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Kremlin says no date yet for next round of Ukraine talks

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday there was no date set yet for the next round of peace talks on Ukraine, but said the negotiations were likely to happen soon.

Russia, Ukraine and the United States met last week in Abu Dhabi for a second round of trilateral talks. They yielded no major breakthrough though 314 prisoners of war were exchanged, the first such swap since October.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

Admiral Igor Kostyukov, head of Russian military intelligence (GRU) and head of Russian’s team in security talks and other members of the Russian delegation attend the second round of trilateral talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 4, 2026. UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Iran says nuclear talks gauged 'seriousness' of U.S

DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Nuclear talks with the United States allowed Tehran to gauge Washington's seriousness and showed enough consensus to continue on the diplomatic track, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

U.S. and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy, after U.S. President Donald Trump positioned a naval flotilla in the region, raising fears of new military action.

Secretary of the National Security Council, Ali Larijani is welcomed by the Minister of the Royal Office in the Sultanate of Oman, Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, February 10, 2026. Iran's National Security Council/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Prince William meets footballers, gamers during Saudi tour

Britain's Prince William criss-crossed the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday, meeting footballers, playing video games and chatting with customers at a cafe, even as scandal over his disgraced uncle Andrew's links to Jeffrey Epstein made headlines back home.

William, an avid environmentalist, was also set to later visit the historic city of AlUla, where he will learn about conservation efforts, according to Kensington Palace.

This handout picture released by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation shows Prince William talking to young football players during a training session

Philippines sees signs of cooperation from China despite sea disputes

MANILA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Philippines' ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday that the country is seeing some signs that China is willing to work with Manila and "isolate" theSouth China Sea disputes which havehurt relations between the two nations.

Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez told reporters that the Philippines' relationship with China cannot be purely defined based on territorial disputes over the South China Sea.

(Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by David Stanway)

Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks during a U.S. Trade and Development Agency Offshore Wind Grant Signing at Ayala Triangle Gardens in Manila, Philippines, August 6, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Immigration judge rejects Trump effort to deport pro-Palestinian Tufts student

By Nate Raymond

BOSTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - An immigration judge has rejected the Trump administration's efforts to deport Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested last year as part of its targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists, her lawyers said on Monday.

Lawyers for the Turkish student detailed the immigration judge's decision in a filing with the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had been reviewing a ruling that led to her release from immigration custody in May.

FILE PHOTO: Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University student from Turkey, speaks to reporters after urging a federal judge to order the Trump administration to restore her student visa record, outside the federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Nate Raymond/File Photo

Trump opposes Israeli annexation of West Bank, White House official says

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A White House official on Monday reiterated U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition toward Israel annexing the West Bank.

"A stable West Bank keeps Israel secure and is in line with this administration’s goal to achieve peace in the region," the official said.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas)

A new Israeli settlement near the town of Beita, near Nablus, in the Israeli‑occupied West Bank, February 9, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Australian leaders urge calm after Sydney clashes during Israeli President Herzog's visit

By Renju Jose

SYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Australian leaders on Tuesday urged calm and called on protests to remain peaceful after clashes between police and demonstrators opposing Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia erupted in Sydney.

Police said 27 people were arrested, including 10 for allegedly assaulting officers, after violence broke out on Monday evening when people failed to leave a planned protest site in central Sydney and police moved to clear access for pedestrians.

Palestinian woman hospitalized following seizure in US ICE detention

By Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A Palestinian woman, who lost dozens of family members in the Gaza war, has been hospitalized following a seizure in U.S. immigration detention, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday.

On February 6, 2026, at about 8:45 p.m., "medical staff at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, notified ICE that detainee Leqaa Kordia was admitted to Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Burleson, Texas, for further evaluation following a seizure," a DHS spokesperson said.

FILE PHOTO: People march to take part in a protest at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, U.S., January 28, 2026.  REUTERS/Antranik Tavitian//File Photo

Residents of north Lebanon city lose neighbours, livelihoods in building collapse

Rubble is all that remains of the building once home to Adnan Mardash's grocery shop in north Lebanon's Tripoli after it collapsed, killing 14 people and shining a spotlight on the impoverished city's neglect.

Mardash, 54, said he shut the small ground-floor store where he worked for more than three decades and went to his nearby home shortly before the disaster on Sunday afternoon.

"Our neighbours and loved ones died... people lost their livelihoods," said the father of four, who has no other income.

The impoverished Lebanese city of Tripoli has many buildings in a state of decay

International outrage grows over Israel's plans for West Bank

International outrage was growing on Monday at Israeli plans to tighten the country's grip over the occupied West Bank, with the United Nations chief saying he was "gravely concerned".

Earlier, Saudi Arabia and seven other Muslim-majority countries condemned the new Israeli measures, which pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.

The new measures aim to increase Israel's hold over the occupied West Bank