EU sanctions Russian officials as Hungary blocks funds to Ukraine
European Union fails to approve further Russia sanctions and a $106bn loan to Ukraine after Hungary refuses to agree.
Lebanon’s tax hikes draw anger from economically frustrated public
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has announced hikes on petrol and sales taxes. Analysts say it is a regressive policy.
Israeli settlers vandalise, torch mosque in occupied West Bank
Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Religious Affairs says Israeli settlers defaced and set fire to a mosque.
Israeli settlers deface, set fire to West Bank mosque during Ramadan – Al Jazeera
- Israeli settlers deface, set fire to West Bank mosque during Ramadan Al Jazeera
- Jewish settlers reportedly set fire to mosque in West Bank The Jerusalem Post
- Israeli settlers attack West Bank mosque, local officials and army say The Hindu
- West Bank mosque set on fire, graffitied with ‘revenge’ in apparent settler attack The Times of Israel
- Israeli settlers torch and deface a West Bank mosque during Ramadan AP News
US skier Lindsey Vonn reveals leg was nearly amputated
Lindsey Vonn revealed that her leg was injured so severely in her Olympic crash that amputation was a possibility.
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Feb. 23, 2026 – USNI News
Carney heading on trade trip as Canada seeks to reduce reliance on US – BBC
- Carney heading on trade trip as Canada seeks to reduce reliance on US BBC
- Prime Minister Carney to diversify Canada’s trade, attract new investment, and secure new partnerships with visits to India, Australia, and Japan pm.gc.ca
- Mark Carney to visit India, Australia and Japan The Globe and Mail
- Canadian PM Carney Puts India At Heart Of Indo-Pacific Push To Reset Ties NDTV
- Canada's Carney to visit India, Australia, and Japan Reuters
Armed man killed after entering secure perimeter of Trump’s residence, Secret Service says
The suspect was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was killed, officers say, while Trump was in Washington DC at the time.
Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land – The New York Times
- Settlers in the Israeli-Occupied West Bank Drive a Palestinian Family Off Its Land The New York Times
- After Israel destroyed Gaza’s essential infrastructure, 39 local residents, including 22 minors, lost their lives due to severe weather in December and January B'Tselem
- Evil in the West Bank The New York Review of Books
- Mapping forced displacements and settler attacks by Israel in the West Bank Al Jazeera
- Israeli settler land grab intensifies Morning Star | The People’s Daily
Ukraine negotiator tells BBC how it feels to sit across table from Russia
Sergiy Kyslytsya is among those trying to negotiate an end to the conflict, which is entering its fifth year.
Ukraine negotiator tells BBC how it feels to sit across table from Russia
Sergiy Kyslytsya is among those trying to negotiate an end to the conflict, which is entering its fifth year.
US partially evacuates Beirut embassy amid rising Iran tensions
The State Department has ordered non-essential staff to leave the embassy in Beirut after a security review.
US partially evacuates Beirut embassy amid rising Iran tensions
The State Department has ordered non-essential staff to leave the embassy in Beirut after a security review.
A large mass grave from the Early Iron Age indicates selective violence towards women and children in the Carpathian Basin – Nature
- A large mass grave from the Early Iron Age indicates selective violence towards women and children in the Carpathian Basin Nature
- Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children New Scientist
- 2,800-year-old mass grave of women and children discovered in Serbia reveals 'brutal, deliberate and efficient' violence Live Science
- Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children Science News
- Iron Age massacre targeted women and children, new research reveals Phys.org
Trump Says He Brought Down Inflation, Yet Many Still Feel the Pinch – The New York Times
- Trump Says He Brought Down Inflation, Yet Many Still Feel the Pinch The New York Times
- Fact-Check: Trump’s Latest Claims on Jobs, Inflation and Crime The New York Times
- Why Trump’s ‘greatest economy’ boast could hurt him with voters Fortune
- A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims FactCheck.org
- Opinion | The story of the Trump economy? Old people. MS NOW
Gunmen in military uniforms storm a rural Ecuador property, killing at least 7, police say – Yahoo
Israeli settlers deface, set fire to West Bank mosque during Ramadan
Attack on Nablus-area mosque is latest in surge of Israeli settler and military violence targeting Palestinians.
More than 600 people have died trying to cross Mediterranean in 2026, UN says
Deadliest start to a year in more than a decade, according to the International Organization for Migration
A least 606 people trying to reach Europe in search of refugee have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean since the beginning of 2026, marking the “deadliest start to a year” in more than a decade, the UN’s migration agency said on Monday.
The figure includes at least 30 people who are feared dead or missing after their boat capsized in severe weather off the coast of Greece on Saturday. Authorities rescued 20 people, including four minors, and recovered the bodies of three men and one woman, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), said.
Continue reading...Turkish ‘threat’ talked up in Israel as Netanyahu focuses on new alliances
Relations between Israel and Turkiye continue to deteriorate amid accusations and heightened geopolitical tensions.
Peter Mandelson arrested amid Epstein files fallout
Former UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson was arrested amid revelations over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.