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Hollywood groups slam ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 over copyright violations 

16 February 2026

China’s ByteDance has pledged to address concerns over its new artificial intelligence video generator, after Hollywoo...

Europe’s growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom 

16 February 2026

One afternoon late August in a quiet Irish seaside town, a supermarket worker decided he could no longer separate his jo...

US forces board tanker in Indian Ocean that fled Trump’s Venezuela blockade 

16 February 2026

United States forces have boarded another tanker in the Indian Ocean that was sanctioned for carrying Venezuelan oil, ac...

Israel’s move to register land ‘systematises dispossession’ of Palestinians 

15 February 2026

Israel’s decision to resume the land registration processes in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967 wi...

Netanyahu calls for dismantling Iran’s nuclear programme in any US deal 

15 February 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has outlined the conditions he considers necessary for any prospective deal be...

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,453 

15 February 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is where things stand on Monday, February 16: Fighting Russian forces launched attacks acro...

Israel bombs Lebanon-Syria border, kills four people 

15 February 2026

BREAKINGBREAKING, News|Israel attacks Lebanon Israeli forces have bombed a vehicle near Lebanon’s border with Syria, k...

Can the UN Security Council be reformed? 

15 February 2026

African nations must have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council, the head of the world body has told th...

At least 11 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza 

15 February 2026

At least 11 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip in the latest Israeli attacks that continue in violation of ...

Photos: India rout bitter rivals Pakistan at T20 World Cup 

15 February 2026

Defending champions India have thumped Pakistan by 61 runs in a grudge Group A match at the Twenty20 World Cup in Colomb...