This meeting comes after Netanyahu met with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at Blair House in Washington on Tuesday, where the three discussed various regional issues.

We are now seeing the rats fleeing the ship, because we can see millions, tens of millions of dollars being wired out of the country," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Newsmax.

Barack plays a key role as US ambassador to Turkey, Special Envoy to Syria, and one of the key figures in American policy in the Levant, while also keeping constant dialogues with Gulf state actors.

According to the index's findings, 73% of Israelis rate Trump as a better-than-average US president in terms of Israel's interests, with 49% describing him as one of the best in history for Israel.

The action barring flights at a single US airport appears unprecedented, government officials said. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the FAA barred all civilian flights across the United States.

“This isn’t about giving the Jewish community special treatment but simply the right to live safely and freely like any other citizens,” said party leader Farage.

Samer Khawaireh, 45, told Reuters that all he was given to eat in Israel's prisons was ten thin pieces of bread over the course of a day, with a bit of hummus and tahini, and tuna twice a week.

A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said.

Libya granted several foreign companies new oil exploration and production licences for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, after more than a decade of political instability.

General Ashraf Salem Zaher, the former head of the Egyptian Military Academy -succeeds General Abdelmeguid Saqr, and will lead a merged ministry for defence and military production - the latter previously its own entity governing Egypt's sizable military economy

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Iran's president vowed on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would not yield to outside aggression, as it marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution with events overshadowed by the looming threat of US military action.

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A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed two children and injured 12 others Wednesday in the southern Kordofan city of El-Rahad, a medical source told AFP.

Tensions are mounting in the Arctic after several European countries deployed small troop contingents to Greenland, following repeated comments by President Donald Trump about wanting to annex the island.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo has not "sold off" its vast mineral wealth to the United States under an agreement granting Washington access to its reserves, the country's mining minister said on Wednesday, at a time of intensifying global competition among major powers for critical resources.

David Cunio and Ariel Cunio were both kidnapped on October 7, 2023 from Kibbutz Nir Oz, where more than a quarter of the approximately 400 residents were either killed or abducted.

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The Brazilian Federal Police seized at least BRL 9.5 billion from suspected criminal organizations in 2025. According to the corporation’s director-general, Andrei Rodrigues, the amount - which is not yet final - corresponds to assets seized with judicial authorization, including real estate, vehicles, aircraft, jewelry, and other property belonging to individuals suspected of being part of these groups.

During an event at the Ministry of Justice and Public Security headquarters in Brasília on Tuesday (Feb. 10), Rodrigues presented a summary of police actions. He stated that the increasing seizure of high-value assets is part of the federal government’s effort to confront the economic power of criminal organizations, “decapitalizing” them.

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According to the director-general, BRL 6.5 billion was seized in 2024; slightly more than BRL 3 billion in 2023; and less than BRL 1 billion in 2022.

“We are intensifying our efforts to weaken organized crime by targeting its economic power,” he said.

Federal Highway Police

At the same event, the director of the Federal Highway Police, Antônio Fernando Souza Oliveira, reported the main results of the corporation’s actions on federal highways over the past year.

According to Oliveira, the seizure of 48.3 million packs of illegal cigarettes alone represented a loss of approximately BRL 241 million for criminal factions. He also reported the seizure of 44.3 tons of cocaine and 719 tons of marijuana.

In addition, 7,294 vehicles - including cars, motorcycles, and cargo trucks - were recovered, generating an estimated loss of BRL 400 million for criminal groups, according to Oliveira.

Actions against environmental crimes resulted in the seizure of 39,367 m³ of illegally harvested timber and 213.6 kg of illicitly sourced gold.

According to Araghchi, Tehran last seach initiative is how Iran is preparing for the next round of talks with the US, even as it closely watches US moves.

According to the military, "After the incident, a military police investigation was opened, Upon its completion, its findings will be forwarded to the Military Advocate General for review."