
University students hold new protests in Iran around memorials for those killed
Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.
WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026, 05:04

Iran’s state news agency said students protested at five universities in the capital, Tehran, and one in the city of Mashhad on Sunday.

The remains of Italy’s patron saint have only been seen in public once before – for one day in 1978.

Greenland’s PM reminded Trump of its free healthcare, after Trump said he was sending a boat to aid people who were allegedly “not being taken care of”.

Pakistan’s military killed at least 70 militants in strikes along the border with Afghanistan early Sunday, the deputy interior minister said.

US envoy Steve Witkoff says the president is puzzled why Iran has not yet compromised in the face of a major American military build-up nearby.

Twenty-five people were injured by explosions overnight in what officials are calling a terror attack.

Mike Huckabee suggested Israel would be justified in taking much of the Middle East on Biblical grounds.

Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment.

Pakistan says the strikes were retaliation for recent suicide bombings in the country.
Pakistan said it launched multiple air strikes targeting militants in neighbouring Afghanistan, where the government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.

The announcement by the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly comes amid US pressure following the capture of ex-President Nicolás Maduro.

His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

Two sisters in an Indian village talk about how football has changed their lives and helped them push back against child marriage.

Just a year into Trump’s second term, and about half of Project 2025’s policies have been implemented, observers say.

The traditional South Korean popular music genre is making headlines in the country once again.

President Trump announced a 15% increase on tariffs across the board. Europeans have been celebrating yesterday’s SCOTUS decision, but have been doing so quietly.

The Pakistani city of Lahore celebrated the revival of a historic kite festival called Basant last weekend, 19 years after kite flying there was deemed too dangerous and banned.

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced to the island.

A Russian driver also died when their mini-bus plunged under the ice to the bottom of the lake in Siberia.

The six-person girl group say the decision was made following “open and thoughtful conversations together”.

British police arrested the former Prince Andrew on suspicion of “misconduct in public office.” NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to royal expert Jennie Bond about the latest developments.