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Cuba warns it is running out of airline fuel as Trump dials up pressure
Feb 9, 2026 - World 
Cuba is warning airlines that it will no longer be able to supply fuel, beginning Monday, as President Trump uses economic levers to cut off the communist island's energy supplies.
Babies among 53 dead or missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya, UN says
Feb 9, 2026 - World 
The U.N. migration agency says a shipwreck off Libya's coast has left at least 53 Europe-bound migrants dead or missing
What to know about Takaichi's conservative policies after big election win
Feb 9, 2026 - World
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s big election win paves the way for her ruling party to dominate the crucial lower house of parliament
UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence
Feb 9, 2026 - World 
Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five yearsMinisters have opened up visas to thousands more people from Hong Kong in the wake of the 20-year prison sentence handed down to the pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai.Adult children of British national (overseas) status holders who were under 18 at the time of Hong Kong’s 1997 handover to China will be eligible to apply for the route independently of their parents, a Home Office spokesperson told the Guardian on Monday. Continue reading...
Pakistan says Afghanistan has created conditions ‘similar to or worse than’ pre-9/11 attacks
Feb 9, 2026 - World
Pakistan’s president warns that the Taliban's government in Afghanistan has created conditions “similar to or worse than” those before the 9/11 attacks in 2001
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