Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on February 23, 2026.

The Hezbollah chief says the Lebanese resistance movement will not hesitate to take proper action when deemed necessary.

A top Iranian diplomat says the time is ripe for the United States to abandon its “fruitless” sanctions and failed policy of war against Iran, urging genuine respect for diplomacy as the only viable path forward.

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are rising again after renewed cross-border strikes.

A group of extremist settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank during the blessed month of Ramadan

The former Iraqi prime minister, who has been nominated by the largest parliamentary bloc to return to the premiership, says he will not withdraw his candidacy for the top job despite US threats.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set hold an emergency meeting of its foreign ministers over Israel’s decisions to expand illegal settlements in the West Bank and pursue annexation of the occupied territories.