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Former Karabakh official Vardanyan gets 20 years in Azerbaijani prison
By Nailia Bagirova and Lucy Papachristou BAKU/TBILISI, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian-born billionaire banker who served as a senior official in the breakaway Armenian administration ...
Feb 17, 2026
'Global euro' may have to come with some FX lift: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - As American and European policymakers know well, global currency dominance and exchange rate movement are different things. But there's a decent argument that ...
Feb 17, 2026
Apartment building fire in Spain's Catalonia kills 5 youths
MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Five people have died and four others suffered minor injuries in a fire at an apartment building in Spain's northeastern Catalonia, regional firefighters said late on Monday...
Feb 17, 2026
North Korea's Kim marks completion of Pyongyang housing project as key party congress nears
By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the completion of 10,000 new houses built in Pyongyang, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, as the country prepares to hold ...
Feb 17, 2026
'Hell and back': mass rape survivor Gisele Pelicot recounts her ordeal in memoir
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Gisele Pelicot, the French woman whose husband was convicted of inviting dozens of men to rape her unconscious body, has released her memoir, recounting the horrors she endured and ...
Feb 17, 2026
Russia sentences US citizen to 4 years in jail for trying to take Kalashnikov stocks
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. citizen to four years in jail for trying to take the stocks of Kalashnikov assault rifles out of a Moscow airport, the RIA state news ag...
Feb 17, 2026
Russia downs 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, TASS says, citing defence ministry
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Air defence systems shot down 151 Ukrainian drones overnight, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing the Russian defence ministry. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Cl...
Feb 17, 2026
US and Iran begin nuclear talks in Geneva as threat of war looms, Khamenei warns Trump
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader warned on Tuesday that U.S. attempts to depose his government would fail, as Washington and Tehran began indirect talks in Geneva...
Feb 17, 2026
Philippines says takes exception to Chinese Embassy comment on job losses
MANILA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Philippines takes "strong exception" to a statement by the Chinese Embassy in Manila that the simmering diplomatic spat between the two countries could result in million...
Feb 16, 2026
Land in focus at Geneva peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
By John Revill GENEVA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday for a fresh round of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says are li...
Feb 16, 2026
