Iran charges British couple with espionage after January arrest
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were detained in southern Iran while travelling on motorbikes around the world.
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Senate confirms Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary in 51-45 vote
The wealthy financier takes charge of a department central to tariffs, census work and weather reporting as Trump presses a hard-line trade agenda.
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Wales moves to ban greyhound racing in UK first
Ministers said they want the sport wound down as soon as practicably possible, but gave no start date for the ban.
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Argentine judge opens fraud probe into Milei after crypto promotion backfires
A Buenos Aires court assigned a fraud investigation after President Javier Milei briefly promoted a cryptocurrency that crashed within hours, triggering complaints from lawyers and critics.
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Turkey bootleg alcohol deaths climb past 124 as authorities arrest suspects
State news agency Anadolu says methanol-tainted counterfeit alcohol has killed at least 124 people in Ankara and Istanbul over six weeks, with dozens still in intensive care.
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Pritam Singh fined S$7,000 on each perjury count in Singapore
The opposition leader is appealing after a court found he lied to a parliamentary committee probing Raeesah Khan’s false account.
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Indonesian student groups and civil coalition stage anti-government protests in multiple cities
Student organizers and civil society groups took their complaints over government policy to the streets, calling for a broad review of Prabowo Subianto’s first 100 days in office.
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Anti-Trump protests spread across the US as 50501 rallies on Presidents Day
Demonstrators in Washington, New York, Texas, Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio rally against Trump, Musk and federal layoffs.
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Lebanon arrests more than 25 after UN convoy attack near Beirut airport
The assault on a UNIFIL convoy injured peacekeepers and triggered condemnation from Lebanon, the UN and Washington.
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Man killed in Clemenceau station shooting as Brussels drug violence spreads
A man was shot dead near Brussels’ Clemenceau metro station, prompting station closures and renewed concern over the city’s drug-related violence.
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Openly gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks is shot dead near Gqeberha
South African police said Muhsin Hendricks, widely described as the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot dead near Gqeberha, in a killing that has drawn international attention.
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Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf elected to lead African Union Commission
African leaders chose the veteran foreign minister for a four-year term, replacing Chad’s Moussa Faki at the continental body’s executive arm.
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Thailand says 260 scam-center victims are being repatriated from Myanmar
The army says the rescued people came from 20 nationalities after being freed from compounds on the Myanmar border.
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Ambush over land dispute kills three Ucizoni members in Oaxaca
A conflict over municipal boundaries in southern Oaxaca escalated into a deadly ambush that left three Ucizoni members dead and one local official missing.
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U.S. agrees to return Alexander Vinnik to Russia in exchange for Marc Fogel
An NBC News report says the deal would send the BTC-e figure back to Russia while securing the release of American teacher Marc Fogel after years in detention.
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Almost 150 people arrested in Sicily mafia crackdown
Italian police say the raids exposed how Cosa Nostra still uses encrypted phones, extortion and drug trafficking to hold territory.
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Sydney nurses stood down after video sparks anger over Israeli patients
Two NSW hospital workers were removed from duty on 2025-02-11 after a video appeared to show them threatening Israeli patients and boasting about mistreatment.
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Jotham Napat elected unopposed as Vanuatu’s new prime minister
The Leaders Party chief won 50 votes in parliament and now leads a five-party coalition facing a heavy policy agenda.
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US, UK and Australia sanction Russian hosting firms tied to LockBit
The coordinated move targets a Russia-based web host and two operators accused of supporting one of the world’s most active ransomware syndicates.
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Spain to grant residency and work permits to flood-hit migrants in Valencia region
Madrid said up to 25,000 migrants affected by the 2024 Valencia floods will be eligible for residency and work permits, a move meant to prevent people from falling deeper into precarity.
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Bangladesh arrests more than 1,300 as protests and reprisals widen
Police say the crackdown follows unrest around supporters of Sheikh Hasina, while critics warn the response could deepen political tensions.
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Romania’s Iohannis resigns under pressure after annulled election crisis
President Klaus Iohannis has resigned ahead of an impeachment vote as Romania remains mired in election turmoil.
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Macron says €109bn investment puts France back in global AI race
France used the opening of the Paris AI Action Summit to promote private investment, low-carbon electricity and a public-interest initiative as nations debated the technology’s benefits, risks and governance.
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Man arrested after three injured in Stoneybatter knife attack
Irish police say the attack in north Dublin was a serious incident and that the suspect is being detained.
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