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An explosion at a fireworks shop in Chinas Hubei province has killed 12 people

At the time of the fourth alleged rape, he was already under police investigation

Iranian state media broadcast footage on Tuesday (February 17) of Revolutionary Guards drills in and around the Strait of Hormuz, hours after talks began, as semi-official Fars said parts of the waterway would close for a few hours for security precautions.

Any plan requiring Ukraine to give up territory that Russia had not captured in the eastern Donbas region would be rejected by Ukrainians if put to a referendum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

Installations made with sunflowers, roses, orchids, wattles and bougainvillea left at the 2025 Bondi Beach massacre site will be unveiled at the Sydney Jewish Museum next year

The event faced interruption by law enforcement during a follow-up performance at the John F. Kennedy Center

Mr. Jeri took over from unpopular leader Dina Boluarte, who was also impeached amid protests against corruption and a wave of violence linked to organised crime

The series of strikes conducted brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls narco-terrorists in small vessels since early September

The violence erupted after explosions in Kabul, the Afghan capital, on October 9 that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan and vowed to avenge

Television and film titan Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns CNN, announced in late October that it was open to acquisition offers; its board subsequently accepted a bid from Netflix to buy only its streaming and studio business.

New York State Police were investigating the cause of the blast, which occurred around 10:30 a.m. at the Abundant Life Fellowship Church in a rural area about 50 miles (80 kilometre) northeast of Syracuse

Ultimately, we were able to reach broad agreement on a set of guiding principles, based on which we will move forward and begin working on the text of a potential agreement, Abbas Araghchi told state TV

Shoring up defence cooperation and enhancing bilateral engagement in the critical technology sector are priority areas for both governments to take forward the ties

TTP claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack on the FC check post in the Bajaur district bordering Afghanistan

Mr. Trump said it was inappropriate for Britain to be dealing with Democratic governor Gavin Newsom

The U.S. President and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are due to meet in Beijing in April

The so-called truth commission seeks to identify ranch guests and state officials who may have known what was going on at the 7,600-acre property, or taken part in alleged sexual abuse; interim findings likely in July and a final report by year-end

Pawtucket Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims are hospitalised in critical condition

Muhammad Yunus emphasised that his 18-month tenure had rebuilt the three fundamental foundations of the countrys foreign engagement: sovereignty, national interests, and dignity.

The announcement comes one day after Mr. Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine, and is the latest development in a corruption scandal in the energy sector that rocked the government last year

While the U.S. and Iran are expected to hold talks, mediated by Oman, in the Swiss city on February 17, 2026, the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have started military drills near the Strait of Hormuz

The production company wishes to clarify that the rumours of a criminal or nationally motivated death are false and unfounded, her production company, Donna and Shula Productions said

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on February 16, that Moscow took a very negative view of what he said were false accusations

During the AI Impact Summit this week, the U.K. is expected to announce new support for an African Language Hub, enabling AI to work in 40 African languages

Iran is pursuing a nuclear agreement with the U.S. that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying

Mr. Trump said the Boards members would join him at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington on February 19, 2026

The forces of the Syrian Arab Army have taken over the Al-Shadadi military base in the Hasakeh countryside following coordination with the American side, says Ministry statement

Change, change, regime change, the huge crowd chanted, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems. Iran used that flag before its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Pahlavi dynasty

Larry has lived through six Prime Ministers, from David Cameron to Keir Starmer, weathered the storms of Brexit, Covid-19, the chaos of partygate, Liz Truss's 49-day whirlwind occupation, and the more orderly months under Rishi Sunak

There's this sort of clown show that's happening in social media and on television, and what is true is that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, says Barack Obama