The globally renowned US Civil Rights Leader and ex-Presidential Nominee Jesse Jackson is dead. He died in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on February 17, 2026. He was 84.

US President Donald Trump has posted a short video on his social media platform, Truth Social, that portrayed former US President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. That was reported by some US media on February 7, 2026.

Rwanda has been accused by USA of violating a recent peace deal and dragging the East African region into war and increased instability, reported some US media on December 13, 2025. The accusation is said to have been made by US envoy to the UN, Mike Waltz, during a UN Security Council meeting on December 12, 2025.

The European Parliament (EP) on November 27, 2025, adopted a powerful resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania. That is disclosed in a press release by EP that was published on the same day.

A historic landmark summit between President Donald Trump of USA and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, took place in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, on August 15, 2025. The summit called Trump-Putin Summit alias Alaska 2025, took place at a US military base on the outskirts of Anchorage, under the slogan Pursuing Peace.

Italy has approved a plan to build the longest cross-sea suspension bridge in the world, reported some media on August 6, 2025.

Cardinal Robert Prevost (69) has been elected new pontiff alias new Pope of Rome with papal name Pope Leo XIV. His election as the new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics in the world by the College of Cardinals, came on May 8, 2025, on the second day of the Vatican's Papal Conclave 2025.

Pope Francis is dead. According to an announcement by the Vatican, he died at his residence in the Vatican City in the morning of April 21, 2025, on Easter Monday. His Holiness was 88.

Gene Hackman, his wife Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found dead at home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, on February 27, 2025, ....

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter is dead. He died in his hometown of Plains in Georgia, USA, on December 29, 2024. He was 100.