International

February 13, 2026 12:46 PM

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US Carrier Advances To Middle East After Trump Issues Stern Warning To Iran

As US President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran, the world's largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East. The move by the USS Gerald R. Ford will put two carriers and their accompanying warships in the regio...

February 13, 2026 10:06 AM

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NSF announces AI-ENGAGE Awards to modernise Agriculture

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first awards under a Quad-backed initiative to use artificial intelligence (AI) to modernise agriculture across the United States and the Indo-Pacific. The programme, called Advancing Innovations for Empowering NextGen Agriculture, or AI-ENG...

February 13, 2026 9:34 AM

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Trump administration reaches trade deal to lower Taiwan’s tariff barriers

The Trump administration has reached a trade deal with Taiwan, with Taiwan agreeing to remove or reduce 99 per cent of its tariff barriers. The office of the US Trade Representative yesterday informed that US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Taiwan's Vice Premier Li-chiun Cheng signed the rec...

February 13, 2026 9:02 AM

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UNICEF warns that child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year

A new UNICEF report released yesterday says the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepened across the troubled Caribbean country. The surge comes as gang violence displaces a record 1.4 million people across Haiti, more than half of them child...

February 12, 2026 5:01 PM

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Pak SC orders medical examination of jailed former PM Imran Khan

    Pakistan’s Supreme Court today ordered authorities to set up a medical board to examine jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's eyes following a report about vision loss in one of them. The apex court also ordered authorities to allow the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder to speak with hi...

February 12, 2026 11:58 AM

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Iran Marks 1979 Revolution Anniversary Amid Heightened Tensions with US, Israel

Iranian leaders intensified their rhetoric against the United States and Israel during nationwide events marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution yesterday, held a month after deadly protests shook the country. This year's anniversary comes at a sensitive time for Iran's leadership, following a 12-day co...

February 12, 2026 10:37 AM

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School Director Dies Following Attack by Teen Gunman in Southern Thailand

In Thailand, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and injured two others. Police also injured the assailant in a gun battle in Songkhla province before taking him into cust...

February 12, 2026 10:19 AM

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Kosovo Parliament Approves Kurti’s Cabinet with 66-49 Vote

In Kosovo, Parliament has approved a new government led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti, ending a yearlong political deadlock in the Balkan country. Lawmakers backed Kurti's Cabinet with 66 votes for and 49 against in the 120-member assembly. The vote was held yesterday, just hours after Parliament co...