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February 17th, 2026

Judge Clears Navy Contractor's $1.5 Million Settlement With Hunters Point Residents How Palestine Action Put the Justice System on Trial
Bangladesh's New Prime Minister Tarique Rahman Is Sworn In USS Gerald Ford Crossing the Atlantic Ocean as US Continues Major Mideast Buildup to Prepare for Attack on Iran
'Journey of Hell': Migrants in Libya Endure Torture, Rape, Forced Labor Deadly Explosion Rocks Russian Military Site Near St Petersburg
Australia Invests $2.75 Billion in AUKUS Submarine Yard Hegseth Orders Ouster of Army Spokesperson: Reports
6,000 Amputees in Gaza Face Impossible Recovery Amid Israeli War Ultimatum UN Seeks $1.6 Billion To Aid Nearly Six Million People Displaced by War in Sudan
Middle East Buildup Continues as Six F-22 Raptors Stopover at RAF Lakenheath US Air Force Sees Early 2030s Rollout for Revamped Sentinel Nuclear Missile
Israel Will Not Withdraw 'One Millimeter' From Gaza, Defense Minister Says Eight States, Including Saudi Arabia Condemn Israel Designating 'State Lands' in West Bank
Taliban Frees Three Pakistani Soldiers in Saudi-Mediated Move 'Double-Dipping' Rule Keeps Veterans From Getting Full Benefits
Army Tests Apache With New Ammunition Meant To Shred Drones Russian Flag and Anthem Set To Return at Next Month's Paralympics After a Decade-Long Absence
Trump Extends Order Authorizing Detention of Ships Bound for Cuba for Year Smotrich: Next Israeli Government Should 'Encourage Migration' of Palestinians From West Bank
Russia, Ukraine Trade Overnight Attacks as 'Peace Talks' Continue in Geneva Calls for US Lawmaker Randy Fine To Resign for Saying He Prefers Dogs to Muslims
Lindsey Graham Praises UAE for Doing Everything Israel Asked for and More State Department Official: No 'Gentlemen's Agreement' With Russia on Maintaining New START Limits
Trump Threatens Iraq With Crippling Sanctions if Maliki Elected as PM: Report Zelensky: Ukrainians Will 'Never Forgive' the US if Forced To Cede Donbas to Russia
In First, Bennett Implies He Won't Sit in a Government Under Netanyahu Trump Boasts About Ramped Up Embargo on Cuba: 'There's No Oil, No Money, No Anything'
Backed by Trump's Son, Israeli-Founded AI Drone Startup Plans To Go Public on Nasdaq Cardinal Parolin: Vatican Will Not Participate in 'Board of Peace'
'You Are Using Gaza as a Testing Lab': Protesters Confront Arms Expo in Tel Aviv American Stealth Fighters Arrive in UK in Iran Build-Up
Largest US Build Up Since Persian Gulf War Happening Now Near Iran Updates: USS Liberty FOIA Lawsuit & NY Times Article
Instructors From Ukraine To Help Train German Army Palestinian Child Killed in Israeli Drone Strike on Gaza's Jabalia
More Than a Dozen Killed in Bomb Blasts, Gunfire in Pakistan's Northwest Exodus of ISIS-Linked Detainees From Syria Camp Sparks Security Concerns
Waste Piles Up in Cuba as US-Imposed Fuel Blockade Halts Collection Trucks PM Albanese Says No Help for Australian ISIS Relatives Held in Syria Camp
US Launches Three More Airstrikes in Somalia Lebanon Sets Four Months for Second Phase of Hezbollah Disarmament
One Year On, No Other Land Co-Director Says Israeli Attacks Intensifying Israeli Settlers Displace 15 Palestinian Families in West Bank: Official
Mapping Forced Displacements and Settler Attacks by Israel in the West Bank Imran Khan Must Be Given Immediate Medical Attention, Cricket Legends Say
Imran Khan's Sister Rejects Pakistan Gov't Claim Jailed Ex-PM's Vision Fine Hamas Rejects Netanyahu Aide's 60-Day Ultimatum for Group To Disarm
Missiles Fly as Third Round of Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Kicks Off in Geneva Noem's Use of Coast Guard Resources Strains Her Relationship With the Military Branch, Sources Say
Trump Says Venezuela's Acting Leader 'Has To Say' Maduro Is the Legitimate President SOUTHCOM Blows Up Three Boats in the Waters of Latin America, Killing 11 People
Qatar Lobbying UK Government Through Mandelson Firm Linked to Epstein Israeli Troops Detaining Growing Number of Civilians in Southwest Syria
UAE Scrubbing References to Emirati Diplomat Hind Al-Owais From Internet After Epstein Emails Uncovered Gaza Reconstruction: Who Has Signed Up to Trump's Board of Peace?
Macron Says French Nationals Fighting for Israel in Gaza Can't Be 'Genociders' After Talks With the US in Geneva, Iran's Foreign Minister Says There's a 'Clear Path' to a Deal
Israel's Largest Cargo Firm Acquired by Saudi and Qatari-Owned German Shipping Giant Israeli DM Rules Out Withdrawal From Military Outposts Inside Lebanon
US Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours To Arrive Khamenei Vows To Send US Aircraft Carriers 'to the Bottom of the Sea' Amid Round Two of Talks
Ocalan Announces First Phase of PKK Dissolution Is Complete Saudi Arabia-Turkey Kaan Jet Talks Irk a Trump Administration Bent on Arms Export Dominance
More Third-Country Nationals Have Been Deported by the US to Cameroon, Lawyers Tell AP

February 16th, 2026

Doctors Without Borders Says Gaza Is Without Supplies Since Early 2026
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