Portugal Elects Socialist President In Runoff
Official results confirmed Monday that Socialist Party candidate António José Seguro won Portugal’s presidential election with 66.7 percent of the vote, defeating André Ventura of the right-wing nationalist Chega (“Enough”) party.
Posted on: Monday, February 9, 2026

Pakistani Christians Condemn Deadly Mosque Bombing During Friday Prayers In Islamabad
Pakistani Christians on Friday condemned a suicide bombing during weekly prayers at a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad that killed at least 31 people and injured 169 others in what officials described as the deadliest attack on Pakistan’s capital in more than a decade.
Posted on: Monday, February 9, 2026

Europe Reels As Epstein Files Trigger Resignations And Investigations Across Continent
Europe reeled Sunday after newly released U.S. Justice Department files detailing the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s global contacts shook royal houses and governments, triggering resignations, investigations and political fallout across several European countries.
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

U.S. Rejects START Treaty, Citing China’s Nuclear Breakout and Russia’s Violations
The Trump administration announced it will no longer abide by the expired New START nuclear arms agreement, arguing the treaty fails to restrain Russia’s expanding arsenal and excludes China’s rapidly growing nuclear forces, according to a senior State Department official.
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

Hungary’s Opposition Presses For Answers In ‘World’s Biggest Bank Robbery’ Amid Court-Tax Decree Backlash (Worthy News Investigation)
Hungary’s main opposition leader is demanding answers over 650 billion forints ($2 billion) in disputed funds linked to foundation structures created by the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), branding the case “the world’s biggest bank robbery.”
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

Iran Rejects Limits on Uranium Enrichment and Missiles as Trump Presses ‘Peace Through Strength’
Iran’s leadership has flatly refused to abandon uranium enrichment or scale back its ballistic missile program, even as President Donald Trump intensifies a dual-track strategy of diplomacy and military pressure aimed at forcing a broader agreement with Tehran.
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

Italy’s Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics Open Amid Budget Pressures And Geopolitical Tensions (Worthy News In-Depth)
Far over budget but still less costly than some recent Games, Italy’s Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened over the weekend, with athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus competing only under a “neutral” designation amid continuing fallout from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

Portugal Votes In High-Stakes Presidential Runoff Despite Deadly Storms
Portuguese voters headed to the polls Sunday in a high-stakes presidential runoff despite deadly storms that have battered parts of the country, with left-leaning former Socialist leader António José Seguro projected to defeat nationalist challenger André Ventura, according to exit polls.
Posted on: Sunday, February 8, 2026

U.S. Forces Strike ISIS Targets Across Syria in Ongoing Counterterror Campaign
U.S. forces carried out five sets of precision strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria between Jan. 27 and Feb. 2, the U.S. military’s U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

U.S.-Brokered Talks Yield Largest Prisoner Exchange in Five Months as Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Continue
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced on Feb. 5 that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 314 prisoners, marking the first such swap in five months and the most tangible outcome yet from U.S.-brokered talks held in Abu Dhabi. The exchange followed multiple days of trilateral negotiations involving delegations from Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

Trump: Iran Negotiating to Avoid U.S. Military Action Ahead of Oman Talks
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has entered negotiations with the United States because it fears potential military action, as both sides prepare for high-stakes talks expected to take place in Oman. Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Trump said Tehran “doesn’t want us to hit them,” adding that a U.S. naval fleet is in the region as pressure increases.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

Ukraine Signals Readiness for Deal as Russian Attacks Raise Doubts
Ukraine has signaled readiness to reach an acceptable agreement with Russia during renewed talks in Abu Dhabi, but Russian missile and drone attacks have cast doubt on Moscow’s intentions, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and other officials said.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

Suicide Over School Supplies Rocks Indonesia (Worthy News Focus)
A provincial leader in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday acknowledged deep government failures after a 10-year-old boy apparently took his own life when his family could not afford a pen and a notebook he needed for school.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

World Enters Uncharted Nuclear Era as Last U.S.–Russia Arms Control Treaty Expires
The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between Washington and Moscow expired Thursday, ending more than a decade of legally binding limits and verification measures that offered rare transparency into the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The lapse of New START marks the first time in over half a century that the United States and Russia are operating without any active treaty governing their strategic nuclear forces.
Posted on: Thursday, February 5, 2026

U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Collapse Amid Disputes Over Format, Venue, and Rising Tensions
Planned nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran unraveled this week after Tehran demanded changes to both the format and location of the talks, U.S. and regional officials said. The meetings, initially set for Friday in Turkey, were called off after Washington rejected Iran’s insistence on moving the venue to Oman and limiting discussions to the nuclear file alone.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

U.S. Moves to Build Allied Critical Minerals Bloc to Counter China
The United States has agreed to work with Japan, Mexico and the European Union to secure supply chains for critical minerals vital to defense, energy and advanced manufacturing, the Trump administration announced Wednesday.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

High-Stakes Peace Talks Begin Today in Abu Dhabi as Trump-Led Diplomacy Tests Path to Ending Ukraine War
U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian diplomats convened this week in Abu Dhabi for a second round of trilateral peace talks aimed at ending Moscow’s four-year war against Kyiv, marking a rare continuation of direct negotiations between the two sides.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Horrifying Hospital Murders Reported In Iran Crackdown
Horrifying accounts continue to emerge from Iran after last month’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests, with activists and rights groups describing scenes of extreme brutality and alleging killings that reportedly continued even inside hospitals and detention centers.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Indonesia Pledges Crackdown On Stock Manipulation After Market Rout
Indonesia has pledged to crack down on alleged stock manipulation and accelerate financial reforms to restore investor confidence after a sharp market selloff raised concerns about transparency in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Poland Detains Defense Ministry Official In Spy Case; Zelenskyy Plotter Sentenced
Polish authorities on Tuesday detained a Defense Ministry official accused of spying for Russian and Belarusian intelligence services in one of the most significant espionage cases to surface within the government since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, officials confirmed.
Posted on: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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