#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × Trump talks peace in the Middle East as he readies war on Iran. The split screen between President Donald Trump’s talk of peace in Washington and drumbeats of war in the Middle East struck some critics as incoherent.
#Politics × #USA #Asia #North America #Iran
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.20.2026 × D.C. protesters say they were attacked by guards of Azerbaijani president. Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev is in town for a meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace. Police said an incident that “involved Azerbaijan security guards” had been referred to the State Department.
#Politics × #Azerbaijan #USA #Asia #North America #Ilham Aliyev
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.19.2026 × Trump vows $10 billion contribution to his own Board of Peace. President Donald Trump’s sparsely attended Board of Peace meeting set a mission to stabilize Gaza, but plans beyond that remain murky.
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#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.19.2026 × Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape. Although the United States and ally Israel have a decisive military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.
#Politics × #USA #Asia #North America #Iran #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.18.2026 × Trump’s Board of Peace to meet as Gaza stability plan languishes. President Donald Trump will gather officials from dozens of countries in Washington to hear a status report on his peace plan for Gaza, though serious stumbling blocks remain.
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#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.18.2026 × Ousted South Korean president faces death penalty in insurrection case. The case against Yoon Suk Yeol marks a pivotal moment for South Korea’s democracy and could mark the second time a leader is sentenced to death for insurrection.
#Politics × #Yoon Suk Yeol #Asia #South Korea
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.18.2026 × As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by. Despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to annexation, Israel has taken steps to expand control over the West Bank that experts say may lead to seizure of territory.
#Politics × #Bank of Israel #USA #Asia #North America #World Bank #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.17.2026 × U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks amid heavy military buildup. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head the U.S. team and are responsible for Russia-Ukraine talks nearby, meaning they may be shuttling quickly between venues.
#Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe #Asia #North America #Iran
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.17.2026 × The Epstein files have brought a wave of resignations and investigations. A number of prominent figures have stepped down or are facing investigations after their communications with Jeffrey Epstein and his former longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released last mon
#Politics × #USA #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.16.2026 × Rubio lends hand to Hungary’s Orban as he faces tough election. “We want this country to do well,” Marco Rubio said during a visit to Budapest, “especially as long as you’re the prime minister.”
#Politics × #Hungary #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.14.2026 × ‘Highly likely’ that rare poison killed Putin nemesis Navalny, Europeans say. Toxin from poison dart frogs probably killed Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, five countries announced on the two-year anniversary of his death.
#Politics × #France #Russia #Germany #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.14.2026 × Rubio says U.S., Europe ‘belong together,’ despite rifts over Trump policies. At the Munich Security Conference, the secretary of state stressed cultural and historical ties but also slammed European trade and border policies and the U.N.
#Politics × #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.14.2026 × First major protests since capture of Maduro test Venezuela’s new leader. Scenes from a Youth Day march in Caracas, where demonstrators demanded that acting president Delcy Rodríguez release political prisoners.
#Politics × #South America #Venezuela #politician
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.13.2026 × U.S. orders second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump pressures Iran. The USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed since June, will cross the Atlantic for a second time despite a Navy warning that the warship needs maintenance.
#Politics × #USA #Asia #North America #Iran
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.12.2026 × Ocasio-Cortez, Rubio to offer dueling visions of world order in Munich. The potential 2028 presidential candidates will sound off on a range of burgeoning crises as European leaders recoil at America’s populist politics.
#Politics × #Germany #USA #Europe #North America #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.10.2026 × Trump mulls second aircraft carrier off Iran, as Netanyahu flies to D.C. for talks. The threat of an imminent new attack on Tehran follows an inconclusive meeting last week between Trump envoys and senior Iranian officials.
#Politics × #USA #Asia #North America #Iran #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.10.2026 × Trump threatens to block opening of bridge between U.S. and Canada. As the Gordie Howe bridge neared its completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
#Politics × #Canada #USA #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.09.2026 × Hong Kong democracy champion Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison. The heavy sentence for the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder and British citizen was imposed as Beijing seeks to wipe out the city’s remaining press freedoms.
#Politics × #United Kingdom #China #Europe #Asia
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.07.2026 × Zelensky says U.S. is readying huge economic deals with Russia. The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were readying $12 trillion in economic agreements some involving Ukrainian interests.
#Business #Politics × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.06.2026 × Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show. Justice Department files show that Jeffrey Epstein sought help from a Russian official after claiming a woman from Moscow was blackmailing “powerful businessmen” in New York.
#Politics × #Russia #Europe #Vladimir Putin
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.05.2026 × As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding. New European measures to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet could severely hurt its economy at a time when it is looking increasingly vulnerable.
#Politics × #Russia #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Trump touts ‘very positive’ call with Chinese leader Xi. The president noted plans to visit China in April, as Beijing sends a warning to White House over Taiwan arms sales.
#Politics × #China #Xi Jinping #USA #Asia #North America #Taiwan
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.04.2026 × Column | A year after aid cuts, the image of American power shifts under Trump. The Trump administration’s America First strategy has trickled down to what’s left of the government’s humanitarian apparatus, potentially leading to millions of deaths by 2030.
#Politics × #USA #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Feb.03.2026 × Iran’s killing of protesters reached level rarely seen, emergent count shows. Even in the scale of global attacks on civilians and crackdowns on dissent, the magnitude of Iran’s violence against protesters stands out.
#Politics × #Asia #Iran
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