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South China Morning Post - World News

2026-02-10 05:13:05 (4 hours ago)

How Israeli restrictions are starving Palestinian families in occupied West Bank

Hanadi Abu Zant has not been able to pay rent on her flat in the occupied West Bank for nearly a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel. When her landlord calls the police on her, she hides in a mosque. “My biggest fear is being kicked out of my home. Where will we sleep, on the street?” she said, wiping tears from her cheeks. She is among some 100,000 Palestinians whose work permits were revoked after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. Confined to the...

France 24 - World News

2026-02-10 05:10:48 (4 hours ago)

French left calls for Epstein inquiry as Macron says scandal 'mainly concerns' US

The head of France's National Assembly on Tuesday pushed back against opposition calls for a parliamentary inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein's links to the French political and cultural elite, a day after President Emmanuel Macron said the scandal involving the late sex offender was "a matter that mainly concerns the United States".

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-02-10 05:07:12 (4 hours ago)

Humanitarian crisis deepens as South Sudan violence surges

Humanitarian operations have been impeded by attacks, looting and restrictions on movement.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-02-10 05:06:21 (4 hours ago)

US strikes civil nuclear agreement with Armenia, Russia’s former close ally

Visiting US Vice President JD Vance pledges as much as $9bn in potential investment in Armenia.

France 24 - World News

2026-02-10 05:04:36 (4 hours ago)

US social media companies on trial over accusations they engineered 'addiction' for children

Meta Platforms and YouTube defended themselves in a landmark civil suit in Los Angeles on Monday, where they were accused of purposely designing their products to cause addiction in children. The US's leading tech companies are facing several similar court cases across the country. Also in this edition, French President Emmanuel Macron calls for the EU to launch a joint borrowing mechanism to invest in AI, green tech and quantum computing.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-02-10 05:03:41 (4 hours ago)

The UK’s shrinking centre is Keir Starmer’s real crisis

The political settlement underpinning Labour’s governing model is starting to fracture.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-10 05:03:17 (4 hours ago)

‘A white man’s war, a Black man’s fight’: the eye-opening story of Black soldiers in Vietnam

At a time when Black military history is being rewritten under Trump officials, new book The War Within a War provides a vital reminder

Wil Haygood’s new book, his 10th, is The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home. Meeting in Washington DC to discuss it, he produces from between the pages a small Ziploc bag. Carefully, he takes out a flier, yellowed and brittle with age. The text at the top is Vietnamese. Underneath there is English.

It reads: “Colored GI’s! The South Vietnamese people, who are struggling for their independence and freedom, are friends with the American colored people being victim of barbarous racial discrimination at home. Your battlefield is right in the USA! Your enemy is the war lords in the White House and the Pentagon!”

New York Times - World News

2026-02-10 05:02:45 (4 hours ago)

Russia Knocked Out the Heat. So She Slept in a Tent on Her Bed.

With defiant ingenuity, Kyiv residents are trying to find ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.

New York Times - World News

2026-02-10 05:02:22 (4 hours ago)

How Ukrainians Are Coping Without Heat

Our Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew E. Kramer, describes how Kyiv residents are coping with Russia’s unrelenting assaults on their country’s heating and electrical systems and finding ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.

Le Monde - World News

2026-02-10 05:01:04 (4 hours ago)

Jack Lang, a central node in France-Morocco power networks

The former French culture minister was forced to resign as head of the Paris-based Arab World Institute over his links to the sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

New York Times - World News

2026-02-10 05:00:55 (4 hours ago)

Trump’s Threats to Cuba’s Oil Suppliers Put Mexico in a Bind

The longstanding alliance between Cuba and Mexico is under mounting pressure from the United States, forcing President Claudia Sheinbaum into a precarious balancing act.

New York Times - World News

2026-02-10 05:00:45 (4 hours ago)

Eating Kosher in the Heart of Syria: Lamb-Stuffed Zucchini but Hold the Yogurt

In the post-Assad era, more Jews are visiting a country that some fled decades ago. One hotel restaurant offers a corner where religious dietary requirements are melded with the local cuisine.