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

Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Nitai Roy Chowdhury are the two Hindu candidates who won on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ticket

Tarique Rahman had reached out to the opposition during his first press conference on February 14, when he called upon all sides to remain united

The victim, Quentin Deranque, aged 23, had been hospitalised and placed into a coma on February 12 after being attacked in the southeastern city of Lyon

The land regulation paves the way for the resumption of settlement of land title processes, which had been frozen in the West Bank since the Mideast War in 1967

The debris of the Payload Fairing which are believed to be that of ISROs Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) washed up to an island near L. Kunahandhoo in Maldives

E.U. foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addressed the Munich Security Conference a day after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a somewhat reassuring message to European allies.

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

Mr. Rubio will use the trip to discuss energy cooperation and bilateral issues, including NATO commitments, the State Department said in an announcement last week

Were going to do a fight with these countries over it, the U.S. Secretary of State said

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

Medics said an Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment housing displaced families killed at least four people, while health officials said another strike killed five in Khan Younis in the south

Bangladesh has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other regional leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the country's next Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman

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

Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since Monday (February 9, 2026)

The Rapid Support Forces' offensive to capture the city of el-Fasher included widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity

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Gunmen killed at least 32 people in coordinated attacks on three communities in north-central Nigeria, according to police who said some villagers were abducted

The letter, required by law, includes a general description of the types of redactions made, and a list of notable people mentioned in the files in any way

China accounts for more than 80% of Iran's oil exports, any reduction in that trade would mean lower oil revenue for Iran

After the first discussions, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that failure to reach an agreement with his administration would be very traumati.

U.S. Central Command said in a statement that American aircraft had conducted 10 strikes against more than 30 IS targets between February 3 and February 12, hitting weapons storage facilities and other infrastructure

With 77 seats, we have nearly quadrupled our parliamentary presence and become one of the strongest Opposition blocs in modern Bangladeshi politics, say JeI chief Shafiqur Rahman

The party founded by General Ziaur Rahman, which champions Bangladeshi nationalism, has returned to power with a huge mandate to steer the country through a tumultuous period

The BNP is set to return to power in Dhaka after two decades, following a landslide victory in the February 12 Parliamentary election, winning an absolute majority of seats

Urges India to make a clean break from the past and realise that Awami League does not exist in Bangladesh any more; expresses concern about communal violence in India and communal rhetoric in elections

An agenda- based coming together of countries on a regular basiswas very much the hallmark of Indian diplomacy for about two decades, the External Affairs Minister said at the Munich Security Conference

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that in the future, the United States could adopt a China policy that involves instigating and plotting to split China through Taiwan, crossing Chinas red line

He would not be travelling due to unforseen circumstances, the companys media agency in India, MSL, said

The Foreign Ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said that analysis of samples from Navalny, have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America

The attacks came a day after a Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian border city of Belgorod killed two people and wounded five, according to regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov

Counter Terrorism Department said the terrorists had planned to target important buildings in different cities

The Americans often return to the topic of concessions and too often those concessions are discussed only in the context of Ukraine, not Russia, Mr. Zelenskyy says

The Finance Minister explained the allocations towards environmental programs in the Union Budget did not tell the entire story of how much would be spent on projects during the year; also argued that India was not waiting for funds and technology to come from elsewhere

The U.S. has already deployed USS Abraham Lincoln to the Arabian Sea, some 500 km off Irans Persian Gulf coast; on February 13, officials told U.S. media that the second carrier going to the region would be USS Gerald R. Ford, the worlds largest aircraft carrier

Trump had said on February 13, that a change of government in Iran would be the est thing that could happen, as he sent a second aircraft carrier to the West Asia to ratchet up military pressure on the Islamic republic

The BNP alliance won 212 seats, compared with 77 for the Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, according to the Electoral Commission

The Secretary of State added that the United States does not want to separate from Europe but to revitalise its alliance with the continent

The Consulate is in touch with the family and also is in contact with the concerned local authorities to locate the student, says Indian consulate in San Francisco

The amnesty law, if enacted, is expected to cover all charges brought against dissidents who opposed the rule of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez over the past 27 years

Thousands of government workers, from airport security agents to disaster relief officials, will either be furloughed or forced to work without pay until funding is agreed upon by Congress

A month after Iran launched a crackdown on nationwide protests, widespread arrests are roiling the country