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Top News Stories for Monday, February 16th 2026
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, the UK and some of its European allies have said. Traces of epibatidine were found in samples from Navalny's body and highly likely resulted in his death in a Siberian penal colony two years ago, the UK Foreign Office said. The allies said only the Russian state had the "means, motive and ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Law enforcement agents have been gathering more potential evidence as the search for "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother heads into its third week. Nancy Guthrie , 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The International Space Station is back to full strength. Four new astronauts arrived over the weekend, sliding into orbit to replace a crew that left earlier than planned after a sudden medical emergency. It was a tense few weeks for NASA . For the first time in 65 years of human spaceflight, an astronaut had to be evacuated for health reasons. That decision left the station running lean, with just three people on ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Attorney General Pam Bondi's attempt to quell the angry mob over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal backfired when she brought dead mid-20th-century celebrities into the mix. The backlash came after the Department of Justice sent a six-page letter to Congress listing 130 names of "all government officials and politically exposed persons" mentioned in the Epstein files—an effort some critics are ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
'Fast-spreading' measles outbreak hits several schools in London At least 34 children have been infected by a "fast-spreading" measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said. The cases from Enfield were confirmed in laboratory tests in January, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported. A local GP surgery said one in five children who contracted the illness had been admitted to ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The Nasser Hospital Complex has condemned aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, for pulling out of operations, alleging the presence of armed men and weapons at the facility. In a statement on Sunday, the hospital said the MSF allegation was "false, unsubstantiated, and misleading" and "posed a serious risk to a protected" civilian medical facility – one of southern Gaza's last ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia's Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war. Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev. Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations around the world against the Iranian government on Saturday, following calls from the exiled son of the late shah for a "global day of action". Addressing an estimated 250,000 people in Munich, Reza Pahlavi - who has called for the overthrow of Iran's Islamic regime - denounced a crackdown on recent protests there. Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto saw the ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military intercepted an oil tanker overnight that was linked to Venezuela after tracking it from the Caribbean into the Indian Ocean. The tanker, the Veronica III, was boarded without incident late Saturday night in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility after it attempted to outrun the Trump administration's naval blockade in the Caribbean, the Department of Defense ...
Source: upi.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, says he is selling his eponymous talent agency in the wake of the release of emails between himself and Ghislaine Maxwell. Wasserman's emails with Maxwell were revealed by his appearance in recently released government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Wasserman, whose agency represents some of the top pop music ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
The often sedate world of curling has gotten heated at the Winter Olympics as cheating allegations and audible swear words overshadowed a feisty match between two of the best men's teams. Canada's Marc Kennedy got offended when he was accused by Swedish rival Oskar Eriksson of "double-touching" – essentially, touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice – during Canada's ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Saturday reported a series of strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria in retaliation for the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that American aircraft had conducted 10 strikes against more than 30 IS targets between Feb. 3 and Thursday, hitting weapons storage ...
Source: apnews.com