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February 23rd, 2026

Palestinian Man, in His 30s, Shot by Israeli Forces Northeast of Bethlehem UK Aid Still Helping Ukraine Join NATO
After Four Years of War, Zelensky Insists Victory Requires Ukraine Reclaiming All Territory Captured by Russia Rubio Heads to Caribbean To Reassert US Interests
Attacks on a Security Post and Ambulances in Northwest Pakistan Leave Three Dead EU Hits the Brakes on US Trade Deal After Trump Threatens 15% Global Tariffs
Colombia's Rebel Group ELN Declares a Ceasefire Before Elections Canada Prepares Aid Package for Cuba
Missed Funerals and Blocked Toilets: Iran Deployment Takes a Toll on US Sailors Anthropic CEO To Meet Pete Hegseth Amid Dispute Over Military Use of Claude
Pete Hegseth Says He'll Order Random Pizzas To Throw Off Monitoring App How Israel's Genocide in Gaza Has Made It Nearly Impossible for This Palestinian Teenager To Manage Her Chronic Illness
How Data on the Crackdown on Gaza Protests Reflects the Increasing Repression of Activist Movements in the US Contrary to US Policy, Ambassador Huckabee Says West Bank's Area C 'Is Israel'
Reconciliation Revealed: How the Pentagon Plans To Spend All $152 Billion in FY26 Double Hungarian Veto Thwarts Loan for Ukraine and New Sanctions on Russia
EU Fails To Win US, G7 Backing for Proposed Russian Oil Restrictions Ben Gvir's National Guard Operating Without Directives or Oversight, Knesset Finds
Red Cross Transfers Eight Palestinians From Israeli Detention to Gaza Tunisia Frees Prominent Lawyer Who Became Vocal Critic of President
Villagers Massacred in South Sudan Food Aid Trap France Moves To Bar US Ambassador Charles Kushner From Direct Government Access After Failing To Appear at Meeting
Two-State Solution Being 'Stripped Away in Broad Daylight': UN Chief US Military Blows Up Another Small Boat in the Caribbean Sea, Killing Three
Rubio Trip to Israel on Iran Tensions 'Subject to Change' UN Chief Warns 'Rule of Force' Is Attacking Human Rights as World Order Shifts
Military Kennel Conditions Lead to Deaths of Four Dogs, Report Finds Navy Relieves Destroyer Commander After Caribbean Crash
VA Has No Plans of 'Ever Doing Anything' About Disability Rule, Official Says Smotrich: 'In the End,' Israel Will Occupy Gaza and Establish Jewish Settlements
Only 20 Percent of US Adults Support Trump's War on Iran: Poll Full Report: Israeli Executions of Palestinian Aid Workers and Efforts To Conceal Evidence
US Refuelers, Cargo Planes Spotted at Ben Gurion Airport as Iran Tensions Ramp Up Report: Joint Chiefs Chairman Warns Trump of Significant Risks if US Attacks Iran
Ukraine Claims Eight Settlements Recaptured in Southern Push Nigerian Forces Neutralize ISWAP Terrorists in Borno State
South Korea, India Urge Citizens To Exit Iran as Fears of US Military Strike Mount BBC Cuts 'Free Palestine' From BAFTA Film Awards Winner's Speech
At Least 73 People Died in the Attempt To Capture a Mexican Cartel Leader British Police Arrest Former Ambassador to the US After Epstein Files Release
US Withdrawing From Base in Northeast Syria, Transferring Equipment to Iraqi Kurdistan Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was 'Completely Made Up'
Gaza Child Dies Waiting for Israeli Permission To Leave for Treatment Mexico Descends Into Violence After Cartel Leader 'El Mencho' Killed
Football Matches Postponed in Mexico After Drug Kingpin El Mencho Killed Pakistan Claims at Least 70 Fighters Killed in Strikes Along Afghan Border
Chad Shuts Border With Sudan After Cross-Border Incursion Kills Soldiers US Evacuates Non-Emergency Personnel From Embassy in Beirut as It Prepares Potential Attack on Iran
Israel Designates Five Palestinian News Outlets as 'Terrorist' Groups Maliki Rejects US Demands He Step Aside, Path to Iraq Premiership Unclear
What's Netanyahu's Planned 'Hexagon' Alliance - and Can It Work? Venezuela Demands Immediate Release of Maduro From US Custody
Huckabee Claims Israel at War With Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan as Part of a Seven-Front War Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Mosque in Occupied West Bank During Ramadan
Syria Closes Al-Hol Camp After Relocating Thousands of ISIS-Linked Families An American Lynched in the West Bank
Suspected ISIS Attack Kills Four Members of Security Forces in Syria's Raqqa NHS Mental Health Trust Withdraws From UK Counter-Terror Police Program
Israeli Settlers Join 'Safari' Tour of Palestinian Prisoners 'Net-Negative': DNC Secret Review Ties Gaza Policy to Harris Defeat
Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report Iran Foreign Currency Inflows From Oil To Normalize by Month's End
Iran Dismisses Speculations About Interim US Deal, Says Have No Basis Israeli Settlers Set Ablaze Mosque Entrance South of Nablus

February 22nd, 2026

Landmine Explosion in Sudan Kills Nine, Including Three Children Netanyahu Says Israel Will Forge Regional Alliance To Rival 'Radical Axes'
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