WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 2-17-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: February 17, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. The Gaza Strip's transitional government, President Trump's Board of Peace, will convene Thursday in Washington. Aboard Air Force One on Monday, the president told reporters that the meeting could push the United Nations to work harder toward resolving disputes. They're going to have all world leaders. They're putting up tremendous amounts of money. And I think it's going to go far beyond Gaza. I think it'll be peace all over the world. And we're working in conjunction with the United Nations.

Some world leaders declined to join the board saying they believe, it would serve to undermine the U.N. Trump says the border is set to unveil $5 billion in funding to work towards reconstruction and security in Gaza. The United Nations and other world bodies estimate that it will cost $70 billion to rebuild Gaza. U.S. troops are deploying to Nigeria to help in the fight against Islamic militants. World's Harrison Waters explains. The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to the West African nation.

Roughly 100 of them have already arrived along with equipment. This comes after the Nigerian government asked for help with training, technical support, and intelligence sharing. The military there is battling Islamic terror groups like Boko Haram, ISIS, and other armed factions. Those groups have targeted Christians in the country, killing thousands last year,

President Trump has criticized Nigeria for, in his view, not doing enough to protect Christians in particular. The U.S. troop deployment follows U.S. airstrikes in December against ISIS-affiliated militants in northwestern Nigeria. For World, I mean Harrison Waters. Former President Barack Obama is clarifying comments he made recently that caused quite a stir. In a weekend interview, podcast host Brian Taylor Cohen asked Obama. Are aliens real?

They're real, but I haven't seen them, and they're not being kept in Area 51. Area 51. There's no underground facility. Obama, though, later posted on Instagram that there were strong odds of other life in the universe, given its vastness, but that he did not see evidence during his precedence, of any alien contact. Actor Robert Duval has died. He was known for his roles in films such as to kill a mockingbird and open range,

and he received a claim for his portrayal of a mafia confidant in the first two Godfather movies. Nobody has ever gone down a New York police captain, never. It would be disastrous. All the five families would come after you, Sonny. The Corione family would be outcast. Even the old man's political protection would run for cover. He won the Oscar for Best Actor for Portraying,

an over-the-hill country music singer in the 1983 film Tender Mercies. He also won four Golden Globe Awards, including one for playing the philosophical cattle drive boss in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove. Robert Duvall was 95 years old. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradio.news. Additional support comes from Waters Edge, competitive rates, and support. churches. 4.55% APY on a 13-month-term investment. Water'sedge.com slash invest.