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These are the key developments from day 1,453 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 16 Feb 202616 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Monday, February 16:Fighting Russian forces launched attacks across Ukraine on Sunday, wounding six people in the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, three in the northeastern Sumy region, and two in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrinform news outlet reported, citing local officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has launched about 1,300 drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukraine over the past…

Sunday marked the second day of a partial government shutdown impacting more than 260,000 government workers under the Department of Homeland Security across multiple agencies, including TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard. Democrats are calling for a ban on face coverings for immigration agents and for officers to display identification and wear body cameras. Willie James Inman has more.

US President Joe Biden looks on as India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies, in the East Room the White House in Washington, DC, on June 23, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesBig technology executives descend on India this week for an AI summit in New Delhi as the world’s largest companies aim to expand their presence in what is seen as a critical growth market.India this week will host the AI Impact Summit, the latest in a series of government-hosted events focused on artificial intelligence that…

By Quentin Dufranne The Canadian Press Posted February 15, 2026 7:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size About 600 people welcomed Charles Milliard as the new head of the Quebec Liberal Party in Trois-Rivières on Sunday, days after he was acclaimed in a leadership race that no one else joined. Milliard, who entered the room at the Delta Hotel in the city about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, takes over a party recently shaken by the December resignation of former leader Pablo Rodriguez. Get…

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared a major health check of Australia’s economy a “powerful endorsement” of Labor’s fiscal nous while accepting “there’s more work to do”.In a report released overnight, the International Monetary Fund said Australia “is managing a soft landing” after years of global economic turmoil spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, wars and trade tensions.“Growth picked up to 2.1 per cent year on year in 2025Q3 after a weak 2024, as private demand gradually recovered,” the IMF said in a release.“With the output gap narrowing, inflation declined steadily through 2025Q2, allowing monetary policy to be…

YANGON: Myanmar’s junta on Sunday (Feb 15) announced the ejection of Timor-Leste’s top representative in the country, after a rights group said Dili had opened a legal case against the military for war crimes.Myanmar’s military – which snatched power in a 2021 coup – has for decades been accused of rights abuses, mostly targeting the nation’s ethnic minorities.The nation is currently defending itself from prosecution at the International Court of Justice over allegations of genocide against the mostly Muslim Rohingya minority.But the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) said this month Timor-Leste had opened its own case against the junta for…

BREAKINGBREAKING, Lebanese authorities say Israeli forces bombed a vehicle near the border, killing at least four people.Listen to this article | 1 mininfoPublished On 15 Feb 202615 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIsraeli forces have bombed a vehicle near Lebanon’s border with Syria, killing at least four people, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.The Israeli raid took place early on Monday morning, it said in a statement.Lebanon’s National News Agency said one of the victims was a Syrian national named Khaled Mohammad al-Ahmad.More soon…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of War on Sunday transported a next-generation nuclear reactor aboard a C-17 from California to Utah, advancing President Donald Trump’s executive order to modernize America’s nuclear energy infrastructure and strengthen U.S. national security.The reactor was flown from March Air Reserve Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah and is expected to be transported to the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Orangeville for testing and evaluation – a key step in assessing how advanced nuclear systems could support military installations and remote defense operations.The Department of War…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Golf influencer Paige Spiranac boasts more than 4 million followers on Instagram and another 1.1 million followers on TikTok, but over the last couple of months fewer posts have hit her feeds.Spiranac explained her social media absence in a Q&A session with her Instagram followers last week. Her last post on Instagram came on Jan. 26 and her last TikTok video came on Oct. 24. She told her followers that she had been in a “bit of a funk” recently. Paige Spiranac plays the 17th green during the Creator Classic at Philly…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 20-year-old California mom was found guilty Wednesday in the death of her 1-year-old son, after reportedly leaving him in a sweltering car to receive lip and butt injections last June. Maya Hernandez took a plea deal in the child endangerment case, ultimately dropping her first-degree murder charge in exchange for involuntary manslaughter. On June 29, Bakersfield officers arrested and charged Hernandez after finding two young children left unattended in a vehicle for over two hours, according to a police report posted on a GoFundMe page. Authorities said the mother left the children unattended to undergo…