Sea security and defense cooperation.

Somalia is finalizing the deal after cutting security and ports ties with the UAE.

Source: Bloomberg

Canadian PM Mark Carney on Greenland:

We are NATO partners with Denmark.

Our full partnership and our obligations to Article 5 and Article 2 stand. We stand fully behind those.

Ukrainian M142 HIMARS allegedly destroyed by Russian kamikaze drone strike about 75 km from the Russian border in Chernihiv region.

The first strike disabled the system; the second strike destroyed it.

The armored cabin reportedly protected the crew, who survived.

After briefly returning to China in late 2025 to visit his elderly mother, Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei says daily life in Beijing now feels easier and more humane than in Europe, especially Germany, despite his long history as a dissident.

“Beijing today feels more natural and humane.”

Germany is “cold, rational, and deeply bureaucratic,” making people feel “confined and precarious.”

Germany is now “playing the role of an insecure and unfree country.”

“In ten years in Germany, almost no one ever invited me to their home.”

In China, “perfectly ordinary people from at least five different professions lined up, hoping to meet me.”

He reopened a Chinese bank account “in a matter of minutes.”

Life in Europe is “at least ten times more difficult” than in China due to bureaucracy.

Source: Berliner Zeitung

📸 Ukraine’s new energy minister speaks about the country’s energy crisis to the nearly empty parliament chamber.

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi became dehydrated, was checked by a medic after his military workout with Hegseth.

Russia’s ambassador to Denmark says Moscow has no claims on Greenland, flatly denying any interest in the territory.

Reporter: What did you mean by the new world order?

Carney: The architecture, the multilateral system is being eroded—undercut. The question is what gets built in its place...

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas, the highest-ranking US official to visit since the U.S. kidnapped Maduro.

Source: NYT

A Danish school teacher:

I have followed the history of Indigenous peoples, and it was a nightmare to think: now it’s our turn.

Mossad Director David Barnea arrived in the U.S. Friday for consultations on Iran amid protests and possible U.S. military action.

He is set to meet White House envoy Steve Witkoff, who has been in contact with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

Source: Axios

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen:

The idea of a world where we have no alliances, where we have abrogated the international world order, is not safe. It’s not safe for Americans. It’s not safe for Danes.

And the only people who benefit from that sort of world are the autocrats in Moscow and Beijing and other autocrats around the world.

The US is urging allies to move faster on reducing reliance on Chinese critical minerals, planning a Feb. 4 meeting of foreign ministers to strengthen and diversify supply chains.

Source: Bloomberg

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Zelensky:

Until this morning, we had several systems without missiles.

As of today, thank God, this morning we received a serious package.

A BBC investigation reveals an unusual power struggle within the Taliban, pitting hardliners in Kandahar against more pragmatic leaders in Kabul.

A leaked audio clip shows supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada warning that internal divisions could bring down the Islamic Emirate. Despite official denials, the BBC identified two camps:

Kandahar loyalists enforcing strict isolationist rule, and a Kabul-based group seeking limited global engagement, economic stability, and modest easing of restrictions, including on women’s education.

The rift surfaced publicly in September 2025 when Akhundzada ordered a nationwide internet shutdown—an order later overturned by senior ministers Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Ghani Baradar, and Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, in a rare act of defiance.

Source: BBC