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FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Switzerland Human Rights Council. - Valentin Flauraud
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief condemned the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Saturday and called for an immediate return to negotiations “to pull the region, and our world, back from the brink.”
Secretary-General António Guterres told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that everything must be done to prevent further escalation. “The alternative,”...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
FILE PHOTO: People walk next to a mural with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported killed in strikes on Saturday by the U.S. and Israel, which, if confirmed, could...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
Donald Trump has ordered government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology immediately - Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images
Donald Trump has threatened to take criminal action against Anthropic after blacklisting the AI giant following a row over the use of its technology for autonomous weapons.
Pete Hegseth, the US president’s defence secretary, issued the ban late on Friday, designating the company “a...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
A banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump hangs outside the Department of Justice building on the day the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk...
FEBRUARY 28, 2026
This handout satellite picture, provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
Oman Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi, who had been a key player in talks aimed at preventing a war between the U.S. and Iran,...
FEBRUARY 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover of Cuba” without offering any details on what he meant.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House as he left for a trip to Texas, Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in discussions with...
FEBRUARY 27, 2026
Taliban security personnel stand guard near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Nangarhar province, on February 27, 2026. - Aimal Zahir/AFP/Getty Images
Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Islamabad’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and declaring “open war” on...
FEBRUARY 27, 2026
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former President Bill Clinton march in the annual Town of New Castle Memorial Day Parade in Chappaqua, N.Y. May 27, 2019. - Tania Savayan/The Journal News
CHAPPAQUA, New York - It’s been more than 26 years since Bill and Hillary Clinton made their home in this wooded, affluent community...
FEBRUARY 27, 2026
This latest escalation comes days after Pakistan carried out air strikes inside Afghanistan following suicide blasts on its soil. - (file photo) AFP via Getty Images
Afghanistan has launched a "large-scale" military operation on Pakistani army positions in response to recent strikes carried out by Islamabad, Taliban officials have said.
"Numerous" Pakstani soldiers have been killed and some captured in...
FEBRUARY 26, 2026
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail...
