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Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai faces sentencing in national security trial 

08 February 2026

A court in Hong Kong has sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail following his conviction on ...

Israel security cabinet approves rules to increase control over West Bank 

08 February 2026

Israel’s security cabinet has approved new rules aimed at strengthening Israeli control over the occupied West Bank, a...

Who is Leqaa Kordia, the Columbia protester still in ICE detention? 

08 February 2026

Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old Palestinian woman detained in the United States by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide 

08 February 2026

Antonio Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party has secured a landslide victory and a five-year term as Portugal�...

Venezuela opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa released 

08 February 2026

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa has been freed from jail, his family said in a statement. Guanipa’...

Iran sentences Nobel laureate Mohammadi to seven more years in prison 

08 February 2026

News|Civil Rights Iranian human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced ...

Building collapse in northern Lebanon kills at least six people 

08 February 2026

At least six people have been killed and seven others were wounded when two adjoining buildings collapsed in the norther...

Ethiopia demands Eritrea ‘immediately withdraw’ troops from its territory 

08 February 2026

News|Conflict Ethiopia’s ‌foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting...

Italy’s Meloni condemns anti-Olympics protesters in Milan 

08 February 2026

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned anti-Olympics protesters as “enemies of Italy and Italians” afte...

UK PM’s top aide quits over Mandelson’s links to Epstein 

08 February 2026

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has quit over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to...