KABUL, Feb 26 - Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, sharply escalating tensions after days of cross-border hostilities.
Officials claimed Afghanistan had captured Pakistani outposts.
The area of the Moon is an extremely challenging environment for space debris removal.
MOSCOW, Feb 26 - Russia said on Thursday it will help select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut in a sign of growing ties with the Southeast Asian state.
One lieutenant general and three major generals were also removed from the list of deputies in China's top legislature.
Siddiq is the niece of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
DHAKA, Feb 26 - A court in Bangladesh ordered authorities to seek an Interpol red notice against British lawmaker and former minister Tulip Siddiq on Thursday over alleged corruption linked to a private real estate project in the capital.
The visit comes as the conflict in Gaza and future of Palestine strain Israeli ties with many Global South countries.
GENEVA, Feb 26 - A new decree from Afghanistan's Taliban government is set to further crush rights and freedoms in the war-torn nation, especially for women, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday.
An official said there might be a bigger explosive eruption in the next few days.
As US carriers steam toward Iran, China’s CM-302 missile offer could turn a faltering energy-rich partner into a sharper spear in a widening great-power contest over power, data and energy. Reuters recently reported that Iran is close to finalizing a deal to buy Chinese-made
MOSCOW, Feb 26 - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that any deployment of British troops in Ukraine would prolong the war, not end it.
German business leaders say overcapacity by Chinese firms has distorted competition.
His lawyer said the prosecution had “cherry picked” speeches.
“Drink hot water” has become an unlikely life philosophy on TikTok, as countless users track their journey towards “being” or “becoming Chinese.” All of this is part of a broader social media trend dubbed “Chinamaxxing.” Out of context it may seem strange: thousands of
Perikatan Nasional’s chairman Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar will however have an uphill battle to persuade non-Muslim voters to support the coalition, analysts tell CNA.
HANGZHOU, China, Feb 26 - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrapped up his two-day visit to China on Thursday hailing \"good cooperation\" with Beijing but pointing to overcapacity by Chinese exporters that have taken a growing share of German markets.
35 X accounts and nine Tumblr channels portrayed the Japan PM as illegitimate and militaristic.
BRUSSELS, Feb 26 - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday asked the EU for a \"fact-finding mission\" to assess damage to the Druzhba oil pipeline in Ukraine, and suggested this could help unblock new EU funding to Ukraine, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
DAMASCUS, Feb 26 - The Syrian government and Druze factions controlling the southern city of Sweida carried out their first prisoner exchange on Thursday since deadly clashes last summer, the Syrian government's Sweida media office said.
Higher temperatures in March are expected to boost electricity demand.
Evacuation numbers are expected to rise.
The US and China have said Mr Modi's use of subsidies for the manufacturing sector breaches global trade norms.
The child is seen posing for the camera moments before being knocked over by a fellow pedestrian.
Myanmar’s information war is now as decisive as the ground war. The generals fight it with a 64‑year‑old propaganda machine, Russian and Chinese “cognitive warfare,” Western lobbyists dangling access to natural resources and a growing ecosystem of enablers, while the opposed
Experts warn that funding would need to grow at twice the pace of charitable contributions in order to meet India’s vast social needs.
Myanmar has been roiled by conflict that ignited after generals seized power in a 2021 coup.
One was sentenced to 11 years, while the other landed a term of nine years.
The startup has also identified misdeeds of romance scams targeting Indonesians.
Indonesia’s naval posture is on the cusp of a significant upgrade. As of February 2026, it is increasingly certain that Jakarta has accepted Italy’s offer to transfer the light aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi as a strategic grant. Named after the legendary unifier of
The number of cases in 2025 in which children under 18 were victims of sexual misconduct rose to 4,858.
Just as fragile investor confidence was beginning to return to Bangladesh after months of political upheaval, the abrupt ouster of central bank governor Ahsan Mansur has injected fresh uncertainty into the country’s economic trajectory. In the high-stakes world of emerging
This number beats the previous record of 1,804 set in fiscal 2023.
Despite being outside the Ring of Fire, Malaysia has 11 active fault zones.
The number of seniors living alone in the city has jumped by about 43 per cent in five years, raising concerns over loneliness and safety.
The park houses more than 300 Siberian tigers, which are among the world’s critically endangered species.
The reformist party accused the officials of violating election laws.
The acquisition of the Italian-made Giuseppe Garibaldi makes Indonesia the second Southeast Asian country after Thailand to operate an aircraft carrier.
As China grapples with plunging birth rates, people are finding romance with chatbots instead.
MOSCOW, Feb 26 - Russia questioned on Thursday how U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served as the fulcrum of collective international peacemaking since the end of World War Two.
Machines are now performing activities that absolutely refuse classification under traditional economic models. They do not harvest wheat. They do not stamp steel on assembly lines. They do not smile at hotel reception desks. They think, they optimize, they create. Their share
The number of newborns dropped 2.1 per cent from a year earlier to about 706,000 in 2025.
Liquidity issues at the United Nations are often dismissed as a technical budgetary complication. But the reality is that funding shortfalls undermine collective global security. The UN’s regular budget for peace and security, sustainable development and human rights promotion
The operations represent a new element in China’s expanding presence across the South China Sea and around Taiwan.