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Costa Rican migration police officers speak with Venezuelan migrants at the Costa Rica. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Costa Rica has agreed to serve as a “bridge” to repatriate illegal immigrants in the U.S., including from India and Central Asia, according to an official release on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The first group of 200 … Read more

A displaced Sudanese woman rests inside a shelter at Zamzam camp. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sudanese paramilitaries have killed more than 200 people including women and children in a three-day assault on villages in the country’s south, a lawyer group monitoring the war said Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces … Read more

Members of the left-wing nationalist Turkish Youth Union (TGB) shout slogans during a protest against the new solution process to be carried out with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in Istanbul. File | Photo Credit: AFP Turkish police detained 282 suspects accused of ties to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, militant group, Interior Minister … Read more

Israel’s army has pulled out of southern Lebanese villages but remains in five positions, as a delayed withdrawal deadline expired Tuesday (February 18, 2025) under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. The ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group has been in effect since November 27, following more than a year of hostilities, including two … Read more

In Fresno, California, social media rumours about impending immigration raids at the city’s schools left some parents panicking — even though the raids were all hoaxes. In Denver, a real immigration raid at an apartment complex led to scores of students staying home from school, according to a lawsuit. And in Alice, Texas, a school … Read more

The head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Kirill Dmitriev speaks to media ahead of his meeting with U.S. delegation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Europe will invest more in security and lead on providing guarantees to Kyiv, but cooperation with Washington to secure peace remains crucial, European leaders said … Read more

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte. File | Photo Credit: AP Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office. The House of Representatives, which is dominated by the allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., impeached Ms. … Read more

Schoolboy Ivan with veterans and Youth Army cadets at an event in a school in Istra near Moscow | Photo Credit: AFP On a small stage in a school outside Moscow, a masked soldier presented Ivan with an Army flag, a thank-you gift signed by Russian troops fighting in Ukraine to the seven-year-old who has … Read more

Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Social Security Administration’s Acting Commissioner has stepped down from her role at the agency over Department of Government Efficiency requests to access Social Security recipient information, according to two people familiar with the official’s departure who … Read more