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Friday, Feb 20th, 2026 - U.S. President Donald Trump has given Iran "10 to 15" days to make a meaningful deal over its nuclear program — or "really bad things" will happen. Oil prices held at six-month highs on Friday morning as energy market participants continue to closely monitor heightened geopolitical tensions. Strategists at Barclays said "if conflict is imminent it is likely to be short lived, in our view." In this article US ...

Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 - Trump told the U.K. not to "give away" the Chagos Islands, which is where a joint U.S.-U.K. military base is located. The president suggested the Chagos deal was prompted by "Wokeism" after the U.K. has come under pressure to hand the islands back to Mauritius. The U.S. is due to hold talks with Mauritius on the issue next week. U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a press ...

Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 - Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Federal agents can now arrest and detain refugees who have been in the United States for one year if they have not yet applied for a green card, according to a memo submitted to a court by lawyers from the Department of Homeland Security. "When a refugee is admitted to the United States, the admission is conditional and subject to a mandatory review after one year," the memo said . It added that ...

Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 - At the end of October last year, the RSF took over al‑Fashir, which had been the last remaining stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in the Darfur region in the west of the country. paramilitary group captured the Sudanese city of al‑Fashir bear hallmarks that point to genocide, an independent UN probe said in a new report on Thursday. At the end of October last year, the RSF took over the city, ...

Thursday, Feb 19th, 2026 - A British woman who was detained by Iran has told the BBC it was hard to remain positive in prison, hours before she and her husband were sentenced to 10 years for espionage. Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested while passing through Iran on a round-the-world motorcycle trip in January 2025. In a rare telephone interview from Tehran's notorious Evin prison, Lindsay likened their detainment to "an endurance test ...