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At least 12 Palestinians killed and several hurt in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
BySam Jones February 15, 2026February 15, 2026

Israel says strikes were in response to Hamas violations of ceasefire as Hamas calls attacks ‘massacre’ of displaced peopleAt least 12 Palestinians were killed and several more injured across the Gaza Strip on Sunday as the Israeli military said it car…

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A rare chronicle of war, survival and devastation in Darfur – in pictures
ByPhotographs by Jérôme Tubiana February 15, 2026

Few outsiders, if any, have ventured more widely into the centre of Sudan’s brutal civil war than Jérôme Tubiana. The French humanitarian has been granted unprecedented access to travel throughout the western region of Darfur to document the heart of a…

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Nobody knows what would follow regime change in Iran – but what happened in 1979 offers some pointers | Jason Burke
ByJason Burke February 15, 2026

The similarities between now and events preceding the shah’s exile are striking. The radical clerics benefited then, but who would prevail this time?A critical moment looms for Iran, and so for the Middle East. The global consequences of any upheaval i…

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New photos give glimpse inside Iran’s bloody crackdown on anti-government protests
ByGuardian reporters February 15, 2026

Exclusive: images and testimony from the January uprising, when Iranian security forces are believed to have killed thousands of men, women and children who had flocked on to the streetsAfter imposing a nationwide internet blackout, the Iranian regime …

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Nobel laureate transferred to prison in northern Iran without warning
ByAFP February 14, 2026

Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as…

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US launches airstrikes on dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria
ByWilliam Christou February 14, 2026February 14, 2026

Militant group’s infrastructure and weapons storage facilities were hit, as Washington praised Damascus for fresh coalition roleThe US military conducted 10 strikes on more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria between 3 and 12 February as part of a c…

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‘It still rankles’: the French town living in the shadow of being an ayatollah’s refuge
ByKim Willsher February 14, 2026February 14, 2026

Annual remembrance in Neauphle-le-Château revives memories of short exile that reshaped Iran, but which locals would rather forgetEvery February, members of the Iranian diaspora descend on an abandoned plot of land in an unremarkable street in the Fren…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell February 13, 2026

Protests in Buenos Aires, Lindsey Vonn crashes at the Winter Olympics and Bad Bunny performs at Super Bowl LX – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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Bitter dispute between Trump and EU over Gaza’s future breaks out into the open
ByPatrick Wintour in Munich February 13, 2026

EU’s head of foreign policy claims ‘Board of Peace’ is vehicle for Trump with no accountability to Palestinians or UNA bitter dispute between Europe and the US over the future of Gaza has broken out into the open, with the EU’s head of foreign policy, …

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Trump sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East in effort to increase pressure on Iran
ByDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

USS Gerald R Ford will take about three weeks to sail to region, amid push for Iran to curb its nuclear ambitionsDonald Trump has ordered the world’s largest aircraft carrier to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East in an effort to increase pr…

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