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Actor Arrested in New Orleans After Altercation During Mardi Gras, Police Say

Actor Arrested in New Orleans After Altercation During Mardi Gras, Police Say

Shia LaBeouf was arrested shortly after midnight in New Orleans after police say the 39-year-old actor assaulted two men during a disturbance on Royal Street amid Mardi Gras celebrations. Officers report he struck a staffer multiple times, later returning and escalating the confrontation before bystanders held him until police arrived. He was taken…

Peruvian Congress Removes President Jose Jeri Amid 'Chifagate' Scandal

Peruvian Congress Removes President Jose Jeri Amid 'Chifagate' Scandal

Peru's Congress voted to remove President Jose Jeri from office after four months amid controversy over a secret meeting with a Chinese businessman. Lawmakers passed a censure motion that strips Jeri of his role as head of Congress and, because of his interim succession status, removes him from the presidency. Legislators must now elect a new head …

Trump Says He Will Be Indirectly Involved as Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks Begin in Geneva

Trump Says He Will Be Indirectly Involved as Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks Begin in Geneva

President Trump said he will take an indirect role in upcoming Geneva negotiations between the United States and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program, asserting that Iran seeks a deal. The announcement came as U.S. forces increased their presence in the Middle East, with a second aircraft carrier deployed and military planners preparing for a possible …

Sheriff Says Guthrie Family Cleared as Suspects in Arizona Abduction

Sheriff Says Guthrie Family Cleared as Suspects in Arizona Abduction

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has announced that the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie - mother of television co-anchor Savannah Guthrie - are not suspects in her disappearance. Authorities say the family, including all siblings and spouses, have cooperated fully. Investigators recovered a glove near the Tucson-area home that produced a DNA sam…

Havana’s Streets Choked by Trash as Fuel Shortages Halt Collection

Havana’s Streets Choked by Trash as Fuel Shortages Halt Collection

Piles of household waste have accumulated across Havana after fuel shortfalls forced many municipal rubbish trucks out of service. With only 44 of 106 collection vehicles currently able to operate, residents and authorities are confronting mounting sanitation and health concerns amid a broader drop in the island’s oil supply linked to halted shipme…

Robert Duvall, Oscar-Winning Actor of Range and Restraint, Dies at 95

Robert Duvall, Oscar-Winning Actor of Range and Restraint, Dies at 95

Robert Duvall, an actor celebrated for both commanding leads and quietly powerful supporting parts, has died at 95, his wife announced on Facebook. Across a career approaching a century of films, Duvall earned an Academy Award for "Tender Mercies" and received six additional Oscar nominations for roles that included a Mafia consigliere, an off-kilt…

Sons of Imran Khan Seek Permission to Visit Amid Concerns Over His Health in Custody

Sons of Imran Khan Seek Permission to Visit Amid Concerns Over His Health in Custody

Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, who live in London, say they fear for their father's worsening health while he remains jailed in Pakistan and have applied for visas to visit him. They describe limited communication and say their father reported delays in receiving eye treatment. Pakistani authorities say medical care is being provided and ha…

At Least 30 Killed as Armed Gunmen Raid Villages in Northwest Nigeria

At Least 30 Killed as Armed Gunmen Raid Villages in Northwest Nigeria

Armed attackers on motorcycles carried out pre-dawn raids on three villages in Niger State, northwest Nigeria, killing at least 30 people, burning homes and shops, and prompting residents to flee. Local authorities confirmed fatalities and abductions in one village while witnesses described widespread violence, including the burning of a police sta…

Ecuador Prison Fatalities Rise Despite Security Overhaul, Government Data Shows

Ecuador Prison Fatalities Rise Despite Security Overhaul, Government Data Shows

Official figures obtained via a freedom-of-information request show inmate deaths in Ecuador climbed sharply in 2025, reaching levels not seen since the 2021 unrest. Of 1,220 deaths reported last year, at least 206 were attributed to violence during gang clashes, while the remainder were recorded as illness, suicide or undetermined causes amid a tu…

Thirty-four Australians Freed from Roj Camp to Be Flown Home via Damascus

Thirty-four Australians Freed from Roj Camp to Be Flown Home via Damascus

Syrian Kurdish authorities released 34 Australians from the Roj camp on Feb. 16. The group was handed over to relatives who traveled to Syria to collect them and were put on small buses bound for Damascus ahead of a planned flight to Australia. The release comes amid ongoing transfers and shifting control in northern Syria, where thousands linked t…

Zelenskiy Urges Equal Pressure on Moscow as Geneva Talks Loom

Zelenskiy Urges Equal Pressure on Moscow as Geneva Talks Loom

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed cautious hope that upcoming U.S.-brokered trilateral talks in Geneva will produce substantive progress, while criticizing what he sees as disproportionate pressure on Ukraine to make concessions. He also accused Russia of attempting to slow the process by changing its lead negotiator, and called for…

Accused Bondi Beach Gunman Appears by Video Link at Sydney Court

Accused Bondi Beach Gunman Appears by Video Link at Sydney Court

A 24-year-old man charged over a mass shooting at a Hanukkah gathering on Bondi Beach made his first court appearance via video link while held at a maximum-security prison. He faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and a terror offence, and the matter was adjourned until April as legal teams await the prosecution brief.