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Migrants rescued off Spain’s Balearic Islands, ending search for missing boats

Reuters27 February 2026

MADRID/BARCELONA, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities rescued 41 migrants from two boats off the Balearic Islands on Friday, bringing to an end a search for three vessels that had been reported missing on the dangerous route between Algeria and the Mediterranean archipelago. Migrant rights group Walking Borders warned on Thursday that three boats carrying...

Afghan Taliban open to talks after Pakistan bombs Kabul, Kandahar

Reuters27 February 2026

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities and said the allies-turned-foes were in “open war”. Pakistan struck the Afghan capital Kabul, the city of Kandahar, where Taliban leaders are based, and other towns, a Taliban spokesman said. The...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

UK immigration officers deny stealing cash from ‘small boat’ migrants

Reuters26 February 2026

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Five British immigration officers on Thursday pleaded not guilty to misconduct in public office and conspiracy to steal from migrants who had arrived in Britain on small boats, ahead of a trial in January 2028. John Bernthal, 53, Ben Edwardes, 45, Lee-Ann Evanson, 42, Besmir Matera, 36, and Jack Mitchell,...

More than 1,700 Africans fighting for Russia, Ukraine says

Kingsley Oyong Akam26 February 2026

Exclusive-ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email showsBy Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is struggling to keep pace with vetting new hires during its historic recruitment push and is laying out a process to deal with allegations of past misconduct...

Exclusive-ICE struggles to vet recruits amid US immigration enforcement push, internal email shows

Reuters26 February 2026

Nigeria: A Country Where Lawlessness Thrives

Kingsley Oyong Akam26 February 2026

Engr. Tom Steve, P.FISA (@stevetom788)’s online persona is a symptom of a deeper Nigerian malaise. Cloaked in activist language yet steeped in threats, ethnic bile, and open incitement, his posts show how easily lawlessness now migrates from the streets to social media—unchecked, rewarded, and dangerously normalised. When voices like his can hint at violence, celebrate...

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