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French Prosecutors Launch Special Team to Review Epstein Files

French Prosecutors Setup Special Team To Review Epstein Files

February 15, 2026 6:45 am

French prosecutors have created a dedicated team of magistrates to examine evidence linked to convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and assess whether French nationals may have committed criminal offences connected to his activities.

The initiative follows the recent publication by U.S. authorities of additional documents related to Epstein’s network, which contain references to several individuals with ties to France.

Prosecutors said the new unit would analyse material emerging from those disclosures and determine whether elements could justify opening fresh criminal investigations under French jurisdiction.

According to a statement provided to AFP, the specialised group will collaborate with the national …

Obama Criticises Racist Monkey Video Linked to Trump

Obama Criticises Racist Monkey Video Linked to Trump

February 15, 2026 6:18 am

Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised what he described as a decline in standards of public conduct in American politics, delivering his first public response to a social media post shared from the account of President Donald Trump that included imagery depicting Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as monkeys.

Speaking during an interview released Saturday with political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama addressed the controversy days after a video circulated on Trump’s platform, Truth Social, prompting criticism from Democratic and Republican figures as well as civil rights groups.

The clip, was later removed after drawing widespread …

Rubio Heads To Slovakia And Hungary After Munich Summit

Rubio Heads To Slovakia And Hungary After Munich Summit

February 15, 2026 3:07 am

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed Sunday for a two-day visit to Slovakia and Hungary immediately following the Munich Security Conference, reinforcing Washington’s alignment with two Eastern European governments that have defied mainstream EU positions on Russia, Ukraine, and democratic governance while cultivating close ties with President Donald Trump.

According to the official State Department itinerary, Rubio will meet with senior Slovak government officials in Bratislava on Sunday before traveling to Budapest, where he will hold discussions with Hungarian officials on Sunday and Monday. The visit marks Rubio’s first time in either country.

In Bratislava, discussions will focus on …

Taiwan Hits Back At China's Munich Conference Speech

Taiwan Hits Back At China’s Munich Conference Speech

February 15, 2026 1:27 am

Taiwan’s foreign minister issued a pointed public rebuttal Sunday to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s address at the Munich Security Conference, accusing Beijing of systematically violating the United Nations principles it claims to champion while conducting military operations that directly threaten regional peace.

Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung published his response hours after Wang’s Saturday appearance at the annual security gathering in Bavaria, where the Chinese top diplomat argued that external forces were attempting to “split Taiwan from China,” blamed Japan for rising tensions around the island, and invoked UN Charter principles as the foundation of Beijing’s foreign policy posture.

Lin …

Rubio Tells Munich Summit US And Europe "Belong Together"

Rubio Tells Munich Summit US And Europe “Belong Together”

February 14, 2026 9:33 am

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio received a standing ovation at the Munich Security Conference Saturday after delivering a deliberately measured address that sought to repair transatlantic trust while still pressing European allies to embrace the Trump administration’s vision of a refashioned global order built on sovereignty, reindustrialization, and renewed military strength.

Reminding his audience of America’s centuries-long roots in Europe, Rubio said the United States would remain forever tied to the continent even as it pushes for changes in the relationship and the international institutions that have underpinned the post-war world.

“We do not seek to separate, but to …

Rahman Claims Bangladesh Premiership After Landslide

Rahman Claims Bangladesh Premiership After Landslide

February 14, 2026 9:10 am

Tarique Rahman emerged Saturday as Bangladesh’s prime minister-in-waiting following his Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s commanding two-thirds parliamentary majority, with the country’s interim administration, regional neighbors, and international observers all moving to formally acknowledge a political transition that ends two decades of BNP exclusion from national power.

