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North Korea has convened a rare ruling party congress in Pyongyang, its first since 2021 and only the fourth in 45 years, signaling a potential recalibration of its foreign and defense policies
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On 5 February 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired, ending the last surviving legal constraint on the strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Russian Federation.
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A devastating explosion at an illegal coal mine in the Thangsko area of East Jaintia Hills district on February 5, 2026, killed 33 workers and laid bare the failure of enforcement agencies
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A report published by Der Spiegel has alleged that the Central Intelligence Agency was informed in advance about a Ukrainian plot to sabotage the Nord Stream gas pipelines months before the explosions
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