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23-02-2026 GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: Israeli attacks have killed at least 12 people in eastern and southern Lebanon, in the latest breach of a 2024 ceasefire deal with the armed group, Hezbollah. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday that air strikes on the Bekaa Valley in the east …

23-02-2026 WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court ruling against the administration of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs has left a question unanswered on what is the refund process for the funds collected over the past several months through the tariffs that had been imposed on most US trading …

22-02-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has said that Tehran will respond “decisively” to any “military aggression” by the United States in a letter urging the UN Security Council to condemn recent threats from President Donald Trump. Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani called on Thursday for members …

22-02-2026 KHARTOUM/ KORDOFAN: Dozens of aid workers have been killed and wounded in a drone attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on an aid convoy in Sudan’s South Kordofan state, according to the Sudan Doctors Network, in the latest carnage against civilians caught up in the nation’s brutal …

22-02-2026 CAIRO: Hamas is holding an election for a new interim leader, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the armed group’s affairs has told the BBC. Voting is taking place across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and among Hamas’s members elsewhere. The outcome may signal which direction the movement intends …

22-02-2026 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran held annual military drills with Russia on Thursday as a second American aircraft carrier drew closer to the Middle East, with both the United States and Iran signaling they are prepared for war if talks on Tehran’s nuclear program fizzle out. President Donald Trump said Thursday …

22-02-2026 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The arrest of former British royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has sparked renewed calls for accountability for Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and proper investigations into the late sex offender’s networks in the United States and across the world. Police in the United Kingdom detained the ex-prince, brother of King Charles, …

22-02-2026 NEW YORK: Bill Gates will not deliver his keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi, his philanthropic organization said hours before the Microsoft co-founder was due to speak. The Gates Foundation said the decision was made after “careful consideration” and “to ensure the focus remains on …

22-02-2026 CAIRO/ JERUSALEM: Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by media and sources in the Palestinian enclave. Hamas’ continuing influence over key Gaza power structures has fueled widespread scepticism about …

21-02-2026 SEOUL: South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol has been found guilty of masterminding an insurrection and sentenced to life in prison over his imposition of short-lived martial law in 2024. “The declaration of martial law resulted in enormous social costs, and it is difficult to find any indication that …