Lebanon 12 February 2026 #1 nrafati Fri, 02/13/2026 – 21:00 Lebanon Fri, 02/13/2026 – 12:00 12 February 2026 The Israeli military reported killing a Hizbollah member it said was involved in restoring the group’s military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Washington 13 February 2026 #1 nrafati Fri, 02/13/2026 – 21:00 Washington Fri, 02/13/2026 – 12:00 13 February 2026 Asked about negotiations with Iran, President Trump stated: “I think they’ll be successful. And if they’re not, it’s going to be a bad day for Iran”. Trump also addressed the dispatch of a second carrier group to […]
Washington 12 February 2026 #1 nrafati Fri, 02/13/2026 – 20:38 Washington Fri, 02/13/2026 – 12:00 12 February 2026 President Trump indicated that it would “be very traumatic for Iran if they don’t make a deal”, and when asked about timelines for an agreement stated: “I guess over the next month, something like that… They should […]
Syria’s fragile political transition has gained fresh momentum with a landmark agreement between Damascus and Kurdish authorities in the northeast, but renewed violence in the south, Israeli incursions and deep humanitarian needs underscore how precarious the path to stability remains, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Friday.
Paramilitary forces in Sudan unleashed “a wave of intense violence…shocking in its scale and brutality” during their final offensive to capture the besieged city of El Fasher last October, committing atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, according to a report released on Friday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.
Some 10 days after tropical cyclone Fytia brought heavy rains and flooding to Madagascar, cyclone Gezani has left the island’s main port in ruins, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.
Türkiye’s COP31 chief condemned the backsliding of global climate action as “unacceptable”, but said efforts to cut emissions in the coal-dependent nation should not come at the expense of economic growth. Murat Kurum, Türkiye’s environment minister, warned countries that flexibility in implementing climate targets “is now at zero”, speaking in Istanbul after a first strategy […]
In an increasingly unstable world of “strong arms and trade wars”, climate action is the “not-so-secret weapon” that can deliver security, the UN climate chief said in his first speech of the year. Speaking in Istanbul alongside Turkiye’s COP31 president on Thursday, Simon Stiell warned that, while security is on most leaders’ lips at the […]
Felix Horne is a senior expert with Climate Rights International. When The Washington Post laid off more than 300 staff last week, including journalists who covered climate and the environment, it was more than another grim headline about the state of the media. The cuts marked the loss of expertise and sustained scrutiny at one […]
Click to expand Image “Gen Z” activists hold a demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal, in September 2025 under the slogan ”Don’t Forget the Blood of Martyrs,” demanding justice and accountability for those killed during past protest movements. © 2025 Photo by Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto via AP Photo (London) – Nepal’s interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila […]
