* The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments and civil society to work together to ensure cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid between Türkiye and Syria and within Syria itself.
* Turkey said it would demolish buildings heavily damaged by a huge earthquake last week and swiftly start a mammoth reconstruction effort, with thousands of families struggling to survive amid the rubble and freezing conditions.
* At least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the official Twitter account of International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on Wednesday.
* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow would focus on ending what he called a Western "monopoly" over global affairs as part of a new foreign policy, accusing the West of suppressing rival centres of power.
* Poland rejects the European Commissions arguments regarding its Constitutional Tribunal, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, after the Commission said that it had decided to refer Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for violations of EU law by the Tribunal.
* Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced her bid for president on Tuesday. Haley, also former governor of South Carolina, became the first prominent Republican to officially challenge former U.S. President Donald Trump for the party's 2024 nomination.
* Russia does not pose a threat to Moldova's national security, and has no intention of destabilizing the situation in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly to discuss cooperation between their countries in security and defense sectors, the presidential press service said Tuesday.
* The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Tuesday welcomed international calls on the Israeli government to stop the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.
* Ministers of the Israeli cabinet on Tuesday rejected calls by Western powers to halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, vowing to build thousands of new housing units and legalizing unauthorized outposts.
* Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi arrived in Damascus on Wednesday in the first such visit since the Syrian conflict between the two neighbours who have long been at odds over regional issues, officials said.
* Turkish police said they have arrested 78 people accused of creating fear and panic by "sharing provocative posts" about last week's earthquake on social media, adding 20 of them were being held in pre-trial detention.
* The second edition of the World Defense Show is scheduled to be held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 4-8 next year, the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) has announced.
* As uncertainties in the face of global challenges continue into 2023, Malaysia seeks to overcome these through friendlier trade practices and a greater emphasis on free and open trade.
* Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos reached an "all-time high" of 36.14 billion USD in 2022, compared to 34.88 billion dollars in 2021, the Philippine central bank said on Wednesday.
* Indonesia's trade balance showed a surplus of 3.87 billion USD in January, posting surplus in a row since May 2020, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Wednesday.
* The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and 47 partners have appealed for 84 million USD to help more than 1 million migrants in the Horn of Africa region.
* This year's Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale, marks a resurgence for the global film industry after years in the doldrums due to the COVID-19 pandemic, industry expert Scott Roxborough said on the eve of the festival.
* Argentina recorded 98.8 percent year-on-year inflation in January, after starting the year with a monthly price increase of 6 percent, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported Tuesday.
* Greece's conservative government on Wednesday announced more financial aid for pensioners, farmers and businesses hurt by inflation and costly energy bills, launching the latest measures months before a national election.
* Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday said he is hopeful that Sri Lanka will receive the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approval for a 2.9 billion USD bailout package by March.
* The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported an increase of 10.507 million barrels of crude oil in U.S. inventories for the week ending Friday. Analysts expected a hike of 0.321 million barrels for this week.
* Economic expansion in Slovenia slowed in 2022, following a year when growth was the strongest since the country's independence in 1991. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth was 5.4 percent in 2022, the national statistics office said on Tuesday, down from 8.2 percent in 2021.
* The Dutch economy grew by 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022, narrowly escaping a recession feared in the final months of last year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said on Tuesday.
* More than 200 flights were cancelled at Frankfurt Airport due to an IT failure at Lufthansa on Wednesday but landings have resumed, airport operator Fraport FRAG.DE said.
* Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) will increase oil production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd), the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
* Fiji's COVID-19 restrictions removal will make foreign visitors' travel easier and more convenient, said Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism Viliame Gavoka on Wednesday.
* Ghana's consumer inflation slowed slightly to 53.6% year-on-year in January from a more than two-decade high of 54.1% in the previous month, data showed on Wednesday, marking the first month that inflation has slowed since May 2021.
* At least 33 have died in Panama after a bus carrying more than 60 migrants fell of a cliff early on Wednesday, an official from the country's migration authorities have said.
* Avalanches killed 10 people in Tajikistan's eastern Gorno-Badakhshan region on Wednesday, authorities said, after heavy snowfall in the area.
* Over 200 al-Shabab militants were killed during a week-long operation carried out by the Somali National Army (SNA) and regional forces in the south and central regions of Somalia, officials said on Wednesday.
