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EU-India trade deal is what world needs, not tariffs, Finland PM Orpo says
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The EU-India trade deal will create opportunities and is what the world needs instead of tariffs, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said, after meetin...
Feb 18, 2026
Ramadan begins in Gaza amid ruins of shattered mosques
By Mahmoud Issa GAZA, Feb 18 (Reuters) - As the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan began in Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinians headed to the shattered ruins of mosques or to makeshift prayer spaces made of ...
Feb 18, 2026
Polish bishop on trial over child sex abuse reporting delays
WARSAW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Polish Catholic bishop appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of holding off on reporting child sexual abuse by priests in his diocese, making him the most senior ...
Feb 18, 2026
Ukraine imposes sanctions against Belarus' Lukashenko for aiding Russia's war
KYIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine imposed a package of sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to "increase countermeasures" against Minsk for its wartime assis...
Feb 18, 2026
Thailand hopes to be 'bridge' for Myanmar and ASEAN, foreign minister says
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nearly five years after a milit...
Feb 18, 2026
Russia tells European nations who accuse it of poisoning Navalny with dart frog toxin to provide proof
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to support their alleg...
Feb 18, 2026
Court backs Romanian plan to cap judges' benefits, in win for pro-EU government
BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Romania's highest court on Wednesday upheld a government move to raise the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and cap their pensions, delivering a major win for Pr...
Feb 18, 2026
Twelve killed in China's Hubei as firecracker store explosion triggers blaze
BEIJING, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed on Wednesday when a store selling firecrackers exploded and caught fire in China's Hubei province, burning 50 square metres of the premises, state...
Feb 18, 2026
UK examining Epstein's use of airports for trafficking
By Muvija M LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British police are assessing whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through two London airports on private flights as part of a now nationally-coordinated effo...
Feb 18, 2026
Exclusive-Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa farm gate price cut, sources say
By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast is considering cutting the guaranteed farm gate price paid to its cocoa farmers to align with Ghana, two government sources told Reuters, as the wo...
Feb 18, 2026
