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Headquarters of France's hard-left party evacuated after bomb threat, lawmaker says
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The headquarters of France's hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party have been evacuated after a bomb threat, LFI's national coordinator Manuel Bompard said on Wednesday. Police...
Feb 18, 2026
Russia says Ukraine peace talks in Geneva were difficult, but business-like
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said on Wednesday that U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva had been difficult but business-like, and t...
Feb 18, 2026
Bulgaria will hold snap elections on April 19, says president
SOFIA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will hold a snap parliamentary election on April 19, President Iliana Iotova said on Wednesday. Iotova last week picked Andrey Gyurov, deputy governor of the Bulgari...
Feb 18, 2026
Turkey foreign minister to attend Trump's Board of Peace meeting in Washington
ANKARA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Washington in lieu of President Tayyip Erdogan for the inaugural meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace...
Feb 18, 2026
Merz questions German need for future manned fighter jet amid FCAS trouble
BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has questioned whether developing a manned sixth-generation fighter jet still makes sense for his country's air force, referring to the trou...
Feb 18, 2026
Turkey pleased with alignment steps by Syria and Kurdish forces, Erdogan says
ISTANBUL, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he is pleased to see steps taken in neighbouring Syria to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into state structu...
Feb 18, 2026
Ukrainian drone attack on Russian village killed a female civilian, local governor says
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A local woman in the Russian border village of Aleynikovo has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement, Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Russia's Bryansk ...
Feb 18, 2026
Kremlin says neither China nor Russia have carried out secret nuclear tests
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that neither China nor Russia havecarried out secret nuclear tests, noting Beijing had denied U.S. accusations that it had done so. The United ...
Feb 18, 2026
Thailand talks with post-election Myanmar as "bridge" to ASEAN
BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister will meet his Myanmar counterpart on Wednesday in a bid to chart a path towards peace in a civil war-ravaged Myanmar with the help of its Southe...
Feb 18, 2026
Turkish lawmakers back plan advancing PKK peace process
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Turkish parliamentary commission voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a report envisaging legal reforms alongside the militant Kurdistan Workers Pa...
Feb 18, 2026
