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No joy, no respite during Ramadan for families in Gaza City destroyed by Israel . 

20 February 2026

Just before sunset on Thursday, Nisreen Nassar crouched over her makeshift oven, burning wood and scraps of plastic to b...

Tucker Carlson says passport seized, staff interrogated at Israeli airport 

20 February 2026

Conservative United States podcaster Tucker Carlson has claimed Israeli authorities briefly took his passport and interr...

Israel blocks Palestinians from first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa 

20 February 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israel is severely restricting Palestinians’ access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in o...

Bolivia’s ex-leader Morales reappears in stronghold after 7-week absence 

20 February 2026

News|Evo Morales Evo Morales, Bolivia’s former long-serving socialist leader, has reappeared in his political strongho...

Tracking the rapid US military build-up near Iran 

20 February 2026

The United States administration is intensifying its build-up of a vast array of military assets in the Middle East, as ...

US jets escort Russian military aircraft out of Alaska’s air defence zone 

20 February 2026

News|Aviation The United States has dispatched fighter jets after multiple Russian military aircraft were observed opera...

Venezuela grants amnesty that could release hundreds of political detainees 

20 February 2026

Venezuela’s acting president has signed into law an amnesty bill that could see hundreds of politicians, activists and...

One killed, 11 injured in Yemen after security forces disperse STC storming 

20 February 2026

News|Conflict Yemeni security forces have killed at least one person and wounded 11 as a crowd linked to the secessionis...

Trump orders Pentagon, federal agencies to release files on UFOs and aliens 

20 February 2026

United States President Donald Trump said he is directing federal agencies, including the defence department, to begin �...

Three aid workers killed, 4 wounded in RSF drone attack in Sudan’s Kordofan 

20 February 2026

At least three aid workers have been killed and four others wounded in a drone attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support ...