Palestinians say Israeli changes to occupied West Bank governance essentially legalise settlements.
![An Israeli settler adjusts a large Star of David in the recently established wildcat outpost of Eviatar near the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, July 2, 2021. [Ariel Schalit/AP Photo]](/image.pl?url=http%3a%2f%2flive.aljazeera.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2026%2f02%2fAP21183532644491_cropped-1770655154.jpg&f=jpg&w=240)
Thailand’s Bhumjaithai Party, led by PM Anutin Charnvirakul, won the largest share of seats in the general election.
Bad Bunny used his historic Super Bowl half-time show to call for unity in the Americas.
Voters in Portugal elected Antonio Jose Seguro of the centre-left Socialist Party to a five-year term.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition has won 352 of the 465 seats in the lower house of Parliament.
![Bodies of seven Palestinians, including children, who lose their lives in an Israeli attack despite the ceasefire, are brought to Al-Shifa Hospital for funeral procedures, in Gaza City, Gaza, on February 04, 2026. [Khames Alrefi/Anadolu Agency]](/image.pl?url=http%3a%2f%2flive.aljazeera.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2026%2f02%2fAA-20260204-40455516-40455502-SEVEN_PALESTINIANS_LOSE_THEIR_LIVES_IN_ATTACK_ON_GAZA_CITY_DESPITE_CEASEFIRE_cropped-1770230346.jpg%3fresize%3d730%252C410%26amp%3bquality%3d80&f=jpg&w=240)
Trump has refused to apologise for a now-deleted video that depicted Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.
Protests erupted in Italy against the Winter Olympics to condemn Israel’s participation and the presence of ICE agents.
![The International Committee of the Red Cross' Patrick Griffiths in Deir el-Balah, Gaza on February 2, 2026. [Patrick Griffiths/ICRC]](/image.pl?url=http%3a%2f%2flive.aljazeera.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2026%2f02%2fICRC_Red_Cross_Patrick_Griffiths-1770146145.jpg%3fresize%3d730%252C410%26amp%3bquality%3d80&f=jpg&w=240)
