Archives for February, 2026

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot holds a press conference at the Pine Residence, the official residence of the French ambassador to Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

France to increase visas for Iranian seeking refuge amid crackdown, minister says

Reuters

Samer Khaweireh, 45, a Palestinian journalist and former prisoner, explains the amount of food he was given daily while in Israeli detention, during an interview with Reuters in Nablus, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, February 2, 2026. Picture taken with a phone. REUTERS/Sinan Abu Mayzer

Israeli court ordered prisons to give Palestinian detainees more food. They are still hungry

Reuters

An Emirates Boing 777-300ER is pictured in front an air traffic control tower at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, on Jan. 30, 2023.

Dubai airport tops global ranking again with 95.2 million passengers

DXB has been the world’s busiest airport since 2014 and eyes nearly 100 million passengers in 2026.

United Arab Emirates

A general view shows destruction in Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, Israel, November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

US firm involved in defunct Gaza aid scheme recruits new officers, website shows

Reuters

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks to the media in Brussels, Belgium January 22, 2026. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Poland and Italy say they will not join Trump's Board of Peace

Reuters

Israel, which has been occupying the West Bank since 1967, has overseen evictions and home demolitions of Palestinians as it builds more settlements

UN says Israel's West Bank plans would accelerate 'dispossession of Palestinians'

Agence France-Presse

Iranian missiles are displayed in a park in Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Iran says it won't negotiate over its missile capabilities

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A protester releases candles into the sea in memory of the dead migrants, during a protest following a migrant boat collision with the coast guard, in Chios, Greece, February 4, 2026. REUTERS/Konstantinos Anagnostou/File Photo

Autopsies show migrants in shipwreck off Greece died of head injuries, not drowning

Reuters

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Russia says US restrictions on its role in Venezuela's oil business are discrimination

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of NATO Summit, in Washington, United States, July 10, 2024. Dimitris Papamitsos/Greek Prime Minister's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Turkish and Greek leaders set for talks on migration, maritime borders

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) at Amiri Diwan, in Doha, Qatar September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/Pool/File Photo

Qatar Emir and Trump discuss regional de-escalation, royal court says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Takeaways from six previous Trump-Netanyahu meetings

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Israel's Netanyahu expected to press Trump over Iran diplomacy

Reuters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a ceremony for the handover of new vehicles to the gendarmerie and police forces in Istanbul, Turkey, November 28, 2025. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkey's Erdogan appoints new justice and interior ministers

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House via a side entrance

Trump tells Israel's Netanyahu Iran talks must continue

Agence France-Presse

Iran on Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Islamic revolution

Anti-Khamenei slogans in Tehran on eve of revolution anniversary: social media footage

Agence France-Presse