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Top News Stories for Saturday, February 28th 2026
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The U.S. embassy in Israel told its staff on Friday to leave the country if they wish to do so, and quickly. The instruction comes as the U.S. has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran — despite reports finding that the Trump administration's accusations against the country are unsupported by U.S. intelligence. In a staff-wide email, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee instructed employees that "Those wishing to ...
Source: truthout.org
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Pakistan has launched air strikes on Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, and other cities, as clashes escalate along the two countries' shared border. On Friday, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad's patience had run out with the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan, declaring that the two countries are now at "open war". The declaration came hours after Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
After a few weeks in which Anthropic seemed to making huge strides, not least against its bigger rival OpenAI, it was hit this week by the Defense Department's threat to force it to let it do anything it wants with its models or face losing a huge business with the feds. To his credit, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei went to the mat. Then Friday afternoon, Trump weighed in , calling Anthropic a "woke" company, for ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
Having amassed vast military power in the Middle East, spearheaded by two aircraft carrier strike groups and scores of F-35, F-22 and F-16 warplanes, US imperialism is locked and loaded to unleash a criminal war on Iran in the coming days, if not hours. Such a war would have catastrophic consequences for the beleaguered people of Iran, and quickly set the entire region ablaze. In off-the-record briefings, Trump ...
Source: wsws.org
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The U.S. military on Thursday used a laser to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It was subsequently revealed that the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said. The case of mistaken identity prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to close additional airspace around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso. The military is required to ...
Source: c4isrnet.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed fighting in the war in Ukraine, with two others currently held as prisoners of war, Ghana's foreign affairs minister says. On a trip to Kyiv, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said that about 272 Ghanaians are believed to have been lured into the conflict since 2022, citing Ukrainian authorities. Ablakwa described the figures as "depressing and frightening," saying Ghana "cannot turn a ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Feb 27th, 2026 -
The UN nuclear watchdog stressed on Friday the "utmost urgency" of its request to verify all nuclear material in Iran, according to a confidential report seen by AFP. Two new reports are to be discussed at an International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors' meeting next week, as the United States threatens strikes on Iran and presses its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades. On ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 -
Ukrainian and U.S. officials gathered in Geneva for talks on post-war reconstruction on Thursday despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched 420 drones and 39 missiles in another night of attacks on energy and other critical infrastructure. Dozens of people ...
Source: nbcnews.com