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United Nations peacekeepers drive past the rubble of buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yarine during the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

Still no ceasefire

Lebanon says refuses Israeli demand to stay in five southern locations

Trump-Putin call

Luxembourg defence minister warns against sidelining Ukraine in peace talks

Russia's Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Donald Trump this week

'Patience paid off': Putin out of shadow after Trump call

Ukrainians in the 24th Mechanized Brigade firing towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region

Concerns over concessions

Trump's hand to Putin sparks fear, mistrust in frontline Ukraine

The crowds gathered despite cold and rain, many with placards expressing support for the position of King Abdullah II on Gaza

Opposed to Gaza 'take over'

Tens of thousands of Jordanians welcome king home after Trump meeting

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy (L) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi ahead of a meeting at 1 Carlton Gardens in central London on February 13, 2025

UK and China revive stalled talks during FM meeting

The blast hit the 12th floor of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taiwan

Several injured

Suspected gas explosion kills four at Taiwan department store

NATO countries located close to Russia, like Finland, tend to spend more on their armies

Two percent at least

In NATO, the closer to Russia, the more spent on defence

Navalny 'had his own political views, and then he was gone', Maxim says

Ahead of death anniversary

Navalny's legacy dims among young Russians he once galvanised

Yoon has remained defiant through weeks of hearings at Seoul's Constitutional Court, blaming a

Insurrection charges

South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing

Rason became North Korea's first special economic zone in 1991 and has been a testing ground for new economic policies

Western tour operators enter North Korea for first time since pandemic

Morning Roundup

Grenade thrown in Grenoble bar, Germany extends border controls, and free tap water for residents illegal

The reunions at Kumgang were testament to the devastating human cost of the Korean peninsula's division

North Korea destroys family reunion centre in 'inhumane act', Seoul says

The war in Sudan has pushed parts the country into famine, even before the cuts in US aid

War-torn country

Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze

A worker holds a hen at Wabash Feed & Garden in Houston, Texas, which is doing brisk business as bird flu causes an egg shortage

Precious commodity

Facing egg shortage, Americans bring chickens home to roost

The knifeman initially attacked a speaker and other demonstrators, then stabbed a police officer who rushed in to help, and who died later the same day of his wounds

Suspected jihadist

Afghan faces trial over deadly knife attack on German policeman

US President Donald Trump said he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin 'in the not too distant future'

Zelensky sidelined?

Trump and Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine

Emergency services respond to a grenade explosion at a bar in Grenoble, France

Grenade blast in French bar wounds 12

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC

Diplomatic success

White House says American among three detainees freed by Belarus

Firefighters used ladders to extinguish a fire in a textile factory specialized in making carnival costumes in the northern part of Rio de Janeiro

Grim start to celebrations

Fire at Rio de Janeiro Carnival costume factory injures 21

Large parts of the Gaza Strip have been left in ruins by more than 15 months of war

Mediators back in action

Israel says could fulfil Trump's Gaza displacement plan if hostages not freed

The M23 armed group has ordered internally displaced people in Goma to leave camps

Response expected

Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances

Jordan's King Abdullah II caught between US President Donald Trump's vision for Gaza and his own long-held positions

Visibly uncomfortable

Jordan king faces quagmire over Trump's Gaza proposal

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Bogor

Combat drones and more

Indonesia's Prabowo, Turkey's Erdogan agree to bolster ties

Alexander Vinnik was extradited to the United States from Greece in August 2022

US releasing Russian crypto kingpin Vinnik in exchange for Fogel: official

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) began the day with a homage to Indian soldiers who died in France during World War I

Fostering relationship

Macron courts Modi in quest for geopolitical 'independence'

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (L) met his British counterpart John Healey as NATO ministers gathered in Brussels for talks on defence spending and Ukraine support

Trump's defence chief lays down demands on Ukraine, NATO

The UN rights office said it had 'reasonable grounds to believe that the crimes against humanity of murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other inhumane acts have taken place'

Killing of protesters

UN says former Bangladesh govt behind possible 'crimes against humanity'

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