Wikileaks

• Wikileaks says Julian Assange’s health is improving. [Link]

The New Cold War

• Russia says the US is taking a more constructive approach towards renewing the New Start Treaty. [Link]
• Russia says the US plan to use weapons in space will deal an irreversible blow to the current security balance. [Link]
• At least one Ukrainian soldier was killed when violence flared up in eastern Ukraine. [Link]

Pakistan

• A suicide bomber killed ten people in Pakistan. [Link]

Afghanistan

• Taliban attacks in Afghanistan continue as the reduction in violence pact is yet to be put in place. [Link]
• The Taliban say the language in the peace deal between the US and Taliban has been finalized. [Link]
• The reduction in violence pact between the US and the Taliban is expected to start February 22nd. [Link]

Turkey

• Turkey will arrest another 700 people who are alleged to be connected to Gulan. Turkey’s president accuses Gulan of being behind a 2016 coup against him. [Link]

Africa 

• Warring parties in Libya are digging in for a long battle. [Link]
• Gunmen killed 22 people in Cameroon. [Link]
• Gunmen killed 24 people in an attack on a church in Burkina Faso. [Link]