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Stonewall Rainbow Flag
Rainbow flag raised at Stonewall monument in New York in defiance of Trump
New York politicians have defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBT+ landmark.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Trump EPA Coal Ash
Trump condemned for revoking scientific finding on climate change
The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight .

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Canada Shooting
Police identify suspect in high school shooting in Canada as 18-year-old
Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Jesse Van Rootselaar had a history of mental health contact with police

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Pam Bondi
Bondi clashes with Democrats amid furore over handling of Epstein files
US attorney general Pam Bondi has launched into a wide-ranging defence of Donald Trump, repeatedly shouting at Democrats during a hearing on the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Trump
Trump says he ‘insisted’ to Netanyahu that US talks with Iran continue
Donald Trump has met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu privately and said he insisted that negotiations with Iran continue as the US pushes for a nuclear deal with Tehran.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Madagascar Cyclone
Cyclone causes 20 deaths after smashing into Madagascar
At least 20 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall in Madagascar’s main port city and collapsed houses on the Indian Ocean island.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Iran
Iran marks anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iran has marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Savannah Guthrie Mom Missing
Man quizzed over disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released
A man has been released after being detained for questioning over the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Iran
President apologises over crackdown as Iran marks 1979 Islamic Revolution
Iran has marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure from US president Donald Trump and public anger over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Savannah Guthrie Mom Missing
Person detained over disappearance of Nancy Guthrie
Deputies detained the person during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

98th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon - Arrivals
Sinners, grinners… and winners? Stars gather for Oscar nominees’ luncheon
Nearly all of the 230 people up for Oscars across 24 categories have gathered for the Academy Award nominees’ luncheon. The event functions as a celebration, a group portrait session and an orientation tutorial for next month’s big ceremony.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Somalia Plane Crash
Passenger plane in Somalia overshoots runway into shallow seawater near airport
A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people overran the runway at Somalia’s main airport and ended up in shallow water at a nearby beach on Tuesday during an emergency landing following a technical problem shortly after take-off.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Immigration Enforcement-Congress
ICE chief defends officers’ actions after deaths of two protesters
The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carried out the president’s mass ...

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

APTOPIX Capitol Hill Coverage
Trump’s immigration chiefs face questions in Congress after protester deaths
The heads of the agencies carrying out US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda were giving evidence in Congress on Tuesday, parrying questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement in American cities.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick
US commerce secretary acknowledges meeting Epstein after his conviction
Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Mr Lutnick’s previous claim that he ...

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Venezuela Prisoners
Venezuelan opposition politician ‘under house arrest’ after release from jail
Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close political ally of Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest, his family said on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Russia Putin
Russia cannot attack Nato soon but plans to boost forces – intelligence chief
Russia cannot launch an attack on Nato this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine, a senior European intelligence official said.

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Pollution from smokestacks filling the air at the Boise Cascade Paper Plant in Rumford Maine
Donald Trump set to rescind US climate change policy and environmental rules – official
An EPA spokesperson did not address when the finding would be revoked but reiterated that the agency is finalising a new rule on it

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Israel Palestinians West Bank Crisis
Israeli minister calls West Bank control measures ‘de facto sovereignty’
Palestinians, Arab countries and human rights groups have called the moves announced on Sunday an annexation of the territory, home to roughly 3.4 million Palestinians who seek it for a future state

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

New Zealand Mosque Shootings
New Zealand mosque gunman ‘pleased with terrorism charge’, appeal court told
Brenton Tarrant, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole after pleading guilty to terrorism, murder and attempted murder for his massacre of worshippers

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Savannah Guthrie Mom Missing
FBI ‘unaware of Savannah Guthrie talking with her mother’s suspected kidnappers’
The FBI has still not identified any suspects or persons of interest in the mysterious disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Super Bowl Football
Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl with dominant victory over New England Patriots
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was sacked six times as the Seahawks defence kept their opponents scoreless until the fourth quarter.

