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Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - The United States and Iran were meeting in Geneva on Thursday for high-stakes nuclear talks as President Donald Trump pressures Tehran with the threat of military action . The talks — a third round of indirect negotiations — come after Trump made his clearest case yet for a possible attack as he oversees a sweeping military buildup in the region. Trump declared in his State of the Union address that ...

Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong appellate court on Thursday quashed fraud convictions against onetime media magnate Jimmy Lai, a rare victory in the prominent activist's legal battles. an outspoken critic of China's ruling Communist Party who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, will stay in prison because he was sentenced to 20 years weeks ago after being convicted in another case brought under a China-imposed ...

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, hours before U.S. and Ukrainian envoys held 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, Zelenskyy ...

Thursday, Feb 26th, 2026 - Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The United States will offer passport services for the first time in Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem announced in a statement Wednesday that in an effort to reach all Americans, consular officers "will be providing routine passport services in Efrat on Friday." The move is expected to draw criticism from foreign governments and human rights ...

Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2026 - Why are israel and india getting closer? Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday. Modi's first trip to Israel was in 2017, when he was the first Indian leader to ever visit the country. India was among the countries that opposed the creation of Israel in 1948, and for decades was one of the most forceful non-Arab critics of Israel's policies towards Palestinians. It ...