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Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 - The trip comes as the Gaza ceasefire agreement edges forward From Israel's military struck several locations in south Lebanon on Monday, including in two villages where it issued evacuation warnings, saying it was hitting Hezbollah targets, AFP reported. The Israeli military said it struck "several Hezbollah weapons storage facilities in southern Lebanon, in order to prevent reestablishment attempts". It added that ...

Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 - Feb. 2 (UPI) -- President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico announced over the weekend plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba amid rising tensions between Havana and Washington. Since President Donald Trump oversaw last month's U.S. military seizure of Venezuela's authoritarian leader, Nicolas Maduro , he has focused on Cuba, warning that the nation is on the precipice of failing. Last week, Trump declared a national ...

Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 - Pakistani security forces have killed at least 145 fighters in the restive Balochistan province in a manhunt launched after a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks that left nearly 50 people dead. The announcement on Sunday came a day after the attacks, which began early on Saturday at multiple locations across southwestern Balochistan and left 31 civilians, including five women, and 17 security personnel ...

Monday, Feb 2nd, 2026 - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc's listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The move comes as Iran faces the threat of U.S. military action in response to the killing of peaceful demonstrators and over possible mass executions. The American military has moved the USS ...

Sunday, Feb 1st, 2026 - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday. The strike injured several more people and sparked a fire that ...