US lifts sanctions on top Malian officials as ties improve

Reuters27 February 2026

DAKAR, Feb 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. has lifted sanctions targeting three senior Malian officials for their relationship with Russia’s mercenary group Wagner, according to a notification from the Treasury Department, as bilateral relations improve. The Trump administration has brushed aside concerns about dealing with military-led governments in Africa’s Sahel region, aiming instead to focus...

Afghans fear further escalation after Pakistani air strikes shake Kabul

Reuters27 February 2026

KABUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Pakistani air strikes hit a weapons depot on the western outskirts of Kabul overnight, triggering hours of secondary explosions that rattled homes across the Afghan capital and left residents fearing further violence. The strikes were part of a sharp escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, with the once-close allies...

Italian Kitesurfer Principi Sets Two World Records Jumping From 250 Metres At Ain Dubai

Reuters27 February 2026

Two-time Red Bull King of the Air champion converts kite into parachute for Friday’s impressive feat in UAE. Two-time Red Bull King of the Air champion Andrea Principi set two world records on Friday when he completed the highest drop from a structure with a kite and the most “Around the World” loops with six...

Cuba slams US for ‘impunity’ on speedboat attack suspects

Reuters27 February 2026

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Cuba criticized the U.S. government for allowing anti-Cuban groups to operate with impunity on Thursday, as Cuban exiles wounded in an apparent attack aboard a Florida-registered speedboat convalesced at a provincial Cuban hospital. The government in Havana said heavily armed Cuban nationals tried to infiltrate the country by...

Warmer winters leave Pakistan festival on thin ice

Reuters27 February 2026

HUNZA VALLEY, Pakistan, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Every winter for decades, the pool in front of Aleena Gul’s house in Pakistan’s Hunza Valley has transformed into an ice rink, framed by jagged Himalayan peaks and the stone walls of Altit Fort. This year, it did not. Gul can see the swimming pool that doubles as...

Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she has no information on Epstein

Reuters26 February 2026

Feb 26 (Reuters) – Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities. “I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein. I never flew on his plane or...

Mexico president says ‘no risk’ for 2026 World Cup fans

Reuters26 February 2026

MEXICO CITY, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday there was “no risk” to fans coming to the country for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, after violence erupted following the capture and death of Mexico’s most-wanted cartel leader, notably in Jalisco state. Sheinbaum said “all the guarantees” for safety were in...

Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by US Border Patrol

Reuters26 February 2026

Feb 25 (Reuters) – A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday. Police officers in the upstate New York city located the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56,...

Grenfell families urge UK government to preserve tower’s walls bearing handprintsBy Catarina Demony

Reuters26 February 2026

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Family members of those who died in London’s 2017 Grenfell Tower fire called on Thursday for the government to preserve sections of its stairwell walls bearing handprints they believe belong to victims or survivors. A fire ripped through the 24-storey social housing block in one of London’s wealthiest areas early...

Kenyan court charges man with recruiting people to fight for Russia

Reuters26 February 2026

NAIROBI, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A Kenyan court charged on Thursday a man with trying to hire and traffic 25 people to fight for Russia in its war with Ukraine, the prosecutor’s office and a court filing said. The court charged Festus Arasa Omwamba, director of a recruiting company, of trafficking the victims to “Russia...

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