In his first public statement since the results were confirmed, Rahman appealed for national unity across political and ideological lines. “Our paths and opinions may differ, but in the interest of the country, we must remain united,” he told reporters at a Dhaka news conference, evoking the reconciliatory tone he had struck throughout a campaign …

Ex-Reform UK MP Lowe Launches Restore Britain Party

February 14, 2026 6:43 am

Independent Member of Parliament Rupert Lowe formally established a new national political party on Friday evening, converting his Restore Britain pressure group into a fully operational electoral vehicle and pledging to field hundreds of candidates across Britain at the next general election.

Lowe’s launch announcement, posted on X at 2:36 p.m. on Friday, read in its entirety: “I am today launching Restore Britain as a national political party. Join us.” The post drew significant immediate attention online. Within hours it had accumulated 2.4 million views, an indication of the profile Lowe has built during nearly a year as an independent …

Merz: Rules-Based World Order "No Longer Exists"

Merz: Rules-Based World Order “No Longer Exists”

February 14, 2026 5:44 am

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the Munich Security Conference Friday with one of the starkest assessments of global order delivered from a Western leadership stage in a generation, declaring that the rules-based world order had effectively ceased to exist and that Europe must now accept the reality of a world governed by raw power rather than law.

Speaking to more than 60 heads of state and government gathered at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in southern Germany, Merz said the conference had long served as a “seismograph” for global politics, but argued that today’s landscape was far more severe than anything …

US Lawmakers Pressure Taiwan To Pass $40bn Defense Budget

US Lawmakers Pressure Taiwan To Pass $40bn Defense Budget

February 13, 2026 1:30 am

A cross-party group of 37 American legislators has formally urged Taiwan’s parliament to approve a stalled $40 billion defense spending package, warning that Chinese military pressure on the island has reached its most dangerous level in decades and that political gridlock in Taipei risks sending the wrong signal to Beijing.

The letter, released Thursday and addressed to parliament speaker Han Kuo-yu and the leaders of Taiwan’s main opposition parties, marks the most direct legislative intervention yet by U.S. lawmakers in Taiwan’s domestic budget debate. The signatories included senior members of both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign …

Reuters/Kim Yo Jong Warns Of Retaliation Over South Korea Drone Incursion

North Korea Warns Of Retaliation Over Drone Incursion

February 13, 2026 12:15 am

The sister of North Korea‘s leader has acknowledged South Korea’s expression of regret over an alleged drone incursion into its airspace while warning that any repetition would trigger a military response exceeding the scale of the original provocation.

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and vice director of the ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee, issued a statement Friday through state media outlet KCNA that offered a partial acceptance of Seoul’s apology while demanding stronger preventive measures and reserving the right to retaliate.

The statement came after South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young …

Tarique Rahman Set To Lead Bangladesh After BNP Landslide

Just In: Tarique Rahman Set To Lead Bangladesh After BNP Win

February 13, 2026 12:00 am

Tarique Rahman emerged as Bangladesh’s prime minister-elect Friday after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured an overwhelming parliamentary majority in the country’s first election since student-led protests toppled longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina in 2024, delivering a historic mandate for political renewal in South Asia’s third-largest nation.

The BNP-led coalition won 209 seats in the 300-member Jatiya Sangsad, or House of the Nation, securing a two-thirds supermajority that gives Rahman’s incoming government broad constitutional authority to implement the sweeping reforms his party campaigned on. The result far exceeded the simple majority required to form a government and confirmed pre-election polling that had …

Bangladesh Votes In First Post-Hasina Election

Bangladesh Votes In First Post-Hasina Election

February 12, 2026 6:21 am

Bangladesh went to the polls Thursday in its first parliamentary election since student-led protests swept longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power in 2024, with more than 127 million registered voters choosing between a nationalist party poised to end years of authoritarian rule and an Islamist-led coalition challenging for a historic breakthrough.

Polling opened at 7:30 a.m. local time and closed at 4:30 p.m., with votes cast across 42,761 polling centers in 64 districts for 300 parliamentary constituencies. Voter turnout stood at 47.91 percent as of 2 p.m., based on data collected from over 36,000 centers, according to the Election …

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