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Pakistani security forces hunt militants behind weekend attacks
QUETTA, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Pakistani soldiers were hunting down separatist militants on Monday who stormed schools, banks, and security installations, killing nearly 50 people, in a series of coordinated […]
Russia is trying to de-escalate Iran tensions, the Kremlin says
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was still trying to de-escalate tensions around Iran, and that it had long ago offered its services to […]
Hungary’s Tisza party maintains lead over Orban’s ruling Fidesz, poll shows
BUDAPEST, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Hungary’s centre-right opposition Tisza party kept an eight-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s governing nationalist Fidesz party in January, a poll showed on Monday, […]
Germany arrests five for supplying Russian defence firms
BERLIN, Feb 2 (Reuters) – German authorities on Monday arrested five people suspected of forming a criminal organisation to circumvent European Union sanctions by exporting goods to at least 24 […]
Iran examines diplomacy with US, hopes for results in coming days, official says
DUBAI, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Details of various diplomatic processes to manage tensions with the U.S. are being examined by Iran, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday, […]
Tens of thousands of transport workers walk off job in Germany
BERLIN, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Commuters across Germany faced freezing temperatures and empty platforms on Monday as tens of thousands of public transport workers walked off the job in a […]
Russia’s Medvedev says expiry of New START should alarm the world
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said that if the New START treaty expired with no replacement then the world should be alarmed […]
Rural Thai voters shift old loyalties, testing Pheu Thai’s populist machine
UBON RATCHATHANI, Thailand, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Rubber farmer Pinittaya Boonlieng sat with friends in a key political battleground in Thailand to discuss how to vote in the February 8 […]
Russia does not want a global conflict, Medvedev says
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Kremlin security official, said in remarks released for publication on Monday that the world was getting very dangerous, but that Russia […]
From Japan to Brazil, voters could shake markets in key election year
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – From Japan to Brazil, elections could add yet more uncertainty this year to markets already whipped by U.S. policy gyrations and heightened geopolitical tension. Read […]