A student’s death in Senegal protest reveals anger over leaders’ broken promisesBa died in a nearby hospital from severe head injuries, according to Cheikh Atab Sagne, president of the Student Association of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry. He said Ba did not participate in the protests but was severely beaten by police in his room. Several other students repeated the allegation. The Senegalese government has said in a statement that “serious events” led to the student’s death, without providing details.
https://apnews.com/article/senegal-student-protests-university-stipends-9a1098fb4b0fc12c9941f87a91f1838cSouth Sudan on the ‘precipice’ as violence escalates, UN warnsMr Lacroix, the UN undersecretary-general for peacekeeping, singled out the escalation of fighting in recent weeks in Jonglei state, north-east of the capital, Juba, pointing to reports of bombings, inflammatory rhetoric, severe restrictions on humanitarian access, and over 280,000 people displaced by the violence, “as per government sources.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/south-sudan-precipice-violence-escalates-un-warnsMany killed in south Yemen as crowd linked with STC storms gov’t buildingA crowd linked to Yemen’s separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) has attempted to storm a local government building in the southeastern Yemeni city of Ataq, leaving several dead, according to local authorities and sources. The security committee in Shabwah governorate said armed fighters assaulted security and military personnel and fired live ammunition during Wednesday’s attack, resulting in casualties as official forces intervened.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/11/five-killed-in-yemen-as-crowd-linked-with-stc-in-south-storm-govt-buildinghttps://archive.ph/kZeDdIsrael's attorney general backs 'de facto West Bank annexation' measures, report saysAccording to i24News, ministers were reportedly surprised by Baharav-Miara’s stance. The attorney general has been a controversial figure in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for leading the prosecution during his ongoing corruption trial. In August, the cabinet voted unanimously to dismiss Baharav-Miara, but the Supreme Court of Israel immediately blocked the decision.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-attorney-general-buying-west-bank-land-complies-international-lawPSC to protest outside cosy Palantir MoD multibillion contract partyDemands for contracts with the firm, founded by far-right tech tycoon Peter Thiel, to be reviewed have escalated following revelations that it won a controversial contract to handle NHS data while a client of Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel. Mr Mandelson’s office had also arranged a direct meeting between the firm’s CEO Alex Karp and British chief Louis Mosley, the grandson of fascist Oswald Mosley, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer last year.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/psc-protest-outside-cosy-palantir-mod-multibillion-contract-partyParis appeals court sets verdict in far-right leader Le Pen’s graft case for July 7 A Paris appeals court on Wednesday set July 7 as the date it will issue its ruling in far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s EU parliament funds misuse case. A lower court last year banned her from public office for five years, and if the appeals court upholds that ruling, she will be unable to run in next year’s presidential election.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260211-verdict-for-french-far-right-leader-marine-le-pen-s-appeals-trial-expected-on-july-7https://archive.ph/bJpMKAustralian insurer IAG profit tops estimates on higher premiums, unveils buybackAustralia's top general insurer's cash earnings slipped to A$507 million for the six months ended December 31, down from last year's A$640 million. However, it beat the Visible Alpha consensus estimate of A$464.7 million. Net claims expense for the first half rose 15% to A$3.51 billion, although it was slightly lower than the consensus of A$3.53 billion.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australian-insurer-iag-profit-tops-estimates-higher-premiums-unveils-buyback-2026-02-11/Australia: Queensland LNP government matches Labor by banning “prescribed phrases”The right-wing Liberal National Party (LNP) government in the state of Queensland is vying with the federal and state Labor governments to become the first in Australia to explicitly outlaw the phrases “from the river to the sea” and “globalise the intifada,” which oppose the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/11/rjri-f11.htmlMilei takes on Argentina’s unions, drawing protests as senators debate his labor overhaulSecurity forces struggled to control the crowds in a central square of downtown Buenos Aires, firing water cannons and rubber bullets at protesters who lobbed petrol bombs, stones and water bottles. Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva said two people were arrested for attacking police officers. The fiery standoff underscored the sensitivity of labor rights in this nation dominated since the 1940s by Peronism, a populist movement that has swung right and left ideologically over the decades but always claimed to champion workers’ rights.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-javier-milei-labor-law-trade-unions-11d1d6c0237c9f3ff60017450d6cf905Southwest Colombia indigenous guard thwarts kidnapping of senatorAida Quilcue, a senator and indigenous leader, and her security detail disappeared from the radar around noon while traveling through the east of the Cauca province. Following her release three hours later, Quilcue told press that she and her bodyguards were intercepted and kidnapped by armed men while on their way to Popayan, the capital of Cauca.
https://colombiareports.com/southwest-colombia-indigenous-guard-thwart-kidnapping-of-senator/