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Portugal's far-right Chega party may have hit its ceiling in presidential election
By Sergio Goncalves and Michael Francis Gore LISBON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The moderate Socialist candidate's decisive victory in Portugal's presidential election on Sunday showed that two-thirds of the e...
Feb 09, 2026
US issues fresh guidance to vessels transiting Strait of Hormuz as Iran tensions simmer
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United States issued fresh guidance on Monday to commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for Middle East oil supplies, as tensions simmered betwee...
Feb 09, 2026
Explainer-What happens if the UK's Starmer quits, or is challenged?
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing calls to step down with his team in crisis over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S. - a decision that has backf...
Feb 09, 2026
Norway police investigate diplomat couple over suspected Epstein corruption
By Terje Solsvik and Johan Ahlander OSLO/STOCKHOLM, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Norwegian police are investigating two high-profile diplomats in a corruption probe announced on Monday, part of a widening scanda...
Feb 09, 2026
Air Canada suspends Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel
By Dave Sherwood and Allison Lampert HAVANA/MONTREAL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Air Canada said on Monday it is suspending flights to Cuba, which warned it was running out of jet fuel, as the U.S. tightens it...
Feb 09, 2026
Jimmy Lai's son urges UK to do 'much more' to win media tycoon's release
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The son of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai appealed to the British government on Monday to do "much more" to secure his elderly father's release a...
Feb 09, 2026
China's Xi extends condolences over blast in Pakistani capital, Xinhua reports
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolences to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari over last week's deadly explosion in Islamabad. Xi "strongly con...
Feb 09, 2026
Three of 10 kidnapped miners found dead in Mexico, mining chamber says
MEXICO CITY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Three of 10 mine workers kidnapped last month from a mine run by Canada's Vizsla Silver Corp in Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa have been found dead, the country's mi...
Feb 09, 2026
Fatal drone strikes on civilians persist in Sudan's Kordofan, UN says
GENEVA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The U.N. rights chief said on Monday that fatal drone strikes on civilians in Sudan are continuing even after the army broke prolonged sieges of southern cities held by the R...
Feb 09, 2026
Ukraine opens up arms exports, seeking to cash in on wartime technology
By Max Hunder KYIV, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine is opening up exports of its domestically produced weapons, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, a way for Kyiv to cash in on a wartime technological arms ...
Feb 09, 2026
