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Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation
18 February 2026Environmental group Extinction Rebellion has said that climate change activists associated with the group are being inve...
Peru appoints Jose Maria Balcazar as president after Jose Jeri’s removal
18 February 2026Peru’s Congress has voted to appoint former judge and left-wing lawmaker Jose Maria Balcazar as interim president, re...
Young Palestinian shot, killed by Israeli settlers northeast of Jerusalem
18 February 2026A young Palestinian man was killed and four other people were injured when a group of Israeli settlers, backed by Israel...
Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over endangerment finding’s repeal
18 February 2026More than a dozen health and environmental advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Age...
Venezuela’s Rodriguez, Colombia’s Petro say they will meet ‘soon’
18 February 2026Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has announced that she and Colombian President Gustavo Petro agreed to h...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,456
18 February 2026News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is where things stand on Thursday, February 19: Fighting Russian forces launched multiple a...
US is withdrawing all 1,000 troops from Syria: WSJ report
18 February 2026The United States is preparing to pull back the nearly 1,000 troops from its military that remain in Syria, the Wall Str...
White House says Iran would be ‘wise’ to take deal amid military buildup
18 February 2026White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has said Iran would be “wise” to make a deal, as the United States surges ...
Trump says UK’s Starmer making ‘a big mistake’ with Chagos Islands deal
18 February 2026Donald Trump has criticised the United Kingdom’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a day after the Un...
Russia’s Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions ‘unacceptable’
18 February 2026Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed new restrictions imposed by the United States on Cuba as “unacceptable”...