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Trump considers a targeted strike against Iran

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has told advisers that if diplomacy or any initial targeted U.S. attack does not lead Iran to give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program, he will consider a much...

U.S. President Donald Trump

Israeli violations in Lebanon test fragile truce

Destroyed vehicles lie next to a damaged building, in the aftermath of an Israeli strike, in Bekaa valley. — Reuters

Iran president says will not bow to US pressure

Iranian women break Ramadhan fast during Iftar, at the Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tehran on Saturday. — AFP

Attacks on Sudan healthcare facilities killed 69 this year, says WHO

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Iran prepares counterproposal to US

A US military plane on the tarmac of Lajes air base in Terceira island, Azores, Portugal, February 20, 2026.

Tehran prepares counterproposal as Trump weighs strikes

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

‘Board of Peace,’ meets as war clouds loom on Iran

Palestinians gather to break their fast by eating Iftar meals on the first day of the holy month of Ramadhan, in Gaza City, on Wednesday. — Reuters

UN warns of rising ‘ethnic cleansing’ fears in Gaza

Palestinians sell bread on a street beneath a destroyed building in Gaza City's Zawiya market on February 18, 2026, on the first days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

UN Sudan probe finds ‘hallmarks of genocide’ in El Fasher

Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan patrol near an airstrip in the strategic opposition-controlled town of Akobo, Jonglei State. — AFP

Ramadan begins in Gaza amid ruins of shattered mosques

A mosque, destroyed during the two-year Israeli offensives, is surrounded by tents for displaced Palestinians

Iran, United States talks conclude in Geneva

Bilateral meeting between Switzerland and Oman in Geneva

Iran FM meets IAEA chief ahead of nuclear talks

Iranian FM Araqchi meets with IAEA Director General Grossi in Geneva. — Reuters

Syrian Kurdish authorities release 34 Australians

Members of the Kurdish internal security forces stand guard at a checkpoint, while Kurdish forces head towards the front lines at the outskirts of the town of Tel Hamis, following the agreement between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), and the Damascus government, which stipulates the withdrawal of the Syrian army and the SDF from the front lines, in Qamishli, Syria, February 13, 2026.

Moroccans return home as waters recede

Royal Armed Forces and civil authorities work together to address flooding risks amid rising waters in the Loukkos River, in Ksar El Kebir, Morocco February 2, 2026.

Drone attack on Sudan market kills 28

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