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US cuts contact with Polish parliament speaker over Trump 'insults'
Date: February 5, 2026
WARSAW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador in Warsaw cut off contact with Poland's parliament speaker on Thursday, accusing him of insulting Donald Trump after he criticised the president's...
Activists plan new, bigger flotilla to try to bring aid to Gaza
Date: February 5, 2026
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Activists behind a flotilla intercepted at sea last year by Israel while trying to bring aid to Gaza will try again this year, expecting more than twice as...

US, Russia to reestablish military-to-military talks
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said that Washington and Moscow on Thursday agreed to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue, following talks in Abu Dhabi, over four years after...
Irish attorney general raises concerns on sanctioning services in Israeli settlements
Date: February 5, 2026
DUBLIN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Ireland's top government lawyer has raised several "significant" legal and practical issues in long-awaited advice on whether planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements...
UN rights chief appeals for $400 million as crises mount and funding shrinks
Date: February 5, 2026
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $400 million on Thursday to address mounting human rights needs in countries such as Sudan and Myanmar,...

UN chief calls New START expiration 'grave moment'
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called the expiration of the New START Treaty a grave moment for international peace and security and urged Russia and...
