By Orhan Qereman
ROJ CAMP, Syria, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish forces on Monday released 34 Australians who were detained in a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in northern Syria, saying they would be flown to…
By Orhan Qereman
ROJ CAMP, Syria, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish forces on Monday released 34 Australians who were detained in a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State militants in northern Syria, saying they would be flown to…
PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) – French police on Monday searched the Arab World Institute in Paris in connection with an investigation into its former head, ex culture minister Jack Lang, and his ties with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey…

Representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the US are set to meet for a third round of trilateral negotiations to end the four-year war.
Published On 16 Feb 2026

Anti-abortion groups are promoting ‘baby boxes’ in the US, facilities where vulnerable mothers can surrender their newborns anonymously. Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle explains the initiative.
Published On 16 Feb 2026

A video circulating on social media has sparked widespread outrage online after an Israeli soldier unashamedly admitted to committing atrocities in the Gaza Strip.

CAIRO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — The navy forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have launched a drill in the Strait of Hormuz, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday.
The main goals of the drill are to “assess the…

TEHRAN – Iran women’s national football team head coach Marzieh Jafari says her side face a tough challenge at the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup, but insists they are determined to give their best and will not rely on miracles.
Team Melli…

A tribute to Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has marked the first day of the iconic carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro.
The samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói traced Lula’s life as a boy growing up in poverty in the Brazilian…

More than 529,000 refugees have returned to Sudan from neighbouring countries over the past two years, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
In a report released on Sunday, the agency said…

“It’s not that we were healthy people with normal lives before this, but we can’t even go back to that wretchedness from before. Faces a …