Wednesday, February 18, 2026
February 18, 2026
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Two crime scenes, six bodies, and years of ignored warnings have turned a mysterious case in Bulgaria's Petrohan Pass into a referendum on institutional failure ahead of the country's eighth snap election since 2021.
Lawmakers voted 75-24 to remove José Jerí, Peru's seventh president since 2016, after security footage revealed undisclosed late-night meetings with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang in a scandal dubbed 'Chifagate.'
The Philippine vice president announced her candidacy in a televised address, framing the move as national duty while facing fresh impeachment complaints and the looming ICC confirmation hearing for her father Rodrigo Duterte.
Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev warned Russia's navy will break any European blockade of its sanctioned oil tankers and hinted at retaliatory boarding of Western merchant ships, escalating a maritime standoff that now spans the Baltic, Mediterranean and Atlantic.
