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Pentagon hosts closed-door US-Israel military talks as Iran warns of regional war

The top US and Israeli generals held talks at the Pentagon on Friday as tensions with Iran intensify, with Tehran warning that any American attack would trigger a regional war amid rising military deployments in the West Asia. Read More

US judge orders release of five-year-old boy, father detained by ICE in Minneapolis

A US federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a five-year-old boy and his father from an immigration detention centre in Texas, sharply criticising the government’s handling of the case and the broader deportation strategy behind it. Read More

Syrian Kurds rally in Qamishli amid fears over integration deal with Damascus

Large crowds of Syrian Kurds took to the streets in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Sunday to express concern over a newly announced agreement with Damascus that would gradually integrate Kurdish forces and administrations into the Syrian state. Read More

Second Epstein accuser alleges sexual encounter ex-prince Andrew in Britain: Report

A second woman has alleged Jeffrey Epstein sent her to Britain for a sexual encounter with Prince Andrew, according to reports as newly released US Justice Department files revive scrutiny of the disgraced royal’s ties to the convicted financier. Read More

Epstein’s final will revealed: $50m, diamond ring and ‘Paedo Island’ for girlfriend

Jeffrey Epstein’s final will, signed just days before his death in jail, shows the disgraced financier planned to leave a large share of his fortune, including cash, properties and jewellery, to his girlfriend, even as his estate was later redirected Read More

Severe snowstorm disrupts travel, knocks out power across southern US

A powerful snowstorm continued to disrupt daily life across the southern United States on Sunday, bringing heavy snowfall, travel chaos and power outages to regions unaccustomed to harsh winter conditions, just days after a deadly winter system swept Read More

At least 200 feared dead in landslide at militia-run coltan mine in DR Congo

At least 200 people are feared dead after a massive landslide hit the militia-controlled Rubaya coltan mine in eastern DR Congo, a key supplier to the global electronics industry amid ongoing conflict and allegations of organised mineral looting. Read More

Russian drone strike on bus kills 15 miners, injures 7 in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk

At least 15 miners were killed and seven others injured on Sunday when a Russian drone struck a bus outside Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, according to a report, citing Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK Go to Source Read More