US authorities have slowed the process of selling international assets of Russian oil company Lukoil, aiming to use it as leverage in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, according to Reuters citing sources.
At least five Palestinians have been killed in Israeli drone attacks targeting two police posts in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and the al-Mawasi area in Khan Younis in the south, as Israel continues its more than two-year war on the devastated enclave.
Uzbekistan, Tashkent – AN Podrobno.uz. Pakistani military aircraft struck the Afghan capital Kabul, as well as Kandahar and Paktia provinces. Islamabad described the attack as a response to recent cross-border shelling of Pakistani positions.
Delegations from the United States and Iran concluded another round of talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva, mediated by Oman. Omani representatives announced this on February 26.
A gas explosion occurred at a restaurant called 'Plov Center' in Shchuchinsk, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan, on the evening of February 26. The explosion resulted in seven fatalities and 26 injuries.
The Pakistani government stated that recent months of tension have escalated into an "open war with the Taliban." Relations between the two countries deteriorated in autumn 2025 after Islamabad accused the Taliban of inaction against terrorists.
Pakistan launched strikes on targets in major Afghan cities overnight, according to officials from both sides, amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Explosions occurred in Kabul after Pakistan declared an 'open war' against Afghanistan. Several people were killed and many injured at the scene. Pakistani officials described the action as "counter-terrorism," while the Afghan government labeled it an "attack." Concerns are rising about escalating regional tensions.
Pakistan has bombed Afghanistan's capital Kabul and other cities, as fighting escalated following attacks by Afghan forces on Pakistani military positions along their shared border.
At least one American citizen was shot dead and another injured by Cuban officials intercepting a speedboat off its coast on Wednesday, a US official said.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Bekaa Valley have killed one person and wounded 29 others, the latest in a series of ceasefire violations.
Columbia University stated that United States immigration enforcement agents "made misrepresentations" to access one of the school's residential buildings to detain a student. In a statement from the university's acting president, Claire Shipman, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered the building around 6:30am (13:30 GMT) on Thursday.