February 2025

Video from inside the cockpit of another plane captured the moment a Delta jet crash landed in Toronto.

Pope Francis has pneumonia in both lungs, Vatican says Vatican says Francis’s respiratory infection also involves asthmatic bronchitis but that he remains ‘in good spirits’. Pope Francis is the head of the Roman Catholic Church [File: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters] Published On 18 Feb 202518 Feb 2025 Pope Francis has contracted double pneumonia, further complicating treatment for…

EXPLAINER Israel refuses to fully withdraw from Lebanon: Here’s what to know Israel will keep troops in five locations in Lebanon, defying a ceasefire agreement that came into effect in November. Returning residents ride amid destroyed buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, after an Israeli military spokesperson said that Israel would keep…

Honduras reaches agreement to extend extradition treaty with the US Honduras reverses previous position that it would not extend the treaty, seen as a symbol of heavy-handed US presence. Honduras President Xiomara Castro expressed fears of US meddling in domestic affairs [File: Fredy Rodriguez/Reuters] Published On 18 Feb 202518 Feb 2025 Honduran President Xiomara Castro…

Judge orders leaders of cult-like ‘Zizian’ group to be held without bail Jack LaSota, a blogger known as Ziz, was arrested with two other suspects and tied to a series of six recent killings. Teresa Youngblut and Felix Bauckholt were captured on surveillance cameras at the Newport City Inn in Vermont [Newport City Inn/AP Photo]…

Inside Story How will Lebanon’s new leadership grapple with Israel’s partial withdrawal? Israel’s defence minister says some troops will remain in five positions. The deadline for a complete Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon has come and gone. Tens of thousands of families displaced by 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah are making their…

Ukraine’s president has rejected high-level US-Russia talks on ending the war on his country.

Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from US prison Supporters celebrate the release of an Indigenous activist imprisoned for the killing of two FBI agents after what critics call a flawed trial. Tracker Gina Marie Rangel Quinones stands in front of the federal correctional complex in the US state of Florida where Leonard Peltier was…

Zelenskyy demands Ukraine involvement after US-Russia talks on war Ukrainian president says no decision on how to end Russia’s war on his country can be made without consulting Kyiv. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) attend a joint press conference at the presidential complex in Ankara [Adem Altan/AFP] Published…

British couple detained in Iran charged with spying The couple admitted they had ignored warnings not to travel to Iran as part of their “slightly bonkers” round-the-world motorbike trip. A undated handout picture released by the family of Craig and Lindsay Foreman through Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London on February 15, 2025…