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“The rules-based international order is being crushed,” HRW said. In the United States, the group said, Mr. Trump has shown “blatant disregard for human rights and egregious violations.”

A senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Wednesday (February 4) that “197 terrorists have been killed in the ongoing counter-terrorism operations”.

A truck has veered off a mountain road in the central Philippines, plunging into a ravine and killing nine workers on board

The government has agreed to release the requested information unless it is ”prejudicial to U.K. national security or international relations.” It’s unclear how much material will be released, or when.

Ukraine said the conflict should be frozen along the current front line and has rejected any unilateral pullback of its forces; a Ukrainian spokesperson said that peace talks will focus on military matters

With just weeks of fuel left, Havana faces its gravest energy crisis since the 1990s as U.S. military action in Venezuela and fresh sanctions choke off vital oil supplies, leaving ordinary Cubans to bear the cost. 

In total, 300,000 security personnel and temporary election police were being sent out in the lead up to the March 5 vote, an increase from previous polls

The attack was confirmed by police, which did not provide casualty figures, and the State government, which blamed it on “terrorist cells”

Unclear whether Arab States will join; U.S. military on ⁠Tuesday (February 3, 2026) shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea

The office of the North Sinai Governor confirmed on February 3 that an unknown number of patients and their companions had crossed from Gaza into Egypt