2026年FIFAワールドカップ決勝のハーフタイムショーにマドンナ、シャキーラ、BTSが出演する。
Dr. Muhammad Yunus's 18-month stint as Bangladesh's Chief Adviser ended February 17 with Tarique Rahman's new cabinet sworn in. Detractors charge his leadership delivered mob rule, economic decline and institutional favoritism instead of promised reforms.
Bangladesh's external debt has surged to nearly $112 billion by 2025, a 377% jump from $23.5 billion in 2009, as researchers blame massive cost overruns and corruption in infrastructure projects for pushing the country toward a debt trap. The government now devotes one-fifth of its revenue to interest payments alone.
A principal and teaching assistant at Sedge Garden Elementary School in High Point, North Carolina, face suspension amid a state probe into child maltreatment allegations. Documents accuse the aide of kicking a 5-year-old and smothering a 4-year-old with a blanket while the principal allegedly failed to report it.
Police wrapped up their latest search of Oak Park Station and a nearby property with no evidence of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont. The operation examined abandoned mineshafts, tunnels, an outhouse and other structures on the family's remote South Australian sheep station.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel next week to brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on recent U.S.-Iran nuclear talks. Two Trump administration officials confirmed the February 28 meeting Wednesday.
Police searched abandoned mineshafts, tunnels and an outhouse at Oak Park Station but found no evidence in the hunt for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont. Task Force Horizon wrapped up the operation at the remote South Australian sheep station empty-handed.
A fact-finding commission uncovered indications that Indonesian military personnel from the TNI played roles in riots during an August 2025 demonstration in Jakarta. The panel outlined suspected incitement, facilitation, negligence and command failures by troops.
A multi-agency task force disconnected 3,000 illegal electricity connections in Thembisa on Tuesday. The operation targeted Ehlanzeni Cemetery and nearby areas to fight power theft.
A High Court in Kano ordered three men remanded in custody on charges of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder after a deadly break-in at a local businessman's home. The suspects pleaded not guilty before Justice Yusuf Ubale Mohammed.
Police in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory have deployed officers alongside Army, Navy, Air Force and DSS personnel for Saturday's area council elections. A movement restriction from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. will be in effect across the FCT on February 21, 2026.
South African police arrested two men, ages 23 and 27, on Monday for a business robbery in Rust de Winter and an attempted murder in Hlogotlou. The intelligence-led operation at Temba Magistrate's Court also tied them to multiple robberies in Pretoria Central.
The Delhi High Court granted the Indian government and its embassy in Abu Dhabi three to four weeks to seek UAE cooperation on the detention of retired Major Vikrant Jaitly, brother of actress Celina Jaitly. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav deferred the hearing after government lawyers outlined diplomatic efforts already underway.
Volusia County deputies arrested Daytona Beach resident Adrian Morales on Saturday evening after he posted a video firing an AR-15 into a lake and declaring 'this is what's in store,' one day before the Daytona 500. Authorities tracked him to an apartment complex directly across from Daytona International Speedway, where they seized the rifle and ammunition from his vehicle.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen accused goons transported from Machakos County of sparking deadly chaos at Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna's rally in Kitengela on Sunday. One man died and dozens were injured in the violence that followed.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines inaugurated the Bagong Bayaning Mandirigma Cancer Care Center in December 2025 to deliver specialized cancer treatment for active-duty troops, retirees and their dependents. Partners including the Congressional Spouses Foundation and One Meralco Foundation joined the blessing ceremony at the Makati Medical Center facility.