Chad shut its eastern border with Sudan after clashes tied to Sudan’s civil war killed five Chadian soldiers.

Chad says it’s closing the border “until further notice” to stop spillover from Sudan’s conflict and protect civilians and refugees.

More troops are being deployed to the area.

A local analyst warned:

“Whether we like it or not, Chad now appears to be a party to the conflict.”

Source: Reuters

NEW: Slovak PM Robert Fico has halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine starting today, calling it “the first reciprocal step” over the suspension of Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline.

He said:

“If the Ukrainian side asks Slovakia for assistance in stabilizing its energy grid, such assistance will not be provided.”

Fico warned Slovakia could take further action — including reconsidering support for Ukraine’s EU membership — if oil flows aren’t restored.

“Slovakia has the right to receive oil supplies… we fully reserve the right to take further steps.”

UN Officials: Human Rights Under Full Scale Attack Worldwide

UN Chief Antonio Guterres & Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk warned that human rights are “under assault” worldwide, citing Sudan, Gaza and Ukraine.

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NEW: Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine has warned Trump that striking Iran could risk a prolonged conflict and U.S. casualties.

While he would carry out any order, he’s urging careful consideration.

Source: Axios

JD Vance has raised concerns in internal discussions about the risks and complexity of striking Iran, particularly the possibility of U.S. entanglement.

While not outright opposed to military action, he hopes diplomacy — including talks in Geneva — could produce a breakthrough, though he’s not optimistic.

Source: Axios

Trump’s “Board of Peace” exploring launching a US dollar–backed stablecoin for Gaza to revive its shattered economy.

The idea — still preliminary — would create a digital payments system (not a new currency) to replace scarce physical cash.

Source: FT

Israel says it will not fund Gaza’s reconstruction through Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

Israeli official Ze’ev Elkin:

We will not fund the Board of Peace; there is no reason to.

We were attacked and there is no reason for us to pay for the reconstruction.

Commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army Amir Hatami:

They (the US) fought for 20 years in Vietnam and Afghanistan and ultimately withdrew in disgrace, and the same thing happened to them in Iraq.

The enemy’s invincibility are false.

Iran is not swallowable.

Reza Pahlavi:

Now that the likelihood of an intervention is greater than ever, a limited window of opportunity remains for military and law enforcement commanders—especially army commanders and other officials whose hands are not stained with the blood of the nation—to separate themselves from this criminal regime.

The choice is yours: by joining the people, you can protect yourselves and your families and share in the nation’s victory; or you can tie your fate to the sinking ship of the Islamic Republic and go down with Khamenei and his regime.

As we enter a new phase of the National Cooperation Campaign, I invite you, during the live broadcast of the newly established Iran National Revolution TV, to scan the campaign’s QR code and get in touch with my special team.

Iran’s destiny depends on the decisions we make today. With responsibility and courage, we can write a new chapter in the history of the Iranian nation.

Russia's Medvedev:

Kaja, the blonde rat, said she was working to ensure that 100s of thousands of former Russian servicemen would never enter Schengen. What a loss for our fighters.

Well, they can enter it without visas if they want to. Like in 1812 or 1945.

WATCH: Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter being hit by a MANPADS near Hostomel in March 2022.

The video captures the moment of impact, the rotor blades detaching, the cockpit canopy blowing off, and the ejection seats firing.

Four Syrian Internal Security Forces members were killed in an ISIS attack on a checkpoint west of Raqqa today.

Gunmen targeted the Al-Sabahiya checkpoint with machine guns.

Security forces killed one attacker and seized an explosive belt, grenades, and a weapon. Two officers were also wounded.

Authorities say operations are ongoing to hunt down remaining ISIS cells.

John Bolton:

Although you could potentially eliminate the Ayatollah, that would leave the Revolutionary Guard in place, and the government in Iran is the Revolutionary Guard, while the Ayatollahs serve as a religious cover or an ideological cover for them.

John Bolton on Iran:

Trump, I think, just hopes that this show of American force will intimidate the Ayatollahs. If I were still his advisor, I’d be happy to tell him that isn’t going to work.

They’re not going to be intimidated. But Trump really thinks minute to minute; he doesn’t think strategically.

John Bolton on Iran:

It’s entirely possible Trump would be satisfied with strikes of a limited nature.

American conservative radio host Mark Levin, who has close ties to Trump, posted variations of “Get Khamenei!” at least 16 times on X between Feb. 11 and Feb. 23, 2026.

He began the slogan-style posts on Feb. 11 (“Get Khamenei! Today!”) and has repeated them almost daily since. On Feb. 15, he wrote:

“I’ll say it every day until it happens. Get Khamenei!”

The U.S. Ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been barred from meeting members of the French government after failing to appear at the Foreign Ministry when summoned.

Kushner was called in over comments by the U.S. Embassy regarding the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, who was beaten to death in a clash with alleged hard-left activists. The embassy had warned that “violent radical leftism” was on the rise.

French officials said the case was a domestic matter and accused the embassy of interfering in national debate.

Source: Reuters

Anthropic said three Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax—created over 24,000 fake accounts and prompted its Claude model more than 16 million times to extract data for their own systems.

Source: WSJ