Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade with ships mid-transit
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Iran partially reopens airspace: agency
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Pakistan's army chief concludes three-day visit to Iran: military statement
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India fails to pass parliament expansion bill linked to quotas for women
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UN rights chief urges immediate release of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
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Turkey hosts latest diplomatic push on Middle East war
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‘Don’t blame China for EU’s problems’
China’s foreign minister told his French and German counterparts that Beijing was not to blame for Europe’s economic and security problems as he pushed for more cooperation at a summit in Munich, a foreign ministry statement said yesterday.
15 February 2026, 01:43 AM
US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations
Trump keeps “all options on the table”
14 February 2026, 13:57 PM
12 Italians convicted for trying to revive Fascist party
Twelve members of Italy’s fringe group CasaPound have been jailed for seeking to revive the Fascist Party, which ruled from 1922 to 1943 under dictator Benito Mussolini.
14 February 2026, 04:02 AM
‘New world disorder’ threatens co-op
The UN’s climate chief on Thursday urged countries to unite against an “unprecedented threat” to international cooperation from pro-fossil fuel forces -- issuing the appeal as US President Donald Trump rattles the global order.
14 February 2026, 03:58 AM
Trump ends immigration crackdown in Minnesota
President Donald Trump’s pointman on Thursday announced the end of an aggressive immigration operation in Minnesota that triggered large protests and nationwide outrage following the killing of two US citizens.
14 February 2026, 03:57 AM
Ukrainian missile attack kills two in Russia’s Belgorod
A Ukrainian missile attack yesterday killed two people and injured three in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
14 February 2026, 03:49 AM
‘It’s going to be very traumatic’ for Iran
US President Donald Trump threatened Iran Thursday with “very traumatic” consequences if it fails to make a nuclear deal -- but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was skeptical about the quality of any such agreement.
14 February 2026, 03:37 AM
SpaceX launches 12th long-duration crew to ISS
A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida early yesterday with a crew of two US Nasa astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut headed to the International Space Station (ISS) for an eight-month science mission in microgravity.
14 February 2026, 02:52 AM
Russia strikes Ukraine energy, port sites
Six people died in Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight that targeted the southern port city of Odesa and energy infrastructure, officials announced yesterday.
14 February 2026, 02:21 AM
UN ‘extremely worried’ by Cuba crisis
The United Nations said yesterday it was deeply alarmed by the crisis unfolding in Cuba as the island nation struggles under what amounts to a US blockade of oil deliveries.
14 February 2026, 02:15 AM
Shooting kills 2, wounds one at southern US university
Gunfire killed two people and wounded another in an apartment at a historically Black university in the southern United States on Thursday, officials said, marking at least the third shooting on the campus since October.
14 February 2026, 02:08 AM
US court rules Marine can keep adopted Afghan war orphan
Baby discovered severely wounded on battlefield in 2019
13 February 2026, 18:46 PM
Dubai port giant DP World appoints new leadership after Epstein allegations
Chairman and CEO's name appears in files released by Department of Justice
13 February 2026, 18:33 PM
Pakistan's jailed Imran Khan loses 85% vision in right eye, lawyer says
Central retinal vein blockage left Pakistan's ex-PM with watery eyes and deep distress, court filing reveals
13 February 2026, 18:13 PM
Russia pounds Ukraine with drones, missiles
Russia pounded Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles overnight yesterday, further battering its energy system and leaving tens of thousands in the capital Kyiv and the cities of Dnipro and Odesa without heat, power and water, officials said.
13 February 2026, 03:48 AM
Canadian fossil reveals one of the first plant-eating animals
Scientists have unearthed in Canada’s province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture in animal evolution.
13 February 2026, 03:26 AM
3 dead, 4 missing as migrant boat sinks in Aegean
Three people died and four were missing after a migrant boat got into trouble yesterday in the Aegean Sea, the Turkish coastguard said.
13 February 2026, 01:43 AM
No ‘definitive’ deal with Netanyahu
President Donald Trump said after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday they reached no “definitive” agreement on how to move forward with Iran but he insisted negotiations with Tehran would continue to see if a deal can be achieved.
13 February 2026, 00:58 AM
21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan
At least 21 people drowned when a boat sank in the Nile River in northern Sudan, according to the local state government and eyewitnesses interviewed by AFP.
13 February 2026, 00:52 AM
US lawmakers accuse Bondi of concealing names
A Republican US lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as she faced questions about the Justice Department’s handling of investigative files in a charged hearing before a House of Representatives panel.
13 February 2026, 00:51 AM