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Trump launches his ‘Board of Peace’ with billions pledged for Gaza, but many allies are wary
When President Donald Trump convenes the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday, he is expected to run it like one of his Cabinet meetings, a US official told CNN. Instead of his Cabinet officials, however, he will be joined by representatives from countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Hungary and even Belarus, which is a member of…
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BREAKING: Saudi Arabia announces start of Ramadan 1447AH after moon sighting
The Ramadan crescent has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia declared that Wednesday, February 18, 2026 will mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for this year, 1447 AH. The announcement followed reports from authorized moon sighting committees across the Kingdom, in accordance with Islamic tradition, that the moon was sighted in the…
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Jesse Jackson, legendary civil rights leader, dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the U.S. civil rights movement who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., advocated for voting rights, and negotiated high-profile international hostage releases, has died at the age of 84. Jackson had been hospitalised on November 12, 2025, after battling progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative neuromuscular disease similar to Parkinson’s. He was a…
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Russia’s economy has entered the death zone — by Alexandra Prokopenko
As russia’s war against Ukraine enters its fifth year, the economy that sustains it has been transformed in ways that will be difficult—perhaps impossible—to reverse without another crisis. Westerners keep waiting for the Russian economy to collapse. It won’t. But nor will it recover. It has entered what mountaineers call the death zone: the altitude above 8,000 metres at which…
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3 South Africans charged with premeditated murder of Nigerian e-hailing driver in Pretoria
..bail application abandoned Three South Africans have been charged in court for allegedly killing a 22-year-old Nigerian e-hailing driver, Isaac Satlat, in Pretoria West. The suspects – Dikeledi Tears Mphela (24), Goitsione Machidi (25), and McClaren Mushwana (30) – appeared before the Pretoria magistrates’ court on Monday. South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) , in a statement on Monday, said…
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Iran must abandon enriched uranium and not produce more, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the US must require Iran to relinquish all of its enriched uranium and be barred from enriching more, as part of any nuclear deal with Tehran. In a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday, he outlined several conditions he wanted, including that “all enriched material has to leave Iran” and that “there should be no…
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Nigeria to provide assets, infrastructure for Gulf of Guinea maritime security force
Nigeria has pledged full infrastructural and operational backing for the Combined Maritime Task Force in the Gulf of Guinea, offering to host the force’s headquarters and provide critical assets to boost regional maritime security. Representing President Bola Tinubu at the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, Vice President Kashim Shettima…
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Iran says potential energy, mining and aircraft deals on table in talks with US
Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the U.S. that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying on Sunday, days before a second round of talks between Tehran and Washington. Iran and the U.S. renewed negotiations earlier this month to tackle their decades-long dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme and avert a new military confrontation.…
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Hundreds of thousands join Iran protests around the world
Police in Munich estimated that 250,000 turned out to hear Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s former leader, give an address Hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations around the world against the Iranian government on Saturday, following calls from the exiled son of the late shah for a “global day of action”. Addressing an estimated 250,000…
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AU Summit ends with push to end wars, reform UN Security Council
African leaders wrapped up a two-day summit on Sunday with urgent calls to end conflicts across the continent and renewed demands for reform of the UN Security Council, as mounting security crises overshadowed the gathering’s stated agenda of water issues. Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye, the newly elected African Union (AU) chair, said restoring stability remains the bloc’s foremost priority. “We…
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