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February 22nd, 2026

Mexican Army Kills Cartel Leader, Thrusting Country Into Chaos Ukraine Attack Seriously Damages Infrastructure in Russia's Belgorod, Governor Says
VA Doesn't Know How Many Calls Its Answering or How Long Veterans Are Waiting To Get Through Landmine Explosion in Sudan Kills Nine, Including Three Children
Report: Trump Considers 'Targeted Strike' on Iran, Followed by Much Larger Attack Iran's Foreign Minister Says There's Still a 'Good Chance' for a Deal With the US
Photos of Violence in Mexico After the Army Killed Cartel Boss Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera ICE Begins To Purchase Warehouses, but Some Owners Are Backing Out of Deals
House Democrat Says 'Diplomacy Is the Best Way' on Iran Netanyahu Says Israel Will Forge Regional Alliance to Rival 'Radical Axes'
War Losses in Sudan Mining Sector Hit $7 Billion: Official Israeli Forces Detain Over 100 Palestinians Since the Beginning of Ramadan: Report
Around 3,000 Iraqis Remain in Syria Camp Over ISIS Ties: Official Kirkuk Governor Says Iraqi Army To Withdraw From Kurdish Quarter After Raids
Teen Killed, Child Injured as Settler Violence, Raids Spread Across West Bank The Billionaires Securing Netanyahu's Control Over Israeli Media
With Foreign Backing, Israel's Solar Energy Boom Is Powering Apartheid Danish Military Evacuates US Submariner Who Needed Urgent Medical Care Off Greenland
Transcript: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Face the Nation With Margaret Brennan' Minister Walks Out of Film Festival After Accusations of German Role in Gaza 'Genocide'
Gunmen Abduct Nine Laborers in Pakistan Attacks Israeli Fire Kills Palestinian Woman in Northern Gaza as IDF Attacks Continue Despite Ceasefire Deal
Slovakia Gives Ukraine Monday Deadline To Restore Oil Transit Next Round of US-Iran Negotiations Set for Geneva This Thursday, Oman Says
Explained: The Military Conscription Bill Driving Riots in Haredi Cities Footage Shows Israeli Troops Waiting in Ambush, Then Unleashing Fire on a Palestinian Teen
Palestinians Granted 66 Building Permits in West Bank Over 11 Years, Vs 22,000 for Illegal Israeli Settlers: Report UK Defense Secretary Says He Wants To Deploy Troops to Ukraine
Indian Forces Kill Three Suspected Rebels in Kashmir: Army Trump Orders Hospital Ship to Greenland
US Southern Command Kills Three in Latest Boat Strike Chaos Erupts at Mexican Airports After Death of Drug Lord 'El Mencho'
Jordan Serving as 'Key Hub' for US Warplanes Needed for Iran War Israel Launches 41 Incursions Into Syria in February
Kuwait Summons Iraqi Diplomat Over Baghdad's Filing of Maritime Coordinates With UN Israeli Gunfire Kills Palestinian Teenager in Occupied West Bank
On 5th Day of Ramadan, Dozens of Israeli Illegal Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Mass Arrests in Kafr Kanna Spotlight Escalating Crime Crisis in Palestinian Communities in Israel
Witkoff Says Trump Is 'Curious' Why Iran Hasn't 'Capitulated' Scotland Sends 280 Tonnes of Anti-Drone Nets to Ukraine
As Israel Escalates Lebanon Strikes, No Assurances Lebanon Won't Get Dragged Into Iran War Italy Considers 60% Military Expansion Under $7 Billion Plan
Europe's Top Military Powers Launch 'Low-Cost' Air Defense Fourteen Countries Condemn Huckabee's Support for Israel Taking Over Most of the Middle East
Slovakia Threatens To Cut Electricity to Ukraine Over Russian Oil Spat NASA Rules Out March Launch for Manned Moon Mission Over Technical Issues
Iraq May Drop Maliki as PM Candidate After US Threats Somaliland Minister Says US May Access Its Minerals, Military Bases
Photos: The Aftermath of Pakistan's Air Strikes in Afghanistan DHS Agent Killed US Citizen in March Last Year, Records Reveal
Man Killed After Entering Perimeter of Trump's Mar-A-Lago Resort Ramadan in Ruins: Gaza's Palestinians Mark Third Holy Month Amid Grief and Displacement
Twelve Palestine Action Prisoners Granted Bail Tony Blair Claims Crisis in Gaza Due to 'Extremism' and 'Corruption'
Trump Lashes Out After UK Stops US From Using Its Bases for Iran Attack Homeland Security Is Trying To Force Tech Companies To Hand Over Data About Trump Critics
Pakistan Launches Strikes on Afghanistan, With Taliban Saying Dozens Killed

February 21st, 2026

At Least 12 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Israeli Strikes on Eastern Lebanon How $600 Drones Are Outsmarting Colombia's Billion-Dollar Military
NASA Reacts to Donald Trump's UFO Announcement US Pulls Hundreds of Troops From Qatar, Bahrain Amid Iran War Buildup: Report
Cameroon Jails Three Soldiers Involved in Killing 21 Civilians in 2020 DR Congo, M23 Fighters Trade Accusations Over Ceasefire
US Makes Plans To Reopen Embassy in Syria After 14 Years WHO: Attacks on Sudan Health Care Facilities Killed 69 This Year
Syrian Kurdish Leader Warns of 'Renewed War' After Ceasefire Agreement Over 1,000 Councillors Across the UK Sign Palestine Pledge Ahead of Key Local Elections
Russian Attack on Kharkiv Kills Two, Ukraine Hits Missile Plant Two Soldiers Killed During Military Operation in Pakistan's Northwest: Army
Farmers in Gaza Risk Israeli Bullets To Bring Their Fields Back to Life Saudi Crown Prince Sent Complaint Letter to UAE 'Spy Sheikh' About Yemen, Sudan
US Says 15,000 to 20,000 Escapees Remain at Large From Syrian ISIS Camp Exodus Trump Says He's Ordering Release of US Files on UFOs and Aliens
RSF Siege of El Fasher in Sudan Has 'Hallmarks of Genocide', UN Mission Finds Nigerian Police Say Armed Group Killed 33 in Fresh Simultaneous Attacks
France Denies Deploying Troops to DR Congo, Says Army Is There Training Congolese Forces Canada, Philippines in Talks on Military Intelligence-Sharing Pact
Israel Plans 'Unprecedented Strikes' in Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq as Part of US-Iran War: Report Journalist Working for German Media Arrested in Turkey
Iran Tells UN It Will Respond to Any US Attack as Trump Weighs Military Options Iran Warns US Bases, Assets 'Legitimate Targets' Amid Trump Threats of Attack
UN Emergency Food Aid in Somalia May Halt by April Amid Severe Hunger Iran Says US Military Build-Up 'Unnecessary and Unhelpful', Deal Achievable
Israel Bans Thousands of Palestinian From Al-Aqsa for First Ramadan Prayers Brother of RSF Commander Hemedti Now Using Kenyan Passport and Emirati ID
China Scrambles Fighters To Confront US Warplanes Based in South Korea Military Tankers for Iran Attack Deploying Near Iraq War Levels
Former Somaliland President Demands Agreement With Israel Be Made Public Saudi Arabia May Have Uranium Enrichment Under Proposed Deal With US, Arms Control Experts Warn
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