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Hungary jails German activist for eight years over far-right rally attacks 

04 February 2026

News|The Far Right A Hungarian court has jailed a German anti-fascist activist for eight years for attacking participant...

Washington Post announces massive layoffs in blow to storied paper 

04 February 2026

News|Media The Washington Post has laid off one-third of its staff, eliminating its sport section, several foreign burea...

Killing of Saif Gaddafi removes alternative to Libya’s rival governments 

04 February 2026

The killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent surviving son of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, remove...

Russia sentences stand-up comic to more than five years over war joke 

04 February 2026

News|Freedom of the Press A Russian comedian has been sentenced to more than five years in a penal colony for telling a ...

Gaza on the agenda as Turkiye’s Erdogan meets Egypt’s el-Sisi in Cairo 

04 February 2026

News|Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have condem...

Trump hails ‘excellent’ phone call with China’s Xi amid trade tensions 

04 February 2026

News|Xi Jinping United States President Donald Trump says he had an “excellent” phone call with Chinese President Xi...

Mixed emotions among Palestinians as Rafah crossing partially reopens 

04 February 2026

Palestinians wept with joy as the Rafah crossing with Egypt partially reopened, allowing a small number of people to ret...

Russian shelling kills seven in Ukrainian market, clouding Abu Dhabi talks 

04 February 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Russian forces have shelled Ukraine’s eastern city of Druzhkivka, killing at least seven peopl...

Epstein, Israel’s Barak discussed ‘gigantic’ consultancy sums paid to Blair 

04 February 2026

A recently released audio recording captures disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud ...