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Feb 18, 2026 - World

Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the timeMore than 75,000 people were killed in the first 16 months of the two-year war in Gaza, at least 25,000 more than the death toll announced by local authorities at the time, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Lancet medical journal.The research also found that reporting by the Gaza health ministry about the proportion of women, children and elderly people among those killed was accurate. Continue reading...

Feb 18, 2026 - World

Peru’s Congress has elected legislator José María Balcázar as the country’s new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over allegations of corruption just four months into his term

Feb 18, 2026 - World

New body camera footage this week showed the moment a police officer confronted the alcoholic father of a British woman who was shot dead in Texas after the two argued over President Donald Trump. Lucy Harrison, 23, was visiting her family in Texas in January 2025 when her father, Kris Harrison, 51, shot her during a disagreement, The Daily Beast reported. In the video, police confront Kris Harrison about the fight. He told law enforcement the two were "talking about guns" when the firearm apparently went off. “She said, ‘you got a gun?’ I said, yes, I got it out and it just went off and she stood there like, as I pulled it out. It went off,” he said during the conversation, which was captured on the body camera footage. “I put it on the bed straight away. It was in the bedside cabinet. In a locked box, and we took it out to look, and just as I picked it up, it went off,” Kris said. Officers appeared to be speaking with Kris while Lucy's boyfriend, Sam Littler, was seen pacing in the room, putting his hands on his head. "Prosecutors in Collin County failed to secure an indictment against Kris after a grand jury heard that his gun accidentally fired when he 'lifted it to show her,'" The Daily Beast reported. Although he wasn't prosecuted in the US, the UK has held an inquest — a special court hearing — and has continued to investigate.. Last month the court ruled that Lucy died unlawfully.In his testimony with the Cheshire Coroner’s Court earlier this month, Littler described what happened in the moments before the shooting.Lucy and her father were apparently discussing Trump when she asked him, “How would you feel if I was the girl in that situation and I’d been sexually assaulted?”"He dismissed her question and said he had two other daughters living in their home, so it would not upset him too much," The Daily Beast reported. "Littler said that Lucy grew 'quite upset' with her father’s answer and went upstairs."The couple had planned to leave for the airport and return to the UK when Littler said Kris took Lucy by the hand up to his bedroom. "Littler said he then heard a loud bang and heard Kris scream for his wife," The Daily Beast reported.Kris sent a written statement to the Cheshire Coroner’s Court and said he had relapsed the day of the shooting and had drunk nearly a full bottle of white wine. “As I lifted the gun to show her I suddenly heard a loud bang. I did not understand what had happened. Lucy immediately fell,” Kris said.“I fully accept the consequences of my actions, and there isn’t a day I don’t feel the weight of that loss—a weight I will carry for the rest of my life, and I know that nothing I say can ease the heartbreak this tragedy has caused,” he said in the statement.

Feb 18, 2026 - World

Far-right white nationalist and Nazi sympathizer Nick Fuentes lost it on Wednesday amid growing national concern that America is moving closer to war with Iran. Fuentes wrote on X about what he expected to happen if a war were to break out between the U.S. and Iran under President Donald Trump."If Trump brings us to war in Iran you can forget about 2026 and you can forget about a ticket with Vance or Rubio in 2028. This is literally Iraq 2.0. The GOP has utterly and completely betrayed America First," he wrote. As military movement heightens in the Arabian Sea and more American air defense are repositioned closer to the Middle East, a Trump administration adviser reportedly told Axios, “I think there is 90% chance we see kinetic action." MAGA has been divided over the Trump administration's international focus throughout the first year of Trump's second term. Fuentes' most recent comment signifies his growing disdain over the Trump administration's pivot to international security versus the MAGA coalition's central push for "America First" policies.

Feb 18, 2026 - World

The top U.S. military commander for Latin America has met with Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas as both sides discuss security and policy goals