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“If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, there are a lot of other regimes, some friendly, some not so friendly, who would get nuclear weapons after them,” Vance said. US Vice President JD Vance holds a joint press conference with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), in Yerevan, Armenia, February 9, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/POOL)ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOFFEBRUARY 18, 2026 09:21Updated: FEBRUARY 18, 2026 09:55 US Vice President JD Vance said that Iran is not yet willing to acknowledge some of US President Donald Trump’s “red lines,” particularly those regarding the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, following Tuesday’s negotiations in Geneva. “In some ways it went …

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According to Maariv, since the start of February, the IDF has killed 12 Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad terrorists in the country. Flames and smoke errupt from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tair Filsay on November 19, 2025.(photo credit: COURTNEY BONNEAU/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) BySAM HALPERN FEBRUARY 17, 2026 08:58Updated: FEBRUARY 17, 2026 10:08 The IDF has been escalating its strikes on terror targets in Lebanon in recent days in preparation for another round of war with Iran, N12 News reported on Monday evening. According to the outlet, the military’s ramping up of …

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In interview with Drop Site, senior Hamas official Basem Naim rejects unilateral disarmament and links any weapons talks to ceasefire and statehood. Israel National News Published: Feb 17, 2026, 7:51 AM (GMT+2) Hamas terrorists in GazaAbed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 Senior Hamas official Basem Naim has told the far-left American outlet Drop Site that the terrorist organization will not agree to unilateral disarmament demands. The interview comes as President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reiterated calls for the demilitarization of Gaza as part of efforts to move forward with reconstruction and a potential second phase of a ceasefire arrangement. Naim, who has …

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After using 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) during Operation Midnight Hammer against Iranian nuclear facilities, the USAF needs to replenish its arsenal. B-2 bomber drops a GBU-57 during a test(photo credit: US AIR FORCE)ByANNA AHRONHEIMFEBRUARY 16, 2026 10:25Updated: FEBRUARY 16, 2026 17:44 Amid high tensions between the US and Iran, the US Air Force has awarded Boeing a sole-source contract to replenish its arsenal of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs, which the US dropped over a dozen on Iranian nuclear facilities in June during Operation Midnight Hammer. According to a partially redacted justification notice posted online last week, the US …

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Ahead of transition to second stage of ceasefire, Gaza reconstruction, Hamas demanding to control Gaza politically. Israel National News Published: Feb 16, 2026, 8:07 AM (GMT+2)   Hamas terrorists in Gaza (illustrative)Ali Hassan/Flash90 Ahead of the transition to Phase B of US President Donald Trump’s plan for rebuilding Gaza, Hamas has set a new demand: to […]

“This gets us closer to deploy nuclear power when and where it is needed to give our nation’s warfighters the tools to win in battle,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. Cooling towers at the former Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant during a tour by Constellation Energy in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, […]

Syrian Arab Army takes over Al-Shadadi in northeast of country, close to Jordan-Iraq border; site formerly housed prison where Kurdish forces held Islamic State members By AFP15 February 2026, 3:12 pm   Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit atop an armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern […]

Syrian foreign minister says talks focus on Israel withdrawing from lands seized after Assad’s fall. Dalit Halevy Published: Feb 15, 2026, 2:42 PM (GMT+2)   The Chod Hachanit brigade in SyriaIDF Spokesperson Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said that the current talks with Israel are focused on Israel’s withdrawal from territories it occupied in southern Syria […]

Blocking Iranian oil exports to China among the options, US official tells Axios; Geneva to host next round of US-Iran talks, though second American official sees ‘zero chance’ of deal By ToI Staff14 February 2026, 11:23 pm US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from […]

Mujahid clarified that the Taliban would show sympathy and possibly cooperate with Iran if requested, but the group is not committing to joining a retaliatory war against the US. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan November 10, 2021.(photo credit: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo)ByJAMES GENN FEBRUARY 16, 2026 01:41Updated: FEBRUARY 16, 2026 02:39The Taliban will aid […]

Deputy FM tells BBC ‘ball is in America’s court,’ says talks have been ‘positive’; Iran won’t give up missiles, senior diplomat says, calling them ‘defensive capabilities’ By ToI StaffToday, 11:21 am   Screengrab of Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, in an interview with the BBC, aired February 2026. (BBC) Iran is ready […]