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1. Martin Luther King family urges U.S. Senate to pass voting rights legislation

   

   Marking MLK Day, U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and protect "the sacred right to vote," while Vice-President Kamala Harris and the King family urged the U.S. Senate to pass a law to protect voters from racial discrimination.

2. Texas rabbi describes throwing chair at hostage taker before escaping synagogue standoff

   

   The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages on Saturday recounted throwing a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hours-long standoff. Meanwhile, Jewish community leaders are warning Canadian synagogues to be vigilant in case of copycat attacks.

3. Drone attack in Abu Dhabi kills 3, wounds 6

   

   A drone attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeting a key oil facility in Abu Dhabi killed three people and sparked a separate fire at Abu Dhabi's international airport on Monday, police said.

4. Who betrayed Anne Frank? Cold case team shines new light on mystery

   

   A cold case team attempting to unravel one of the most enduring mysteries of the Second World War — who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family — has reached what it calls the "most likely scenario" in the case.

5. Russia rejects U.S. suggestions it's looking for pretext to invade Ukraine

   

   Russia's top diplomat on Monday angrily rejected U.S. allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as Russian troops have remained concentrated near the border.