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President Donald Trump publicly urged the United Kingdom not to proceed with plans to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, warning that doing so would be a “major mistake.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump stressed the strategic importance of Diego Garcia, a key U.S.–UK military base in the Indian Ocean. He…

Tehran: The US military is ready to attack Iran as early as this weekend, even though President Donald Trump has not made a final decision yet on whether he’ll authorise an armed confrontation with Tehran, according to reports by CNN and CBS. The development comes amid a massive US military buildup in the Middle East,…

At least 12 people were killed after a fire swept through a residential building in Shantou, Guangdong province, marking mainland China’s most serious blaze since last month’s catastrophic Hong Kong inferno, Chinese media reported. The fire broke out around 9.20 pm (local time) and was extinguished within about 40 minutes, as per the state news…

The U.S. military said on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s months-long campaign. The series of strikes conducted on Monday (February 16, 2026) brought the death toll to…

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday issued a series of direct threats against President Donald Trump and the United States, saying that even the “strongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get up again,” amid ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington. Taking to X,…

Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia launched 29 missiles and 396 drones targeting critical infrastructure. Kyiv said the strikes were aimed at undermining peace efforts ahead of talks in Geneva to end the four-year war. The extent to which Russia disregards peace efforts: a massive missile and drone strike against Ukraine right before the next…

Cairo, Feb 15: More than 6,000 people were kill£d in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” in Sudan’s Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations.The Rapid Support Forces’ offensive to capture the city of el-Fasher included widespread…

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed at a White House meeting on Wednesday that the US would work to reduce Iran’s oil exports ⁠to China, Axios reported, citing two US officials briefed on the issue.“We agreed that we will go full force with maximum pressure against Iran, for ⁠example, regarding Iranian…

US President Donald Trump has reversed a key Obama-era scientific ruling that underpins all federal actions on curbing planet-warming gases.The so-called 2009 “endangerment finding” concluded that a range of greenhouse gases were a threat to public health. It’s become the legal bedrock of federal efforts to rein in emissions, especially in vehicles.The White House called…

Vancouver, Feb 11: A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead including the suspect, with two more people found dead at a home believed to be connected to the incident, Canadian authorities said Tuesday.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the…