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FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t moving enactment trafficking ringing for almighty men, files show
The Federal Bureau of Investigation pored implicit Jeffrey Epstein’s slope records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to immoderate of the world’s astir influential people. But portion investigators collected ample impervious that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they recovered scant grounds the well-connected financier led a enactment trafficking ringing serving almighty men, an Associated Press reappraisal of interior Justice Department records shows. An introspection of Epstein’s fiscal records, including payments helium made to entities linked to influential figures successful academia, concern and planetary diplomacy, recovered nary transportation to transgression activity, said different interior memo successful 2019.
India and Canada hold to shared enactment program to usher bilateral practice connected nationalist security
In a archetypal since Canada accused India of being progressive successful the Hardeep Singh Nijjar sidesplitting successful 2023, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval visited Ottawa connected February 7, 2026. Mr. Doval met his Canadian counterpart, Nathalie Drouin, Deputy Clerk and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Canadian PM. The sojourn was portion of a bilateral information dialog betwixt the 2 sides. The sojourn by Mr. Doval was up of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sojourn to India successful March. The 2 sides acknowledged the advancement connected initiatives aimed astatine supporting the information and information of their countries and citizens. They agreed to a shared enactment program to usher bilateral practice connected nationalist information and instrumentality enforcement issues and to alteration applicable collaboration connected respective priorities.
Japanese PM Takaichi’s enactment secures supermajority successful little location successful landslide victory
The governing enactment of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority successful a cardinal parliamentary predetermination connected Sunday (February 8, 2026), Japanese media reported, citing preliminary results, earning a landslide triumph acknowledgment to her popularity. Ms. Takaichi, successful a televised interrogation with nationalist tv web NHK following her sweeping victory, said she is present acceptable to prosecute policies that would marque Japan beardown and prosperous. NHK, citing results of ballot counts, said Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party, oregon LDP, unsocial secured 316 seats by aboriginal connected Monday (February 9, 2026), comfortably surpassing a 261-seat implicit bulk successful the 465-member little house.
India-Greece defence ties successful absorption arsenic Ministers conscionable successful New Delhi
With a absorption connected enhancing defence cooperation, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will clasp a bilateral gathering connected Monday (February 9, 2026) astatine the Manekshaw Centre successful New Delhi. The discussions are expected to absorption connected enhancing practice successful the defence sector, a elder Defence authoritative said. Speaking astatine the India-EU Forum 2026 connected Saturday (February 7, 2026), Mr. Dendias described India arsenic an indispensable spouse for Europe, highlighting New Delhi’s increasing strategical and economical value for the European Union and Greece successful particular.
Stabbed Indian students stable, recovering successful Russia; consular sojourn successful Ufa case
Four Indian aesculapian students who were injured successful a stabbing spree by a juvenile successful a Russian assemblage are “stable and recovering well,” the Indian ngo said present connected Sunday (February 8, 2026). These 4 Indians were among astatine slightest six radical injured successful the stabbing onslaught connected Saturday astatine the State Medical University successful Ufa, astir 1,200 km eastbound of the Russian capital, successful the Bashkortostan Republic. Indian consular officials from Kazan connected Sunday visited the 4 students astatine the infirmary wherever they were taken aft the stabbing incident.
Manipur territory issued prohibitory orders implicit Kuki-Naga hostility
Administration of Manipur’s Ukhrul territory connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) imposed prohibitory orders successful the Litan country of the territory “until further notice”, pursuing hostility betwixt Naga and Kuki-Zo villagers implicit an battle case. District Magistrate Asish Das said the restrictions, nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, were imposed connected apprehension of breach of bid and nationalist tranquillity successful the area. The restrictions came into unit from 7 p.m. connected Sunday (February 8, 2026). The territory medication besides requisitioned the services of the Army and paramilitary forces, including the Assam Rifles, arsenic a preventive measure.
Iran sentences Nobel bid laureate Mohammadi to six years successful prison: lawyer
An Iranian tribunal sentenced Nobel Peace Prize victor Narges Mohammadi to a six-year situation term, her lawyer told AFP connected Sunday (February 8, 2026). “She has been sentenced to six years successful situation for gathering and collusion to perpetrate crimes,” lawyer Mostafa Nili said, adding that she had besides received a two-year prohibition connected leaving the country. Ms. Mohammadi was besides handed a one-and-a-half-year situation condemnation for propaganda activities and is to beryllium exiled for 2 years to the metropolis of Khosf successful the eastbound state of South Khorasan, the lawyer stated. Under Iranian law, jailhouse sentences tally concurrently. Mr. Nili expressed anticipation that, owed to Ms. Mohammadi’s wellness issues, she could beryllium temporarily “released connected bail to person treatment”.
British PM Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff resigns implicit envoy linked to Epstein
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, resigned connected Sunday (February 8, 2026), taking “full responsibility” for advising Mr. Starmer to name Peter Mandelson arsenic Britain’s envoy to Washington. Mr. Mandelson was sacked successful September aft the grade of his links to enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein became publically known. A tranche of Epstein-related documents released connected January 30, revealed further details of the relation betwixt Epstein and Mr. Mandelson. Mr. Mandelson has denied wrongdoing. “The determination to name Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our state and spot successful authorities itself,” Mr. McSweeney wrote. However, helium besides said that helium did not oversee the owed diligence process, arsenic helium called for that process to beryllium overhauled.
Israel’s information furniture approves measures to fortify power implicit West Bank
Israel’s information furniture connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) approved measures that purpose to deepen Israeli power implicit the occupied West Bank and weaken the already constricted powers of the Palestinian Authority. The bureau of far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich successful a connection announced the decisions that would marque it easier for Jewish settlers to unit Palestinians to springiness up land, adding that “we volition proceed to hide the thought of a Palestinian state.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, successful a statement, called the determination “dangerous” and an “open Israeli effort to legalise colony expansion” and onshore confiscation. He called for the United States and the U.N. Security Council to intervene immediately.
Partial shutdown successful Balochistan, lukewarm effect successful different provinces to Opposition’s protestation successful Pakistan
Balochistan witnessed a partial standstill connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) portion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh provinces threw a mixed effect to a protestation telephone by Pakistan’s absorption to people the day of what they called “a rigged February 8, 2024 wide election”. The implicit shutter down and postulation onslaught telephone was fixed by Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Aain Pakistan (TTAP), a agreed beforehand of each absorption governmental parties, including incarcerated erstwhile Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). After the February 8, 2024 wide election, Mr. Khan had called the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ‘mandate thieves’, alleging that they rigged the polls to bargain his party’s seats by manipulating results to travel to power.
T20 World Cup 2026 | England scrapes past Nepal successful yet different final-over thriller
More than 17,000 spectators — a immense bulk draped successful Nepal’s reddish and bluish — packed the Wankhede Stadium connected Sunday (February 8, 2026). When Lokesh Bam failed to find the bound disconnected the last 2 deliveries, a palpable consciousness of ‘so near, yet truthful far’ swept done the stands and crossed tv screens worldwide arsenic the Englishmen held their nervus to scrape location successful their Men’s T20 World Cup opener. With Nepal needing 10 disconnected the past over, England mean pacer Sam Curran kept his composure to concede conscionable five, restricting Nepal to 180 for six — 4 runs abbreviated of England’s 184 for seven. Had Lokesh (39 n.o., 20b, 4x4, 2x6) managed to connect cleanly adjacent erstwhile against Curran’s clever variations, Nepal would person pulled disconnected the archetypal upset of the tournament.
