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Updated February 20, 2026 - 11:13 AM EST

Trump Threatens Iran War at 'Board of Peace' Meet

		*Report: Starmer Blocking Trump From Using UK Bases To Attack Iran*
		*Rep. Khanna To Force Vote on Iran War Powers Resolution*

US To Build Major Military Base in Gaza

		*Trump Claims 'War Is Over' in Gaza Despite Continued Israel Attacks*
		*Gaza Death Toll Was a Third Higher Than Official Figures: Lancet*

Settlers Kill Palestinian American in West Bank

		*Israel Strikes Southern, Eastern Lebanon in Latest Attacks*
		*Syrian Alawite Women Recount Abductions, Abuse by Pro-HTS*

Head of US Southern Command Visits Venezuela

Saint Lucian Fishermen Believed Killed by Recent US Boat Strike

US Launches 36th Airstrike of the Year in Somalia

Seoul, Pyongyang Make Rare Exchange of Statements

Viewpoints

	Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America's Neoliberal War Machine by Nicolas J.S. Davies
	Mockery of Justice: Torture Victim To Face Trial at Guantanamo After 25 Years by Andy Worthington

	War and 'Covert Action' Are Not How To Deal With Iran by Jakob Brown
	In Silicon Valley, Hegseth Is Just One Link in Brave New Kill Chain by Shana Marshall
More Viewpoints

The Hawks Are Lying Us Into Yet Another Middle Eastern War
by Matthew Petti

Frontline

	Israel Installed and Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment
	South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Life in Prison for Insurrection
	At Least 50 Civilians Killed in Clashes in Eastern DR Congo: OCHA

The War at Home

	Files Reveal Epstein Was Offered Chance To Buy US Pentagon, FBI Buildings
	Trump Claims Obama Exposed Classified Information on Aliens
	Air Force One Will Be Painted Red, White and Blue as Trump Hinted, US Military Says
	US Pays Small Share of $4 Billion It Owes the UN
	NASA Report Paints Damning Picture of Boeing Mishap That Stranded Astronauts in Space
	Trump Told Congress Saudi Nuclear Pact Won't Include Safeguards Against Bomb, Document Shows
	Trump Administration Gives ICE Power To Indefinitely Detain Legal Refugees in US
	Satellite Internet Service Links National Guard Troops at Antarctic to Outside World
	Vets Sue To Block Construction of 'Arc De Trump' on National Mall
	Pentagon CTO Says It's 'Not Democratic' for Anthropic To Limit Military Use of Claude AI

Latin America

	Fishermen in the Eastern Caribbean Fear for Their Lives Following a Deadly US Strike
	Elections Under Fire: Colombia Endures Deadliest Campaign in Decades
	US To Redirect Venezuelan Oil Royalties Into a Treasury-Controlled Fund

United Kingdom

	London Police Complaint Filed Against Elbit Systems UK Over Gaza Atrocities
	Palantir UK Chief Walks Away From Gaza Genocide Questions
	Ex-Prince Andrew Arrested on Suspicion of Sharing Sensitive Documents With Epstein

Europe

	EU Sanctions German Journalist in Shocking First Over Gaza Reporting
	Over 150 Ex-Diplomats Accuse French FM of Spreading Disinformation About UN's Francesca Albanese
	US Pushes NATO To Scale Back Overseas Missions, Report Says

North/South Korea

	Jet Fuel Leak at US Gunsan Base in South Korea Totals 41,000 Liters
	South Korean Citizens Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Defending Democracy Against Martial Law

Iran

	Oil Prices Jump Amid Signs of US-Iran Conflict
	Iran Builds Concrete Shield at Military Site Amid Acute US Tensions
	Iran, Russia Launch Joint Naval Drills in Sea of Oman

Gaza

	The Cost of Genocide: Israel's War on Gaza by the Numbers
	Beneath Shattered Minarets, Gaza Holds Its First Tarawih Prayer After War
	UN Says Israel Is Stoking 'Ethnic Cleansing' Fears in Gaza, West Bank
	Director Rejects Award Over Israel's Genocidal War in Gaza
	Israeli Forces Step Up Air Strikes, Artillery Shelling in Gaza on Second Day of Ramadan

Israel/Palestine

	Israel Detains at Least 37 Palestinians in Raids Across Occupied West Bank
	'Returned From Hell': Press Monitor Exposes Torture of Palestinian Journalists by Israel
	Firm Selling Israel's Spy Tech Woos Europe's Cops
	Riyadh Wants To Replace Israel With Syria for Greece Fiber-Optic Cable Route
	'Missing the Beauty': Israel Bans Ramadan Decorations in Jerusalem
	Rubio Plans To Update Netanyahu on US-Iran Talks in Israel Next Week, Officials Say
	The Palestinians Stuck in the No-Man's-Land of Jerusalem and the Israeli Settlement Plan To Expel Them

Sudan

	UN Investigation Finds 'Hallmarks of Genocide' in Sudan's El-Fasher
	US Imposes Sanctions on Commanders of Sudan's RSF
	'No Good Actors' in Sudan War, Says Trump's Middle East Adviser
	UK Foreign Minister Urges UN Security Council To Confront 'Bitter Truth' of 'Catastrophically Failing Sudan'

Africa

	Deadly Militant Raids Kill Dozens, Destroy Multiple Villages in Northwest Nigeria
	UN Warns of Systematic Human Rights Abuses and Sexual Violence in Libya
	South Sudan President Fires Senior Aides After Dead Opposition Figure Appointed to Election Panel

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