- Sunday, 22 February 2026
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Indian couple trolled over skin colour after wedding video goes viral
Rishabh Rajput and Sonali Chouksey met in college 11 years ago, fell in love and married last month.
Dozens injured after magnitude 7.5 quake strikes northern Japan
At least 30 people were injured after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit north-eastern Japan on Monday night, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
India actor Dileep cleared in 2017 rape and abduction case of actress
A court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has acquitted Malayalam superstar Dileep in the case of abduction and rape of a leading actress.
Deadly border fighting breaks out between Pakistan and Taliban
Fresh deadly border clashes have broken out between Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban forces, with both sides accusing each other of breaking a fragile ceasefire.
Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air
More than 200,000 cases of acute respiratory illnesses were recorded in six state-run hospitals in Delhi between 2022 and 2024 as the Indian capital struggled with rising pollution levels, the federal government has said.
Why 2026 will be a year like no other for India's Sun mission
It's a time of great turbulence. It sees the Sun transition from calm to stormy and is marked by a huge increase in the number of solar storms and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - massive bubbles of fire that blow out of the Sun's outermost layer called corona.
Ninety dead in Indonesia floods as cyclone displaces thousands in Sri Lanka
At least 80 people have died and dozens more are still missing after devastating floods hit Indonesia this week.
US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting
The US has suspended the processing of all immigration requests for Afghan nationals pending a review of "security and vetting protocols", the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced.
Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 44 with 279 still missing, authorities say
At least 44 people have been killed in a major fire engulfing public housing apartments in Hong Kong's Tai Po district - more than 270 people are still not accounted for.
'Once in 300 years' rain hits Thai city as floods ravage South East Asia
Parts of Thailand are battling record floods, which have killed at least 33 people and prompted authorities to deploy military ships and helicopters to support relief efforts.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
Deputies in the Italian parliament have voted unanimously to introduce the crime of femicide – the murder of a woman, motivated by gender – as a distinct law to be punished with a life sentence.
Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction
A group of 24 Nigerian girls who were abducted from their boarding school over a week ago have been released, the country's president said.
Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operations
A plume of volcanic ash from Ethiopia has swept across the Red Sea through Oman and Yemen and reached Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
At least 41 dead as relentless rains flood Vietnam
Relentless rains and floods have killed at least 41 people in central Vietnam since the weekend, while a search continues for nine still missing, state media reports.
War and Hunger "Two Faces of the Same Crisis: UN
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned that the hunger-conflict nexus is a strategic and existential threat, and the Security Council must treat it as such.
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