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Japan PM's big election win could mean more beef with Beijing
By Tim Kelly TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's thumping election win has blunted domestic opposition to her hawkish security agenda, encouraging plans to press ahead wi...
Feb 09, 2026
Indonesia's Prabowo invited to US for Trump Board of Peace meeting, eyes trade deal signing
JAKARTA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has been invited to the United States on February 19 to attend a meeting about President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, an official sai...
Feb 09, 2026
Lebanon's Tripoli building collapse kills 14
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of residential buildings in the Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 14 after search and rescue operations ended, Lebanon's National News Agency said on ...
Feb 09, 2026
China says its policy towards Japan will not be changed by one election
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's policy towards Japan will not be changed by one particular election, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's coaliti...
Feb 09, 2026
Iran arrests at least four reform front politicians
DUBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Islamic Iran Nation's Union Party sought the release of secretary-general Azar Mansouri, the Shargh newspaper said on Monday, after her arrest along with other members of ...
Feb 09, 2026
Russia's FSB says Ukraine's SBU was behind assassination attempt on top general
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service said on Monday that the men suspected of shooting one of the country's most senior military intelligence officer had confessed that they wer...
Feb 09, 2026
Russian drone attacks on Ukraine kill four, including mother and child
KYIV, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Russian overnight drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least four people, including a mother and her 10-year-old son, and knocked out power for tens of thousands of people, U...
Feb 09, 2026
Hong Kong's legal clampdown on Jimmy Lai, tycoon and China critic
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court on Monday sentenced media tycoon and China critic Jimmy Lai to 20 years in jail for two counts of conspiracy to col...
Feb 09, 2026
South Korean military helicopter crashes during training, killing two
SEOUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A South Korean Army AH-1S Cobra attack helicopter crashed on Monday during a training flight in the northern county of Gapyeong, killing both crew members on board, the countr...
Feb 08, 2026
Japan election landslide clears path for Takaichi to deliver tax cuts
By Leika Kihara and John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is set to be pressed on her promised tax cuts and spending plans on Monday after a historic election win...
Feb 08, 2026
