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Feb 9, 2026, 6:21 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 6:21 p.m One month after the mass protests in Iran, the judiciary is taking action against prominent politicians from the reform camp. Numerous personalities have been detained since Sunday, as Iranian media consistently reported. The power apparatus is thus expanding its actions against politicians who actually belong to […]

Feb 9, 2026, 6:05 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 10:01 p.m The US Department of Transportation warns American merchant ships of risks when transiting through the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. Iranian forces attempted to use small boats and helicopters to board merchant ships in Iranian territorial waters at the beginning of the month, […]

Soldiers march on Polish Independence Day in Warsaw, November 11, 2025.Image: keystone Feb 9, 2026, 5:58 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 5:58 p.m As part of the expansion of its army, Poland plans to create a new category of military reservists who can be mobilized in the shortest possible time in an emergency. The new rapid reaction […]

Feb 9, 2026, 5:36 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 5:43 p.m On Monday there was a scene like something out of an action film on the Italian highway between Brindisi and Lecce: an armored cash-in-transit truck was blown up by several robbers. The perpetrators first set a red van on fire, blocking the vehicle’s lane. At least […]

The Basòdino glacier in Ticino from above.Image: keystone The rush towards melting glaciers is becoming a problem. According to researchers, tourism could threaten the fragile ice landscapes that it actually wants to bring people closer to. The international research team led by the University of Lausanne (Unil) sheds light on the contradictions that arise from […]

Feb 9, 2026, 4:59 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 4:59 p.m In Austria, the parents of a starved three-year-old were sentenced to life in prison for murder, torture and deprivation of liberty. According to a forensic doctor, the boy only weighed four kilograms when he died, as the APA news agency reported from the trial in the […]

Ghislaine Maxwell was Epstein’s confidant.Image: keystone Ghislaine Maxwell is questioned in the US Congress but remains silent about the Epstein scandal. The interrogation ends after an hour without results. Feb 9, 2026, 4:39 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 4:39 p.m Julian Seiferth / t-online An article by Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell refused to testify during her subpoena […]

The Epstein scandal has shaken both the government and the royal family in Great Britain. Feb 9, 2026, 3:57 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 3:57 p.m The office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who appointed an Epstein confidant as ambassador to the USA, is now hanging by a thread. For the royals, the involvement of King Charles […]

The Epstein scandal has shaken both the government and the royal family in Great Britain. Feb 9, 2026, 3:57 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 4:58 p.m The office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who appointed an Epstein confidant as ambassador to the USA, is now hanging by a thread. For the royals, the involvement of King Charles […]

Feb 9, 2026, 3:45 p.mFeb 9, 2026, 3:45 p.m British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has to accept the next setback in the scandal surrounding the Epstein contacts of the former British ambassador to the USA, Peter Mandelson. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Image: AP Downing Street communications chief Tim Allan announced he would be stepping down from […]