Washington's conditional offer for Geneva meeting comes as Trump's 15-day ultimatum enters final week, with massive naval strike group nearing the Gulf
The United States and Philippines issued a joint statement on February 17, 2026, committing to "increase deployments of U.S. cutting-edge missile and unmanned systems to the Philippines," marking the clearest articulation yet of a sustained American military presence capable of striking mainland Chi
The denial came swiftly and categorically. When French intelligence publication Intelligence Online reported in February 2026 that a secret multinational F-16 squadron—comprising Ukrainian, American, and Dutch veteran pilots—was operating over Kyiv's airspace, the Ukrainian Air Force dismissed it ou
Attack in Bajaur district reveals continued vulnerability of military installations along Afghanistan border despite years of counterinsurgency operations
Three employees of Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant were killed on February 17 when Russian forces struck their vehicle with a Shahed-type loitering munition in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast. The deaths were confirmed by Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov during an official briefing, a