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Portugal launches $3 billion package to help rebuild after storm Kristin
Date: February 1, 2026
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Portugal's government approved a 2.5 billion euro ($3.0 billion) package of loans and incentives on Sunday to help people and businesses rebuild after the...

Russian drone strike kills 12 miners in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, officials say
Date: February 1, 2026
KYIV, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and seven wounded after a Russian drone struck near a bus in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, its governor Oleksandr Hanzha said on...
Death toll of Swiss New Year bar blaze rises to 41
Date: February 1, 2026
ZURICH, Feb 1 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old injured in the New Year bar fire in the Alpine resort of Crans-Montana has died, Swiss authorities said on Sunday, taking the death toll of one of the worst...

Iranian official says Revolutionary Guards have no plan to hold military exercises in the Gulf
Date: February 1, 2026
DUBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards have no plan to carry out live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz as reported by some media outlets earlier this week, an...
Pope Leo urges US and Cuba to engage in sincere dialogue
Date: February 1, 2026
VATICAN CITY, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Sunday he was deeply concerned about rising tensions between the United States and Cuba, and he called for "sincere and effective dialogue" to prevent...

Factbox-Who is the Baloch Liberation Army behind Pakistan's Balochistan attacks?
Date: February 1, 2026
KARACHI, FEB 1 (Reuters) - Pakistan's banned separatist group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for coordinated gun and bomb attacks that killed dozens of civilians and security...
