January 30, 2023: Blinken meets Israel and Palestinians, drone attack, Pakistan, COVID, New Zealand

January 30, 2023: Blinken Israeli-Palestinian visit, Drone strike on Iran factory, Pakistan blast, COVID, Auckland floods

1. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel and Palestinians to calm tensions as he visited on Monday during the worst violence in years, reaffirming a long-stalled peace vision as the "only path" forward.

2. Israel appears to have been behind an overnight drone attack on a military factory in Iran, a U.S. official said.

3. A suicide bombing at a crowded mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar killed at least 32 people on Monday, the latest attack targeting police in this northwestern city where Islamist militants remain active.

4. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that COVID continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert.

5. Flood-ravaged Auckland is forecast to receive further heavy rain in the coming days, authorities in New Zealand's largest city said on Monday, as insurers counted the costs of what looks likely to be the country's most expensive weather event ever.

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