In Gaza's crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy

The Kremlin says a settlement in Ukraine can't be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested. Addressing the annual World Economic Forum on Thursday, Trump said that the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high. Trump said that “if the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately.” Energy sales form a large part of Russia’s earnings. Asked about Trump’s comments, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov argued that the Ukrainian conflict had been triggered by the West's refusal to take into account Russian security interests. Peskov said the conflict doesn't depend on oil prices.

Indonesia has signed a deal to send home an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses. Serge Atlaoui, 61, has spent almost 20 years in an Indonesian prison. In 2015 he won a last-minute reprieve from being executed by a 13-member firing squad. France and Indonesia agreed a deal on Friday after the father of four, who is reportedly suffering from cancer, wrote to the Indonesian government requesting to serve the rest of his sentence in his home country. The deal will allow Atlaoui to return home on Feb. 4.

Relatives of hostages still being held by militants in Gaza have called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure all remaining captives are freed. They're also appealing to U.S. President Donald Trump to continue pressing for their release. As a fragile six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas entered its sixth day, Israelis waited anxiously for the names of the next four hostages who will be released from among the more than 90 still be held in Gaza. In the Palestinian enclave, civilians in the central and southern part of the Gaza Strip hoping to return to the remnants of their home in the battered north faced an agonizing wait.

More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network. The international police organization Interpol said Friday that the 116 tortoises were discovered hidden in the luggage of a Ukrainian woman at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport more than two years ago. Of the total, 98 have since died, but all were handed over Thursday for use in criminal proceedings. They included endangered or vulnerable species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The arrest of the suspected smuggler helped police map a larger wildlife trafficking network, resulting in the arrests of 14 additional suspects.

More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a wildlife smuggling network. The international police organization Interpol said Friday that the 116 tortoises were discovered hidden in the luggage of a Ukrainian woman at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport more than two years ago. Of the total, 98 have since died, but all were handed over Thursday for use in criminal proceedings. They included endangered or vulnerable species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The arrest of the suspected smuggler helped police map a larger wildlife trafficking network, resulting in the arrests of 14 additional suspects.

Afghan refugees are appealing to Pakistan’s premier to ease a visa regime on humanitarian grounds after President Donald Trump paused the U.S. refugee programs, panicking thousands of Afghans who said they are now facing a risk of arrests and deportations to Afghanistan. “We don’t know exactly when the pause of the U.S. refugee program will be lifted, but we request Pakistan to extend our stay for at least six months after the expiry of our visas,” Ahmad Shah, a member of the Afghan USRAP Refugees advocacy group, said Friday. However, Pakistan says it is yet to receive any official intimation from Washington about the suspension of the program.

China’s Lunar New Year travel rush has kicked into high gear, with billions of trips expected in coming days for the peak of the 40-day annual mass migration. It's the world’s biggest annual movement of humanity. The actual new year holiday, which marks the start of the year of the snake in the 12-month lunar calendar, comes on Wednesday. New Year’s Eve on Tuesday is reserved for family gatherings and traditionally fireworks displays. Many began travelling on Jan. 14 and the rush will reach a peak over the weekend. In total, 9 billion trips — mostly by car — are expected over the 40-day travel rush. Traditionally the festival has been a time for families to gather, with members of China's migrant worker population using up all their vacation.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland, neighboring Northern Ireland and Scotland as Storn Éowyn roared in. Ireland’s weather office, Met Eireann, said 114 mile an hour gusts were recorded at Mace Head on the west coast. Almost 1 million homes and businesses were without power. Forecasters issued a rare “red” weather warning, meaning danger to life, for Friday. Authorities urged people in the affected areas to stay at home and not travel.