Gunmen affiliated with Boko Haram killed sixty-nine and destroyed the village of Faduma Koloram in the Gubio district of Nigeria’s Borno state (France 24).

In an eight-to-one ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a 2017 law passed by Parliament which would have legalized the construction of Jewish settlements on land in the West Bank (New York Times).

Mali’s government is investigating whether soldiers were involved in attacks on two villages last week that killed more than forty people. Armed men wearing military fatigues carried out the attacks in the country’s Mopti region (Al Jazeera).

An Iranian man who provided information to U.S. and Israeli intelligence services about Qasem Soleimani has been sentenced to death. Soleimani, who led Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in January (Reuters).

Turkey and the United States reached agreements regarding the conflict in Libya that could usher in a “new era,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a call with U.S. President Trump. Turkey has backed the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (Al Jazeera).

North Korea has refused to answer routine calls from South Korean officials after threatening to sever all communication channels (Yonhap). Pyongyang has been incensed by anti-North leaflets sent using balloons from South Korea. While announcing the move to cut phone lines, North Korean state media referred to Seoul as the “enemy” and said there is no need for discussions (Associated Press). Relations between Pyongyang and Seoul have deteriorated since a summit last year between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald J. Trump ended without an agreement (New York Times).

The French military announced that troops in Mali killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, a long-serving al-Qaeda commander in Africa. The United States provided intelligence and surveillance aircraft for the mission (New York Times).

Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the government’s plan to annex parts of the West Bank. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders addressed the rally via video conference (Haaretz).

Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar announced that he is ready to enter peace talks after his fourteen-month campaign to capture Tripoli failed (New York Times).

U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. General Scott Miller met with the Taliban’s deputy leader in Doha, Qatar. Sources close to the Taliban said any intra-Afghan peace talks would take place in Doha (TOLO).