Radical Israeli settlers post list of their attacks on West Bank PalestiniansThe tally, titled "Monthly summary of the struggle against the Arab enemy in the Holy Land", lists 29 vehicles set ablaze, 12 homes torched, "40 Arabs injured", and hundreds of windows smashed and olive trees cut down across 33 towns and villages. Five of them are in Mikhmas, a village near Ramallah. A nearby Bedouin community left the area this month, citing sustained harassment.
https://www.newarab.com/news/radical-israeli-settlers-list-attacks-west-bank-palestinians General Security targets oil refineries in Al-Jarzy Town in Deir Ezzor Villages in the south-eastern countryside of Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) are experiencing systematic assaults targeting Kurdish families’ homes since factions affiliated with the Ministry of Defense of the transitional government took control of the area. SOHR activists have reported that these factions continue to loot property in the countryside of Sarrin and Jalabiya belonging to Kurdish families forcibly displaced to Kobani.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/378097/Bodyguards for Azerbaijani president, in town for Trump’s Board of Peace, attack protesters in DCDemonstrators calling for the release of political prisoners were driven from the street near the motorcade of Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani leader. The clashes broke out outside the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue, blocks from the White House, where Aliyev was staying during an official visit.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/azerbaijan-trump-board-peace-protestorsTurkish authorities arrest Deutsche Welle journalist for alleged Erdogan insultUludag, who works for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, was taken from his home in Ankara late Thursday on suspicion of insulting the president and disseminating misleading information through his posts on X. The journalist, known for his reporting on the judiciary and corruption cases, was later transferred to Istanbul, where prosecutors charged him with insulting the president — an offense that carries a maximum prison sentence of four years.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-journalist-detained-insulting-erdogan-47a5f547b003e89d9a06e95f10f6e61eFrance arrests nine over far-right activist's killingQuentin Deranque, 23, died after sustaining a severe brain injury when he was attacked by at least six people last week on the sidelines of a far-right protest against a left-wing politician speaking at a university in the southeastern city of Lyon.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260217-france-arrests-seven-over-far-right-activist-s-killinghttps://archive.ph/0wpl7Google Gave a British Student’s Credit Card and Bank Information to ICEGoogle handed a British graduate student’s bank and credit card information over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after he was targeted by the agency for attending a pro-Palestine protest for just five minutes. The tech giant fulfilled a subpoena request from ICE for “a wide array of personal data” on Amandla Thomas-Johnson, an activist and journalist who was studying in the US at Cornell University, The Intercept reported.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/02/20/google-gave-a-british-students-credit-card-and-bank-information-to-ice/Trump changed mind on Chagos deal ‘after UK blocked use of Diego Garcia for Iran strikes’In his latest change of heart on the deal, the US president said on social media that Keir Starmer was “making a big mistake” by handing sovereignty of the islands to Mauritius in exchange for continued use by the UK and US of their airbase on one of the islands, Diego Garcia. While Trump had previously criticised the plan, which is backed by the US state department, earlier in February he had described it as the “best” deal Starmer could make in the circumstances.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/donald-trump-turns-against-uk-chagos-islands-plan-iranResistance to the NATO Security Summit in Munich Thousands from anti-fascist, anti-imperialist, revolutionary and democratic organizations took part in the action organized by the Anti-NATO Platform against the summit, which brought together the imperialists and their lackeys responsible for injustice, exploitation and wars around the world. PARTIZAN and AGEB also took part in this action.
https://redherald.org/2026/02/19/germany-resistance-to-the-nato-security-summit-in-munich/2 Cambodian journalists appeal treason convictions over a photo from Thai border clashPhorn Sopheap of Battambang Post TV Online and Pheap Pheara of TSP 68 TV Online were arrested in separate locations on July 31 while returning from reporting trips. Authorities say they took photographs in a restricted military zone, and one showed land mines, which appeared to discredit official Cambodian denials of using such weapons.
https://apnews.com/article/cambodia-media-landmines-border-photo-221fdc9bddec96aae686ec65a875af1cIndian farmers intensify opposition to trade deal with the USThe united front of farmers’ groups in India, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), announced the launch of a new campaign to demand the removal of the country’s Minister of Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal, for his role in “anti-people” trade with the US.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/20/indian-farmers-intensify-opposition-to-trade-deal-with-the-us/ Gabriela condemns break in and theft at Caloocan office According to the group, the incident is linked to the militarization and red-tagging by the NTF-Elcac and the 12th Civil Military Operation (CMO) across North Caloocan communities. Surveillance and spying against Caloocan activist leaders reportedly followed one after the other since the year began.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/gabriela-condemns-break-in-and-theft-at-caloocan-office/Junta Airstrikes, Troop Deployments Follow Ex-Resistance Leader’s Surrender in SagaingEncircled by National Unity Government (NUG)-aligned People’s Defense Force (PDF) units, he and his group were airlifted after a military ground unit reached the village in advance and escorted them, a resistance member on the ground said. After the evacuation of Bo Nagar and his group, the regime used gyrocopters to bomb areas around Pale town and in nearby Yinmabin Township where resistance groups have been active. This continued Thursday, Ko Zaw Htet, leader of Pale Township’s People’s Administration under the NUG, told The Irrawaddy. However, no damage or casualties were reported in the attacks.
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