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Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, two deaths 20 Feb 2026 - 07:09 pm
Snow covers chairs and tables of a cafe as winter strikes Vienna, Austria with snow and freezing temperatures on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
Palestinian child wounded by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza 20 Feb 2026 - 06:18 pm
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Turkiye ready to send troops to Gaza's ISF: Turkish FM 20 Feb 2026 - 05:11 pm
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Nearly 7,000 Ukrainian military casualties over past week: Russia 20 Feb 2026 - 04:54 pm
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Strong earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan: AFP journalists 20 Feb 2026 - 04:47 pm
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80,000 Palestinians attend first Friday prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque 20 Feb 2026 - 04:32 pm
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New Zealand freestyle skier Ives in hard Olympic crash 20 Feb 2026 - 02:59 pm
New Zealand's Finley Melville Ives is evacuated by a medical team in the freestyle skiing men's freeski halfpipe qualification run 2 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Fans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch 20 Feb 2026 - 12:21 pm
This photo taken on February 19, 2026 shows a seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, sitting with a stuffed orangutan toy at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chiba Prefecture. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT
Florida airport to be renamed after US President Donald Trump 20 Feb 2026 - 12:17 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One after returning to the nation's capital on February 19, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Four militants killed in security operation in northwestern Pakistan 19 Feb 2026 - 09:29 pm
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Mesaharaty and lanterns: a deep-rooted Ramadan tradition in Egypt 19 Feb 2026 - 08:10 pm
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Ramadan in Gaza: traditional dishes resist erasure after two years of war 19 Feb 2026 - 06:14 pm
Palestinians shop for food beneath a destroyed building in Gaza City's Zawiya market on February 18, 2026, on the first days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
'Systemic failures' led to Louvre robbery, inquiry finds 19 Feb 2026 - 04:43 pm
French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after robbery, in Paris on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
Jose Balcazar elected as new Peruvian president 19 Feb 2026 - 01:54 pm
Jose Balcazar speaks after being sworn in as president of Peru at the Congress of the Republic of Peru, in Lima, Peru, on Feb. 18, 2026. (Peru's Congress/Handout via Xinhua)
Thai cops go undercover as lion dancers to nab suspected thief 19 Feb 2026 - 01:53 pm
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Japan city gets $3.6 mn donation in gold to fix water system 19 Feb 2026 - 01:48 pm
A person rides a bicycle as the Tokyo Skytree is seen in the background in Tokyo on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
UK police arrest ex-prince Andrew on suspicion of misconduct 19 Feb 2026 - 01:41 pm
Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York reacts as he leaves St. George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, after attending the Easter Mattins Service, on March 31, 2024.  (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
AI Summit photo op fails to unite CEOs 19 Feb 2026 - 12:35 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) takes a group photo with AI company leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (C) and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (R) at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)