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Feb 11, 2026 - World

A 17-year-old with a gun opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand and briefly took people hostage Wednesday in a two-hour attack that left at least three people injured, police and local officials said.

Feb 11, 2026 - World

Human-caused climate change had an important impact on the recent ferocious wildfires that engulfed parts of Chile and Argentina's Patagonia region, making the extremely high-risk conditions that led to widespread burning up to three times more likely than in a world without global warming, a team of researchers warned on Wednesday.

Feb 11, 2026 - World

The Pentagon's office for researching new technologies lacks the authority to actually direct investments, leaving critical capabilities to counter China and Russia underfunded even as warfighters request them, according to a government watchdog report.

Feb 11, 2026 - World

More than six months after southern Syria was rocked by brutal, sectarian violence between religious minorities and Damascus' soldiers, the region's future hangs precariously in the balance.

Feb 11, 2026 - World

A drone strike at a mosque has killed two children and injured 13 others in Sudan’s Kordofan region