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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,456 

18 February 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is where things stand on Thursday, February 19: Fighting Russian forces launched multiple a...

Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over endangerment finding’s repeal 

18 February 2026

More than a dozen health and environmental advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Age...

US is withdrawing all 1,000 troops from Syria: WSJ report 

18 February 2026

The United States is preparing to pull back the nearly 1,000 troops from its military that remain in Syria, the Wall Str...

White House says Iran would be ‘wise’ to take deal amid military buildup 

18 February 2026

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt has said Iran would be “wise” to make a deal, as the United States surges ...

FCC reject claims of censorship, announces probe into US show The View 

18 February 2026

Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, has confirmed that the agen...

Trump says UK’s Starmer making ‘a big mistake’ with Chagos Islands deal 

18 February 2026

Donald Trump has criticised the United Kingdom’s plan to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a day after the Un...

Russia’s Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions ‘unacceptable’ 

18 February 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed new restrictions imposed by the United States on Cuba as “unacceptable”...

Law enforcement says eight killed by avalanche in California mountains 

18 February 2026

News|Weather Local authorities say that at least eight people have been found dead following an avalanche in the Sierra ...

UNSC moves Gaza meeting to avoid clash with Trump’s Board of Peace 

18 February 2026

The United Nations Security Council has rescheduled a meeting on Israel-Palestine to take place before United States Pre...

Leila Shahid, Palestinian diplomat, dies in France aged 76 

18 February 2026

Leila Shahid, the first female diplomat to represent Palestine abroad, has died at age 76, drawing an outpouring of cond...