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If you’ve been anywhere near X or Threads lately, you’ve likely seen the escalating online clash between Southeast Asian users, affectionately dubbed SEAblings, and South Korean netizens.For the past few days, both camps have traded hostile barbs – with Korean commenters targeting Southeast Asians’ looks, culture and economic standing, and SEAblings retaliating with jabs at South Korea’s societal issues, including its high suicide rate and falling birth rate, as well as the pervasiveness of plastic surgery in the country.The cause of all this mayhem: Fans’ actions at a K-pop concert in Malaysia.WHAT SPARKED THE SEABLINGS VS KOREA BATTLE?On Jan 31,…

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed that Washington engineered a dollar shortage in Iran to send the rial into freefall and cause protests on the streets.In December and January, Iran was faced with one of the biggest antigovernment protests the country has seen since the Islamic revolution of 1979, prompted by the severe economic crisis.Protests over soaring prices in Iran began with shopkeepers in Tehran who shuttered their shops and began demonstrating on December 28, 2025, after the rial plunged to a record low against the US dollar in late December. The protests then spread to other provinces…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore shrugged off President Trump’s comment that he was “not worthy” to attend an annual White House dinner featuring governors from both parties, telling CBS News the president does “not determine my worthiness.”Moore said that “if the point of the meeting is to turn it into name-calling … I will not go.”The governor also said: “I will work with anyone. But I will bow down to no one. And I think the president has a problem with that.”Moore spoke with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell on Thursday during a town hall that will air Sunday evening.A…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Madison Chock and Evan Bates have responded to questions about judging in the recent Olympic ice dance pairs final. Chock called for judges to be vetted for the sake of transparency. The couple was looking to win gold, but came in second to the French duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. A French judge graded Beaudry and Cizeron higher than Chock and Bates, which helped push the French team to gold over the Americans. The judging has been a topic of controversy on social media, with some arguing that Chock and Bates…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A U.S. Marine who reportedly fell overboard and was lost at sea during operations in the Carribean has been declared dead after an unsuccessful search, officials said Thursday. Lance Cpl. Chukwuemeka E. Oforah, 21, of Florida, was declared deceased on Tuesday, three days after he fell overboard the USS Iwo Jima, the Marine Corps said. He was announced dead following a 72-hour search and rescue operation.NAVY SAILOR DIES AFTER RESCUING 2 CHILDREN FROM HIGH SURF IN HAWAII WATERS A U.S. Marine who fell overbaord the USS Iwo Jima in the Carribean has been…

The small mining community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reeling after a devastating mass shooting that killed eight people, as well as the shooter, and left dozens of others injured. A vigil is set to be held on Feb. 13, with Prime Minister Mark Carney scheduled to attend as the community comes together to remember the victims.Here is everything we know so far about who the eight people killed by the shooter.Kylie, 12, was among those who were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting, her aunt Shanon Dycke announced on social media. Story continues below advertisement “As word travels around the…

Years of mentoring, volunteering and leadership have made Terry Eaton a familiar face and guiding presence across Albany.From his decades-long work at the Police and Community Youth Centre to his volunteering at the local football and cricket clubs, the honorary freeman of the city has spent his life quietly shaping and positively impacting the community around him.He has called Albany home since 1955 when he and his family moved from Harvey.“I was working in Harvey as a police officer, and the superintendent here rang me,” Mr Eaton said.“The idea was that I’d be down here for a six-month trial to…

BNP SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE OVERNIGHTThe Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami conceded defeat late on Thursday night once trends became clear, but said in a statement on Friday that it was “not satisfied” with the process and asked its followers to stay patient.Now in exile in New Delhi, Hasina long dominated Bangladesh politics along with Rahman’s mother, Khaleda Zia, while his father was a leading independence figure who ruled from 1977 to 1981 before he was assassinated.BNP’s win with more than 200 seats is one of its biggest, surpassing its 2001 victory with 193, although Hasina’s Awami League, which ruled for 15 years and was…

NewsFeedBangladesh Nationalist Party leader Tarique Rahman was cheered by supporters and surrounded by photographers as he left his office in the capital Dhaka. The BNP has claimed victory in the first election since the 2024 uprising that ousted long-time leader Sheikh Hasina.Published On 13 Feb 202613 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons revealed that there are about 1.6 million illegal aliens with final deportation orders in the U.S., half of whom have criminal convictions.During testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Lyons said, “What we’re tracking right now is about 1.6 million final [deportation] orders in the United States, with approximately 800,000 of those having criminal convictions.”Lyons clarified that these deportation orders have not been issued by ICE or the Department of Homeland Security. Rather, Lyons said the orders have…