Iran’s military degraded by 12-day war with Israel, but still has significant capabilities

The 12-day Israel-Iran war last year appeared to cripple key elements of Iran’s military, yet left its capabilities far from neutralized. If hostilities erupt again, the risk of a protracted conflict returns. Iran fired hundreds of missiles and used more than 1,000 attack drones during the war.

Justice Department Slashes Asylum Award Rates Down to 10 Percent

Trump's deputies have sharply reduced the win rate by economic migrants in asylum courts. Only 10 percent of migrants won their asylum claims in December 2025. About 2.3 million migrants have asylum cases, amid an imported population of at least 15 million illegal migrants. The rejection of asylum claims allows judges to issue a “Final Order of Deportation” to illegal …

‘He is a hero to me’: artist speaks out after Ukrainian athlete barred from Winter Olympics for commemorative helmet

Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from the Winter Olympics for wearing a helmet with portraits of fallen Ukrainian athletes. Iryna Prots, the artist behind the images, is angry at the IOC's decision to ban him. German politicians and media have criticised the IOC’s decision to sell a T-shirt relating to the Berlin 1936 Games.

Faced with the setback of others, let's lead climate action

Donald Trump revoked the endangerment finding of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Spain is one of the regions most exposed to climate impacts. Spain's economic growth is driven by the ecological transition. Spain wants to lead the global effort to confront climate change. Extreme phenomena related to climate change caused the European Union economic losses of 822 billion euros between …

Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

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Does ‘Christian genocide’ capture the reality of this nation’s security map?

Last Christmas, the US carried out several Tomahawk missiles strikes on what they called “IS camps” in Nigeria’s Sokoto state. President Donald Trump said that the strikes targeted those who “have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years and even centuries” Nigeria has been plagued by an upsurge in mass kidnappings and …

U.S. Inflation Eases to 2.4% as Economy Defies Predictions

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Violence Study: Epstein and the Backlash of the MeToo Movement

Jeffrey Epstein is a friend of the U.S. President Trump is also a friend with Epstein. According to a new study, violence against women is everyday life in Germany. The perpetrators are usually partners or ex-partners, and the victims are at their mercy.

IMF sees progress in Türkiye’s disinflation program, steady growth

IMF Executive Board completed the 2025 Article IV consultation with Türkiye. Inflation fell from 49.4% in September 2024 to 30.9% in December 2025 on the back of strong fiscal consolidation, prudent income policies and a tight monetary policy stance. GDP growth has remained strong, with a forecast at 4.1% in 2025. Turkish Lira demand has strengthened, bolstering international reserves, and …

Judge dismisses charges against 3 Connecticut officers accused of mistreating paralyzed prisoner

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Five European countries accuse Russia of murdering opponent Navalny in prison with a dart frog toxin

Alexei Navalny died two years ago in a Russian penitentiary center. He was poisoned with a deadly toxin, epibatidine, extracted from the Ecuadorian poison dart frog. UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK have launched a joint statement at the Munich Security Conference.

Science news this week: China turns a desert into a carbon sink, a Viking Age grave holds a giant who had brain surgery, real-life inception, and a last-minute Valentine's gift idea from nature

This week's science news was filled with stories about ecological transformations. China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it has turned it into a carbon sink. A mass grave in Cambridge, England, contains the dismembered remains of 10 people, including a giant who'd had brain surgery. Scientists performed dream inception to solve a mystery.

The thousand lives of activist Samantha Jirón: “In Nicaragua they treat a murderer better than someone who thinks freely”

Samantha Jirón spent 15 months in prison in Nicaragua as a political prisoner of the Ortega and Murillo regime for denouncing fraud in the presidential elections. She was exiled to Madrid and studies journalism at Complutense University. Now she is writing a new chapter in Madrid, where she is studying to become a journalist.

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