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Feb 17, 2026, 1:11 p.mFeb 17, 2026, 1:11 p.m A year and a half after the dramatic fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh again has an elected head of government. Long-time opposition politician and leader of the right-wing conservative Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, was sworn in as the new prime minister in […]

The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the German state of Lower Saxony is classified as an extremist effort by the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution. February 17, 2026, 12:50 p.mFebruary 17, 2026, 12:55 p.m “The assessment of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is clear: the greatest danger […]

Feb 17, 2026, 12:47 p.mFeb 17, 2026, 12:47 p.m Turkish police have arrested numerous celebrities in a drug raid, including the singer of the country’s most popular rock band. A total of 25 suspects are being sought, 17 of whom have been taken into custody. The band Duman at a performance.screenshot/instagram This was announced by […]

February 17, 2026, 12:30 p.mFebruary 17, 2026, 12:30 p.m After the scandal surrounding the sale of sex dolls with child-like appearance, the EU Commission is initiating formal proceedings against the Chinese online retailer Shein. The company is not said to be doing enough to prevent the distribution of illegal products on its platform. A case […]

February 17, 2026, 11:02 amFebruary 17, 2026, 11:02 am In the case of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing in the US state of Arizona since the end of January, the sheriff in charge has made it clear that her relatives are not suspected by the authorities. The 84-year-old has been missing since the […]

US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson dies at the age of 84.Image: keystone Jesse Jackson marched with Martin Luther King for the rights of black people in the USA. The well-known civil rights activist died on Tuesday. 02/17/2026, 10:53February 17, 2026, 11:10 An article by The US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is dead. The […]

Ukrainian soldiers retake land.Image: keystone According to independent US experts, Ukraine has recently achieved greater territorial gains than it has seen since 2023. The reason for this is that Russia has lost access to the Starlink satellite system. 02/17/2026, 09:2102/17/2026, 09:33 According to analysis of current data, the Ukrainian army has regained around 201 square […]

02/17/2026, 09:0302/17/2026, 09:03 After almost eight centuries, the remains of the Catholic Saint Francis of Assisi will be seen in public for the first time. His hometown, the 27,500-inhabitant community of Assisi in central Italy, is expecting several hundred thousand visitors. Pope Leo XIV at the grave of Francis of Assisi.Image: keystone The exhibition starts […]

In her memoirs, Gisèle Pelicot speaks very personally for the first time about the affair that bears her name. It ends on a surprisingly positive note for the victim. “I always set the breakfast table the evening before.” With this sentence begins Gisèle Pelicot’s book “A Hymn to Life”, which will be published this Tuesday […]

Video: watson/elena maria müller 02/17/2026, 07:4102/17/2026, 07:41 On Sunday, the Civil Defense Authority in the Gaza Strip said that at least eleven Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes. Civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said Israeli aircraft carried out strikes in several areas from dawn to midday. The civil defense puts the total number of deaths […]