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Feb 19, 2026 - World

Yvette Cooper criticises 10-year sentence for couple arrested on around-the-world trip and held on charges of espionageThe 10-year jail sentence handed to a British couple in Iran is “totally unjustifiable”, Yvette Cooper has said.Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested in January 2025 while travelling through the country on an around-the-world motorcycle journey and detained on charges of espionage. The couple from East Sussex, who are being held in Tehran’s Evin prison, deny the allegations. Continue reading...

Feb 19, 2026 - World

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a central player in the global artificial intelligence ecosystem, saying the country aims to build technology at home while deploying it worldwide.

Feb 19, 2026 - World

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months

Feb 19, 2026 - World

Professionals say a lack of resources and an ‘almost insatiable’ demand for services is limiting the ability to pursue long-term care and therapyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe separate escapes of two mental health patients from the hospital responsible for the most complex psychiatric cases in western Sydney points to an inability to provide longer-term care when “demand is almost insatiable”, medical sources say.A man charged with murder after a stabbing attack in Merrylands on Tuesday had allegedly absconded from Cumberland hospital. In an unrelated matter, it has been alleged that another of the hospital’s patients caused a car crash that killed two people on Saturday. Continue reading...

Feb 19, 2026 - World

Yoon Suk Yeol, the former president who tried to impose martial law upon South Korea in December 2024, was sentenced Thursday by the Seoul District Court to life imprisonment for the insurrection.