#washingtonpost.com. × Pentagon conducts strikes on three more alleged drug boats, killing 11. Three new strikes against alleged South American drug boats come as the Pentagon pulls its warships back from the region to refocus on the Middle East.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. and Iran resume nuclear talks amid heavy military buildup. Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head the U.S. team and are responsible for Russia-Ukraine talks nearby, meaning they may be shuttling quickly between venues.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × In Geneva, Ukraine talks face impasse as Russia holds firm on demands. High casualties and economic trouble signal time is no longer on Russia’s side, but Moscow isn’t backing off political and territorial demands to weaken Ukraine.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × The Epstein files have brought a wave of resignations and investigations. A number of prominent figures have stepped down or are facing investigations after their communications with Jeffrey Epstein and his former longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, were released last mon
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Popular anger burns in Iran after crackdown, as Trump turns up pressure. As the Trump administration heads into nuclear talks with Tehran after a government crackdown killed thousands, widespread outrage has not abated, Iranians say.
#Feb.16.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Rubio lends hand to Hungary’s Orban as he faces tough election. “We want this country to do well,” Marco Rubio said during a visit to Budapest, “especially as long as you’re the prime minister.”
#Feb.16.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ukraine detains ex-energy minister as high-level corruption case widens. German Galushchenko’s arrest is connected to a $100 million corruption probe that has ensnared senior officials and shaken President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office.
#Feb.16.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × ‘Highly likely’ that rare poison killed Putin nemesis Navalny, Europeans say. Toxin from poison dart frogs probably killed Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison, five countries announced on the two-year anniversary of his death.
#Feb.14.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Rubio says U.S., Europe ‘belong together,’ despite rifts over Trump policies. At the Munich Security Conference, the secretary of state stressed cultural and historical ties but also slammed European trade and border policies and the U.N.
#Feb.14.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × First major protests since capture of Maduro test Venezuela’s new leader. Scenes from a Youth Day march in Caracas, where demonstrators demanded that acting president Delcy Rodríguez release political prisoners.
#Feb.14.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. orders second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump pressures Iran. The USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed since June, will cross the Atlantic for a second time despite a Navy warning that the warship needs maintenance.
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × U.S. spending millions to send migrants to third countries, report says. The Trump administration spent over $40 million last year to deport hundreds of migrants to countries where they’d never been, a report from Senate Democrats says.
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Italy’s tale of two Olympics — mellow in Milan, exuberance in the Alps. Milan residents, who initially seemed too cool for the Olympics, are slowly catching the spirit of the Games, but the mood is giddier in towns at higher altitudes.
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Transfer of ISIS suspects nears end as Trump pursues Syria exit. The movement of between 6,000 and 7,000 detainees to Iraqi government control, underway for weeks, could be complete as soon as Friday.
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ocasio-Cortez, Rubio to offer dueling visions of world order in Munich. The potential 2028 presidential candidates will sound off on a range of burgeoning crises as European leaders recoil at America’s populist politics.
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Judge says U.S. must allow deported Venezuelans to return for hearings. A federal judge in D.C. said some of the 137 Venezuelan men deported last year under the Alien Enemies Act can return to challenge their removals in court.
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ukrainian athlete’s ban from Olympic skeleton event over helmet images is upheld. Vladyslav Heraskevych was removed from the men’s skeleton event for refusing to remove a helmet with portraits of Ukrainian athletes who’ve died in the war with Russia.
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Vance visits Armenia, Azerbaijan as Trump eyes deals in Russia’s sphere. The vice president’s historic trip illustrates Trump’s transactional diplomacy and willingness to use economic muscle to elbow out rivals such as Russia and Iran.
#Feb.11.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × At least 9 killed, many injured in shootings at Canada school and home. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated” by the shootings, which took place at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia and at a residence.
#Feb.11.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump mulls second aircraft carrier off Iran, as Netanyahu flies to D.C. for talks. The threat of an imminent new attack on Tehran follows an inconclusive meeting last week between Trump envoys and senior Iranian officials.
#Feb.10.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Parts of Spain just saw a year’s worth of rain in 20 days. In the mountainous southwestern part of the country, Grazalema — in the Andalusia region — has recorded over 90 inches of rain so far this year, including 78 inches in just the last 20 days alone.
#Feb.10.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump threatens to block opening of bridge between U.S. and Canada. As the Gordie Howe bridge neared its completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
#Feb.10.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk. The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning Iceland into “one giant glacier.”
#Feb.10.2026 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Japanese are taking Olympic snowboarding to new heights. Japan’s rise has been systematic, with a deep talent pool, while the United States struggled to find a clear successor to Shaun White.
#Feb.10.2026 ×
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