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09.02.2026 18:31 Iran's foreign minister insisted on his country's right to enrich uranium, striking a defiant note as a US naval strike force sailed in regional waters amid weeks of unprecedented domestic turmoil inside Iran.

09.02.2026 18:31 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the current round of nuclear talks with the United States differs fundamentally from negotiations held before the 12-day war in June 2025, citing lessons learned from both diplomacy and conflict over the past year.

09.02.2026 18:31 Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran has always pursued the path of diplomacy while at the same time maintaining its readiness for any war.

09.02.2026 18:31 Russian authorities said they detained a third person in connection with the shooting of a top military intelligence general in a Moscow apartment building.

09.02.2026 18:31 The Japanese lower house election concluded voting on Sunday evening followed by exit polls jointly conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK, and Nippon TV, which showed that the Liberal Democratic Party had secured majority of the 465 total seats on its own. Together with the Japan Innovation Party , the ruling coalition is projected to exceed 300 seats, according to the

09.02.2026 18:31 The High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Monday morning sentenced Jimmy Lai, an instigator of anti-China riots in Hong Kong, to 20 years in prison.

09.02.2026 18:31 Following the productive and constructive progress towards President Trump's goal of peace in Ukraine made by Jared Kushner and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff over the past week, the U.S. and Russian Federation agreed today in Abu Dhabi to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue.

09.02.2026 18:31 The Trump administration remains committed to Taiwan, a U.S. official said on Sunday, following reports that Beijing had privately warned the U.S. that arms sales to Taiwan could jeopardize President Donald Trump's visit to China in April.

09.02.2026 18:31 Taiwan's indigenous defense submarine prototype Hai Kun on Sunday released its first official video documenting its submerged sea trials, showing underwater navigation and the launch of countermeasures.

09.02.2026 18:31 The president of Somalia has strongly denounced the Israeli regime's interference in his country's internal affairs and vowed to "confront" any Israeli military presence in the breakaway region of Somaliland.

09.02.2026 18:31 The Israeli regime has taken steps to further entrench its de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank by removing long-standing restrictions on settlement expansion in the Palestinian territory.

09.02.2026 18:31 A senior leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has firmly rejected calls for the group to surrender its weapons or accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against demands from the United States and Israel tied to the ongoing ceasefire process.

09.02.2026 18:31 One small step into space operations means a giant leap in capability for our ADF.

09.02.2026 18:31 The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly condemned a series of decisions approved by Israel's security cabinet on Sunday, labeling them as part of a "fascist settler-colonial approach" aimed at annexing the occupied West Bank.

09.02.2026 18:31 Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party won more than a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives following Sunday's general election, public broadcaster NHK reported early Monday.