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Iranians worry over American military buildup as last-chance round of talks nears

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, February 25, 2026 (AP) — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last chance for their ruling theocracy to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. Some say the situation feels hopeless. Battered by decades of sanctions, heightened by Trump’s 2018 decision to withdraw from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, Iranians also just suffered through the bloodiest crackdown on dissent in the country’s

South Korea’s birthrate, the world’s lowest, rises again amid signs of easing demographic crisis

SEOUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) – South Korea’s birthrate rose for a second-straight year in 2025, government data showed on Wednesday, in a further sign that a country facing a demographic crisis for nearly a decade may be starting to turn a corner. South Korea’s total fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is expected to have during her reproductive life, stood at 0.80 in 2025, up from 0.75 in 2024, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. New births in the Asian country started to rebound in 2024 on a post-pandemic boost and supported

With midterm elections looming, an unpopular Trump seeks a State of the Union reset

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump declared that “this is the Golden Age of America” at the start of his State of the Union address on Tuesday, seeking to project an aura of success at a fraught moment for his presidency and his Republican Party. “Our nation is back — bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before,” he said after taking the stage to cheers of “USA, USA” from his party’s members of Congress, while Democrats stood in stony silence. Democratic U.S. Representative Al Green was removed from the House chamber for the second consecutive year

UN data shows 6.5 million people at risk of severe hunger from drought

MOGADISHU, Somalia, February 24, 2026 (AP) — Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as worsening drought, conflict and global aid cuts intensify the country’s humanitarian crisis, the federal government and U.N. agencies said Tuesday. New data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report shows that 6.5 million people are projected to face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity by the end of March. The report also estimates that 1.84 million children under the age of 5 are expected to suffer acute malnutrition in 2026, including nearly 500,000 who will be severely malnourished. Officials said

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