Wars and conflicts

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 9, 2026

Thailand's caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party leader, arriving for a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok on Feb 8.

Top Hamas leader rejects disarmament and ‘foreign rule’

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said the Palestinian Islamist movement would neither surrender its weapon nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza.

Thai security officials warn of renewed conflict with Cambodia, citing border military build-up

A Thai flag displayed on shipping containers installed by Thai forces, with a hanging sign proclaiming: "Cambodian citizens are strictly prohibited from entering this area."

Iran says it will strike American bases in Middle East if US attacks

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference after meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 30, 2026. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

US pressing Ukraine and Russia to end war by June, Zelensky says

The United States wants Russia and Ukraine to find a solution on how to end the war.

Scammers’ abandoned Cambodia compound exposes brutality and banality of fraud

Thai soldiers walk near the O’Smach casino, a compound that was used for scam operations.

Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine’s energy system, President Zelensky says

Workers repair a pipe at a compound of Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant which was heavily damaged by recent Russian missile and drone strikes.

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Residents standing next to burned cars at the site of an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Jan 28.

EU proposes new Russia sanctions targeting oil, banking, trade

Residents standing next to burned cars at the site of an overnight Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, on Jan 28.

Ukraine’s flag bearer proud to show his country is still standing

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych during an interview REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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