On February 13, the news agency Radio Liberty published an article on its web page: "Gas control is an important geopolitical weapon for the Kremlin. The investigator talks about how the Kremlin's ties to the Uzbek gas sector were exposed. Radio Ozodlik released an investigation that found that Uzbek and Russian insiders, including those associated with Gazprom, have gained control of hundreds of gas and oil fields in Uzbekistan under…

A boat carrying 71 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims fleeing from refugee camps in Bangladesh landed Thursday in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh. One of the Fifteen-year-old Shorif Uddin, who was on the boat with his parents, said two or three people died while they were at sea because of a lack of food.

A CNN news report 5 days after the Turkish earthquake warned of a worsening disaster outside of the initial collapse of infrastructure in the regions bordering Syria. The cold weather and rain with limited food, medical and water supplies entering the region means many will die needlessly. Shelter is a key factor affecting the rates of survivors at risk of hypothermia in the freezing winter conditions.

The US shot down a high altitude balloon on the 4th of February after it travelled across many states of the US, and China was accused of spying on sensitive US military sites. A Guardian News headline from the 9th of February claimed, “China using spy balloon drama to drum up nationalistic fervor.” The Guardian further explained, “The communist party’s propaganda machine pulled out all the stops to ensure the…