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February 19th, 2026

Head of US Southern Command Visits Venezuela, Meets With Acting President Rodriguez Satellite Internet Service Links National Guard Troops at Antarctic to Outside World
Vets Sue To Block Construction of 'Arc De Trump' on National Mall Study: Frequent Rocket Re-Entries Might Harm Atmosphere
Palantir UK Chief Walks Away From Gaza Genocide Questions Fishermen in the Eastern Caribbean Fear for Their Lives Following a Deadly US Strike
Saint Lucian Fishermen Believed Killed by Recent US Boat Strike UN Warns of Systematic Human Rights Abuses and Sexual Violence in Libya
Report: Starmer Blocking Trump From Using UK Bases To Attack Iran NASA Report Paints Damning Picture of Boeing Mishap That Stranded Astronauts in Space
Trump Told Congress Saudi Nuclear Pact Won't Include Safeguards Against Bomb, Document Shows South Sudan President Fires Senior Aides After Dead Opposition Figure Appointed to Election Panel
Air Force One Will Be Painted Red, White and Blue as Trump Hinted, US Military Says US Pays Small Share of $4 Billion It Owes the UN
Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested on Suspicion of Sharing Sensitive Documents With Epstein Trump Claims Obama Exposed Classified Information on Aliens
Files Reveal Epstein Was Offered Chance To Buy US Pentagon, FBI Buildings The Palestinians Stuck in the No-Man's-Land of Jerusalem and the Israeli Settlement Plan To Expel Them
US Launches 36th Airstrike of the Year in Somalia Firm Selling Israel's Spy Tech Woos Europe's Cops
EU Sanctions German Journalist in Shocking First Over Gaza Reporting Riyadh Wants To Replace Israel With Syria for Greece Fiber-Optic Cable Route
Trump Administration Gives ICE Power To Indefinitely Detain Legal Refugees in US Pentagon CTO Says It's 'Not Democratic' for Anthropic To Limit Military Use of Claude AI
Israeli Settlers Kill 19-Year-Old Palestinian American in the West Bank US To Redirect Venezuelan Oil Royalties Into a Treasury-Controlled Fund
Trump Says 'War Is Over' in Gaza Despite Israel Killing Over 600 Palestinians Since Ceasefire Deal Was Signed Oil Prices Jump Amid Signs of US-Iran Conflict
'No Good Actors' in Sudan War, Says Trump's Middle East Adviser UK Foreign Minister Urges UN Security Council To Confront 'Bitter Truth' of 'Catastrophically Failing Sudan'
Beneath Shattered Minarets, Gaza Holds Its First Tarawih Prayer After War One Security Officer Killed, Another Wounded, in ISIS Attack in Eastern Syria
US Imposes Sanctions on Commanders of Sudan's RSF US Plans To Build a 5,000-Person Military Base in Gaza for International Force
Israel Detains at Least 37 Palestinians in Raids Across Occupied West Bank The Israeli Government Installed and Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment
Syrian Alawite Women Recount Abductions, Abuse by Pro-HTS Factions Israeli Forces Step Up Air Strikes, Artillery Shelling in Gaza on Second Day of Ramadan
Deadly Militant Raids Kill Dozens, Destroy Multiple Villages in Northwest Nigeria Elections Under Fire: Colombia Endures Deadliest Campaign in Decades
Over 150 Ex-Diplomats Accuse French FM of Spreading Disinformation About UN's Francesca Albanese Unusual Praise: Pyongyang Lauds Seoul's Move To Curb Drone Intrusions
At Least 50 Civilians Killed in Clashes in Eastern DR Congo: OCHA Israel Strikes Southern, Eastern Lebanon in Latest Round of Attacks
President Trump Threatens War With Iran at His First 'Board of Peace' Meeting Iran Builds Concrete Shield at Military Site Amid Acute US Tensions
The Cost of Genocide: Israel's War on Gaza by the Numbers South Korean Citizens Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Defending Democracy Against Martial Law
Former South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Life in Prison for Leading Insurrection Seoul, Pyongyang Make Rare Exchange of Statements Over Drone Intrusions
Jet Fuel Leak at US Gunsan Base in South Korea Totals 41,000 Liters Director Rejects Award Over Israel's Genocidal War in Gaza
UN Says Israel Is Stoking 'Ethnic Cleansing' Fears in Gaza, West Bank London Police Complaint Filed Against Elbit Systems UK Over Gaza Atrocities
'Returned From Hell': Press Monitor Exposes Torture of Palestinian Journalists by Israel 'Missing the Beauty': Israel Bans Ramadan Decorations in Jerusalem
UN Investigation Finds 'Hallmarks of Genocide' in Sudan's El-Fasher US Pushes NATO To Scale Back Overseas Missions, Report Says
Iran, Russia Launch Joint Naval Drills in Sea of Oman Gaza Death Toll Was a Third Higher Than Official Figures, Says Lancet Study
Rubio Plans To Update Netanyahu on US-Iran Talks in Israel Next Week, Officials Say

February 18th, 2026

Hungary Cuts Energy Shipments to Ukraine, Slovakia Threatens to Follow
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