The Petersburg Post

Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court sentenced the father of a U.S.-based activist to eight months in prison Thursday for attempting to withdraw some funds from his daughter's insurance policy, in the first case against a family member of a pro-democracy advocate wanted by the city's authorities brought under a national security law . Kwok Yin-sang, 69, was found guilty earlier this month of attempting to deal ...

Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as U.S. and Ukrainian envoys prepared to hold more talks in Geneva on ending the war that is now in its fifth year . The bombardment, which included 11 ballistic missiles, targeted critical infrastructure and residential areas across eight regions of Ukraine, ...

Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - A new report from a major press freedom group has found that a record 129 journalists were killed in 2025, and that Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the worldwide total. The Tuesday report from the Committee to Protect Journalists says that the Israeli military has cumulatively killed more journalists than any other government since CPJ started tracking reporter deaths in 1992, with the vast majority being ...