Friday

The deputy head of Russian military intelligence, lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev, is shot and critically injured in Moscow, Russia. (BBC News)

At least 31 people are killed and over 100 others are wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

An Israeli airstrike hits a building in Gaza City, Palestine. (Al Arabiya English)

The Iraqi Air Force carries out strikes on ISIS hideouts near Hatra in northern Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, using F-16 fighter jets, killing four militants. (Shafaqna)

The governments of Canada and France announce they will open new consulates in Nuuk, Greenland, to reinforce support for Denmark against United States president Donald Trump's threats to annex the territory. (DW)

The United States Department of State issues sanctions on 14 oil tankers that are used to transport oil to Iran. (The New Arab)

Amnesty International reveals that people in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching South Korean Netflix series Squid Game and listening to K-pop. (Sky News)

North Macedonian police seize 28 tonnes of cannabis, the largest such haul in the country, from former industrial sites in Skopje and Strumica, link the operation to a recent five-tonne seizure in Serbia, and state that the material originated from licensed medicinal-growing facilities but was diverted for unauthorized use. (Reuters)

A further 22 sets of infant remains have been recovered from the former site of the Tuam Mother and Baby home, bringing the total to 33 sets of remains. (RTÉ)

At least six people, including a child, are injured in a grenade attack at a beauty salon in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. (Xinhua News Agency) (Le Parisien in French)

English serial killer Steven Wright, who killed five women in 2006, receives another life sentence after he admitted to murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1999. (CTV News)

China overturns the death sentence for Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on drug charges in 2014. (CTV News)

The European Commission, in a preliminary statement regarding their ongoing investigation into TikTok, finds evidence of "addictive design" in its app, which could affect children and vulnerable adults, in possible violation of the European Union's Digital Services Act. (RTÉ)

Former vice president of the Bank of China Lin Jingzhen is expelled from the Chinese Communist Party following an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that found "serious violations of discipline and laws". (Reuters)

The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy is held. (NBC News)