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Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - During his appearance on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast, the former US president also says aliens are not being kept at Area 51. Barack Obama has said aliens are "real" in an interview, before later taking to social media to clarify his comments. During an appearance Saturday on Brian Tyler Cohen's podcast, the former US president was asked if aliens are real. "They're real, but I haven't seen them," Mr Obama replied. ...

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - The Israeli government has approved a plan to begin land registration in the occupied West Bank, meaning it will be able to seize land from Palestinians who cannot prove ownership. For the first time since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, it will register such land as property of the state – also known as settlement of land title – in Area C of the occupied West Bank. Area C is the part of ...

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Over the weekend, the DOJ sent a letter to Congress naming hundreds of high-profile people included in the files Even after millions of pages have been released and hundreds of high-profile figures have been named — including Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe — the ...

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - 7 min read As the Trump administration has sued 25 mostly Democratic state election chiefs for their voter rolls, it has also encountered quieter resistance from Republican officials who have balked at the Justice Department's demands for confidential voter registration information. At least a half-dozen Republican-led state election offices have declined the Justice Department's request for non-public voter data, ...

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - Michael Jordan, a six-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion, is now a Daytona 500 winner too. Tyler Reddick won "The Great American Race" on Sunday with a last-lap pass at Daytona International Speedway that sent Jordan into a frantic celebration. The NBA Hall of Famer bear-hugged Reddick in the victory lane and then jointly hoisted the Harley J Earl Trophy with the 23XI Racing driver. Jordan, who ...

Monday, Feb 16th, 2026 - GENEVA — Iran's top diplomat met with the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Monday, ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United States over Tehran's nuclear program. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and said he would also meet with Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi of Oman, which is hosting the ...