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Top News Stories for Monday, February 16th 2026
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Five European countries – the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands – have accused Russia of using a toxin from poison dart frogs to kill Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny . The European allies claimed on Saturday that Navalny was poisoned while he was held in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, a claim Moscow rejected as propaganda. Navalny died , aged 47, in an Arctic ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Law enforcement agents have been gathering more potential evidence as the search for "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie 's mother heads into its third week. Nancy Guthrie , 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two deadlines ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The International Space Station is back to full strength. Four new astronauts arrived over the weekend, sliding into orbit to replace a crew that left earlier than planned after a sudden medical emergency. It was a tense few weeks for NASA . For the first time in 65 years of human spaceflight, an astronaut had to be evacuated for health reasons. That decision left the station running lean, with just three people on ...
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it has released all of the files required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but lawmakers have argued the release is insufficient. The letter sent to members of the US Congress on Saturday from Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche said all documents in the possession of the DoJ had been released and provided a list of names contained in the files. Kentucky Republican ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
'Fast-spreading' measles outbreak hits several schools in London At least 34 children have been infected by a "fast-spreading" measles outbreak in several north London schools, health officials have said. The cases from Enfield were confirmed in laboratory tests in January, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported. A local GP surgery said one in five children who contracted the illness had been admitted to ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
The Nasser Hospital Complex has condemned aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, for pulling out of operations, alleging the presence of armed men and weapons at the facility. In a statement on Sunday, the hospital said the MSF allegation was "false, unsubstantiated, and misleading" and "posed a serious risk to a protected" civilian medical facility – one of southern Gaza's last ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
A Ukrainian drone strike ignited fires at one of Russia's Black Sea ports, officials said Sunday, ahead of fresh talks aimed at ending the nearly 4-year-old war. Two people were wounded in the attack on the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region, which damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse and terminals, according to regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev. Meanwhile, falling debris from Russian drones damaged civilian ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations around the world against the Iranian government on Saturday, following calls from the exiled son of the late shah for a "global day of action". Addressing an estimated 250,000 people in Munich, Reza Pahlavi - who has called for the overthrow of Iran's Islamic regime - denounced a crackdown on recent protests there. Munich, Los Angeles and Toronto saw the ...
Source: bbc.com
Sunday, Feb 15th, 2026 -
– U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Sunday. Venezuela had faced U.S. sanctions on its oil for several years, relying on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to . President Donald Trump ordered a quarantine of sanctioned tankers in December ...
Source: news4jax.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Casey Wasserman, the embattled sports and entertainment mogul who is the face of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, is preparing to sell his talent agency. In a memo to his staff Friday, Wasserman acknowledged his appearance in a recently released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, had "become a distraction." In his memo, which was reviewed by The ...
Source: latimes.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
MILAN — The action got heated on the ice during the men's curling contest between Canada and Sweden on Friday, resulting in a shouting match between the two sides. The Swedish team accused Canada of cheating in what was ultimately an 8-6 win for the Canadians. Specifically, Sweden reported to referees that Canada's Marc Kennedy was illegally touching his stone, giving it a secondary push with his finger after ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Saturday, Feb 14th, 2026 -
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. military struck dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria while conducting retaliatory strikes for the deaths of two soldiers and their interpreter. CentCom said it conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria from Feb. 3 through Thursday to "sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist network." The strikes over the past 1.5 weeks targeted ISIS ...
Source: upi.com