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

Jimmy Lai
Former media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
Judge Esther Toh said 18 years of the 78-year-old British national’s sentence should be served consecutively to his jail term in his fraud case, for which he received a jail term of five years and nine months

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

APTOPIX Japan Election
Japan’s PM vows to push on with right-wing agenda after election victory
The governing party of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a more than two-thirds majority in a key parliamentary election on Sunday, Japanese media reported.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Iran
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven more years in jail
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to seven more years in prison after she began a hunger strike, supporters said.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Milano - Corteo di sindacati e centri sociali contro Olimpiadi di Milano Cortina 2026
Italian PM Meloni condemns anti-Olympics actions in Milan
Italian premier Giorgia Meloni has condemned recent anti-Olympics protests in Milan and alleged sabotage of train infrastructure, calling those responsible “enemies of Italy and Italians”.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Palestinians attempt to use Gaza’s Rafah Border crossing amid delays
The opening comes as Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Washington this week, though the major subject of discussion will be Iran, his office said

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Japan Election
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi hopes for big win in national elections
Polls have opened in parliamentary elections that Japan’s popular prime minister Sanae Takaichi hopes will give her struggling party a big enough win to push through an ambitious conservative political agenda.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Savannah Guthrie Mom Missing
‘We will pay’: Savannah Guthrie’s plea to mother’s potential kidnappers
Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return. “We received your message, and we understand.

Sun, 08 Feb, 2026

Brad Arnold
Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
Brad Arnold, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, died on Saturday, months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. He was 47.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Iran US Oman
Netanyahu to meet Trump next week over US talks with Iran
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US president Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday about the US talks with Iran, his office said, amid high concerns about more possible conflict in the Middle East.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy: US gave Ukraine and Russia June deadline to reach agreement to end war
Ukrainian president says Trump administration has proposed to host next round of trilateral talks in US

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Donald Trump
Trump declines to apologise over racist Obama video
A social media post featuring former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted on Friday

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Pakistan Shiite Mosque Blast
Suicide bomber kills 31 in attack on Islamabad mosque
A suicide bomber has targeted a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad during Friday prayers, killing 31 people and wounding at least 169 others.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Timothy Busfield
'The West Wing' actor Timothy Busfield charged over sexual contact with a child
Busfield is best known for appearances in The West Wing, Field Of Dreams and Thirtysomething.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Abbas Araghchi
Iran-US talks in Oman ‘are very good start’, says Tehran official
The discussions come months after America bombed Iran’s uranium enrichment sites and just weeks following nationwide protests that convulsed the Islamic Republic

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Trump Obama Social Media
Trump prompts outrage after posting racist video of Obamas
The Republican president’s Thursday night post drew a backlash for its treatment of the nation’s first black president and first lady

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Norway-Royals-What to Know
Norway’s crown princess apologises over Epstein contacts
The Epstein files contained several hundred mentions of the crown princess, who said in 2019 that she regretted having had contact with Epstein, Norwegian media reported

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Russia Shooting
Deputy chief of Russian military intelligence shot and injured
Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev, 64, was shot several times by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow’s north-west and taken to hospital

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Iran US Oman
Oman mediates direct US-Iran talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme
The country’s foreign ministry made the announcement in a post on X

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Iran US
US convoy arrives in Oman for talks with Iranian officials
A convoy believed to be carrying American officials has arrived at the venue for talks between Iran and the United States. Journalists saw the convoy drive into a palace on the outskirts of Muscat, near its international airport.

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Trump
Trump calls for new stronger pact as US-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire
With the US-Russia nuclear pact expiring on Thursday, US President Donald Trump is renewing calls for a new stronger pact instead of extending the current agreement known as the New Start treaty.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026

Netherlands Royal Recruit
Queen Maxima starts training to become Dutch army reservist
The Dutch military has got a new high-profile volunteer as it seeks to boost recruitment to counter growing fears about peace and security in Europe.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026

Spain Floods
Storm Leonardo slams Spain and Portugal, leaving one dead and girl missing
A man died from rising floodwaters in Portugal, while a girl remained missing after she was swept away by a swollen river in Spain as Storm Leonardo brought more heavy rain and winds to the Iberian Peninsula.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026

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