Monday 9^th February 2026

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, killing four people and injuring more than a dozen others. (Al Jazeera)

Israeli forces capture a Hamas ally in southern Lebanon as an Israeli drone kills 3, including a child. (AP)

Canadian airlines suspend flights to Cuba as the island is set to run out of jet fuel. (Reuters)

Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting U.S. president or vice president has visited. (AP)

The US will turn over two NATO command posts to European allies. (Reuters)

Iran arrests at least four reform front politicians. (Reuters)

China critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail after landmark Hong Kong trial. (Reuters)

Sweden to tighten citizenship rules amid push to cut immigration. (Reuters)

Tuesday 10^th February

Ireland rolls out pioneering basic income scheme for artists. (Reuters)

More Canadian Airlines halt flights to Cuba amid fuel shortage. (Bloomberg)

Pemex pipeline explosion in Mexico kills three and injures six, the governor says. (Reuters)

Pilot praised after crash-landing a faulty Somali passenger plane on the seashore. (BBC News)

US bars Palau Senate president, former Marshall Islands mayor from entry. (Reuters)

Malaysia’s top court restores conviction and jail sentence on former palm-oil agency chair, Bernama reports. (Reuters)

Zimbabwe can initiate a bill that would extend Mnangagwa’s rule until 2030. (Reuters)

Portugal’s Interior Minister resigns over storm response. (Reuters)

Russia restricts access to Telegram, one of its most popular social media apps. (CNN)

Wednesday 11^th February

Many killed in south Yemen as crowd linked with STC storms government buildings. (Al Jazeera)

Attacks in Indonesia’s Papua kill three people and hit a plane and a Freeport convoy. (Reuters)

Inter-American Development Bank president says El Salvador to receive $1.3 billion in 2026. (Reuters)

A passenger ferry capsizes on the Nile River in Sudan, leaving at least 15 people dead. (AP)

US officials lift 10-day closure of El Paso airspace after balloon mistaken for drone. (The Guardian)

Slovak court pauses legal change limiting cooperating witness testimony. (Reuters)

Thursday 12^th February

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights cancelled as pilots, cabin crew walk out. (Reuters)

Cyclone in Madagascar kills at least 31 people and impacts roughly 250,000 people. (DW)

Norway’s former PM charged with gross corruption over Epstein links. (BBC News)

Two dead, one injured in shooting on South Carolina State University campus. (NBC News)

Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landslide majority in the first election since the Gen Z uprising. (BBC News)

Portugal approves restrictions on children’s social media access. (Reuters)

Friday 13^th February

The US military says it struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing three. (Reuters)

Ukrainian missile attack kills two, injures five in Russia’s Belgorod, governor says. (Reuters)

Head of Dubai-based ports giant quits after Epstein links revealed. (BBC News)

Two Britons among three dead in French Alps avalanche. (BBC News)

Iran releases head of Reform Front coalition, ISNA reports. (Reuters)

UK High Court rules Palestine Action terror ban is unlawful, marking a blow to the government. (CNN)

Saturday 14^th February

Ukraine, IMF eases conditions on new $8.2 billion loan program. (Reuters)

Ethiopia revokes Reuters journalists’ accreditation after an exposé. (Bloomberg)

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by deadly ‘dart frog’ toxin, European allies say. (NBC News)

Sunday 15^th February

Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, rescuers say. (BBC News)

Fire at Yemen shopping mall kills one and injures 13, state media says. (Reuters)

Israeli cabinet approves West Bank land registration; a move Palestinians called a “de facto annexation”. (Reuters)