The Petersburg Post

Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has emerged rattled but ultimately unscathed after a day and night of drama during which a key member of his Labour Party called for him to resign over revelations about a former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Starmer has faced more than a week of mounting pressure since the release of the latest tranche of documents from the US ...

Tuesday, Feb 10th, 2026 - Israel's security cabinet has approved plans that pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory A White House official has reiterated Donald Trump's opposition towards Israel annexing the West Bank , after Israeli plans were announced that would pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. The measures, announced on Sunday, included allowing Jewish Israelis to ...

Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 - Son says Hong Kong media figure, 78, fears dying alone while legal team say Lai is now world's highest profile political prisoner The UK, the UN, EU and rights groups have condemned the sentencing of the pro-democracy activist and publisher Jimmy Lai, a British citizen who has been jailed for an unprecedented 20 years in Hong Kong for national security convictions that critics say are politically motivated. Yvette ...

Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 - One survivor reported losing her husband, while the other said she lost her two babies in the tragedy, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). More than 50 people have died, or are missing, after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya, according to reports. The vessel overturned north of Zuwara on 6 February, with only two rescued from the 53 on board, said the International ...

Monday, Feb 9th, 2026 - WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday. The Pentagon's statement on social media did not say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela, which faces U.S. sanctions on its oil and relies on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude into global supply chains . However, ...