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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will attend the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ in Washington this month, Jakarta’s foreign ministry said yesterday. — Reuters pic

Indonesia president to attend first meeting of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ in Washington

US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz addresses an event marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City January 27, 2026. — Reuters pic

US to begin paying billions owed to UN ‘within weeks’, envoy says

Picture taken on September 19, 2027 shows then President of the International Peace Institute Terje Rod-Larsen speaking onstage during the ‘Global Citizen: Movement Makers’ at NYU Skirball Centre in New York City. The former high-profile diplomat helped Jeffrey Epstein weave his web of dignitaries, acting as a go-between for the convicted US sex offender, according to media. — Theo Wargo/Getty Images North America/AFP pic

‘A spider at the centre of the web’: Norway’s ex‑diplomat seen as key cog in Epstein network

Flags fly from the roof of France's Foreign and European Affairs Ministry, called the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris August 18, 2010. — Reuters pic

France orders probe after emails show French diplomat exchanged documents with Epstein

A police officer leaves the residence of Former UK ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, carrying a box in central London on February 6, 2025. UK police probing Mandelson were searching two properties on February 6, 2026, London's Metropolitan Police said, following fresh revelations in the Epstein files. — AFP pic

UK prosecutors liaise with police as Epstein probe widens to include Andrew, Mandelson emails

US Attorney General Pam Bondi gestures while testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. February 11, 2026. — Reuters pic

Democrats blast US attorney general over Epstein file ‘cover‑up’ and acting as Trump’s ‘instrument of revenge’

Police officers detain the gunman after he entered Patongprathankiriwat School and held an unknown number of students and teachers hostage, in southern Thailand’s Songkhla, Thailand, February 11, 2026. — Royal Thai Police handout pic via Reuters

Thailand school director dies after campus shooting; 18‑year‑old suspect hospitalised

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stand at the Knesset on the day Trump addresses it, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem October 13, 2025. — Reuters pic

Netanyahu: Israel to take part in Trump’s newly launched ‘Board of Peace’

A police vehicle is parked outside a high school, the site of a deadly mass shooting in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada February 11, 2026. — Reuters pic

Canada police: 18‑year‑old behind mass shooting, killed mother and stepbrother before school attack

Millions of young Bangladeshis like these Dhaka University students will vote for the first time on February 12, 2026 in a landmark election to determine the country's leadership following a 2024 student-led uprising that ended former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's autocratic rule. — AFP pic

After 2024 uprising, Bangladesh’s youth head to polls in historic leadership contest

An 18-year-old armed with a gun entered the Patongprathankiriwat School in Hat Yai, Thailand on February 11, 2026 while teachers and students were still inside and reported fired shots, injuring at least three people before being captured by police. — Screengrabs from X/LOLA

Hat Yai school attack ends as Thai police capture 18-year-old shooter; at least three injured

Authorities said there were no ⁠arrests made inside the Kampot casino complex known as My Casino. — Reuters pic

Cambodia says it has closed almost 200 scam centres in fraud crackdown

Kwok Yin-sang, father of wanted US-based activist Anna Kwok, arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts building in Hong Kong, China, February 11, 2026. — Reuters pic

Hong Kong convicts father of wanted activist over handling of funds

China’s foreign ministry called on the Australian government to take care in its handling of the case. ― Reuters pic

Australia charges two Chinese nationals with foreign interference

This screengrab of a video provided by local journalist Trent Ernst shows the middle school and high school building where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, 2026. — Photo by Trent Ernst via AFP

Canada in mourning: Rare mass shooting claims ten lives in British Columbia town

Lucy Harrison is seen here in a photo with her father Kris Harrison in an undated social media pic. — Picture via Facebook

British woman fatally shot by father in Texas following argument about politics, inquest hears