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Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation 

18 February 2026

Environmental 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 2026

Peru’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 2026

A 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 2026

More 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 2026

Venezuela’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 2026

News|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 2026

The 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 2026

White 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 2026

Donald 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 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed new restrictions imposed by the United States on Cuba as “unacceptable”...