Updated: Feb 16th, 2026 The US military airlifted a miniature nuclear reactor for the first time, marking a significant step in President Donald Trump’s push to expand nuclear power and bolster military base energy security. Three C-17 transport planes carried components of the Valar Atomics Ward 250 unfueled nuclear reactor from March Air Reserve Base...
Image: X Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced on Sunday that it had detained the country’s former energy minister while he was attempting to leave the country, as per reports. The arrest is reportedly linked to the high-profile ‘Midas’ corruption investigation that shook Ukraine’s energy sector last year. According to reports, NABU confirmed that its...
Updated: Feb 15th, 2026 Newly released documents in the latest tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein reveal that an FBI agent sought and received authorisation to erase the “master copy” of surveillance footage from Epstein’s prison cell, stating it was “no longer pertinent” to the investigation, as per reports. The correspondence, made public on...
Updated: Feb 15th, 2026 More than 200,000 demonstrators gathered in Munich on Saturday to protest against Iran’s Islamic Republic, marking what police described as the largest rally in Europe by opponents of the regime, as per reports. Protesters filled the city’s streets, beating drums and chanting slogans calling for regime change in Iran. Some waved...
Updated: Feb 15th, 2026 A recent poll conducted by The Associated Press–NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research has found broad opposition to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to assert American control over Greenland, with disapproval extending into his own party, as per reports. The survey, carried out between February 5 and 8, reportedly indicated that...
Updated: Feb 15th, 2026 Political tensions escalated across Pakistan on Saturday night as protests broke out in several major cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with clashes reported between demonstrators and police. Amid the turmoil, President Asif Ali Zardari left Islamabad on a special aircraft to attend meetings with party leaders, according to reports....
Updated: Feb 13th, 2026 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a telephonic conversation with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rehman, congratulating him on his party’s triumph in the Bangladesh elections. PM Modi also expressed India’s support for Rehman’s endeavour to fulfil the aspirations of people of Bangladesh. “Delighted to speak with Mr. Tarique...
Updated: Feb 13th, 2026 A 28-year-old Hindu man was found dead with visible injury marks on his body in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district, just a day before the crucial general elections, raising fresh anxieties among minority communities over possible election-linked violence amid an already tense political atmosphere, according to local media reports. Police confirmed that the...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance have claimed a decisive victory in the 13th parliamentary elections, local media reported on Friday, citing unofficial results. The announced results showed that the BNP-led alliance has won 210 seats, setting the stage for the formation of a new government led by BNP. Citing party sources, Bangladeshi...
Updated: Feb 13th, 2026 US President Donald Trump announced what he called “the single largest deregulatory action in American history,” formally terminating the Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding that underpinned federal greenhouse gas regulations. “Under the process just completed by the EPA, we are officially terminating the so-called endangerment finding,” Trump said, describing it...