The Petersburg Post

Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 - U.S. allies across Europe voiced alarm and frustration after President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was hiking his newly announced global tariff to 15% , less than a day after announcing a 10% worldwide duty. On Friday, Trump announced the blanket 10% import tax for all foreign trading partners after most of his sweeping country-by-country tariffs were struck down by the Supreme Court . One day later, he said ...

Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 - Arab and Muslim governments have condemned remarks made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who suggested Israel would be justified in taking over a vast stretch of the Middle East on Biblical grounds. In an interview with conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson, Huckabee was asked whether Israel had a right to an area which the host said was, according to the Bible, "essentially the entire Middle ...

Sunday, Feb 22nd, 2026 - Mexico's most wanted man and the leader of the feared Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) drug cartel has been killed during a security operation to arrest him, the defence ministry has said. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho", died on Sunday as he was being taken to the capital Mexico City, after being seriously injured in clashes between his supporters and the army. Four CJNG members were killed in the ...