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On 3 Feb 2026 Tehran and Washington accepted Turkey’s proposal for face-to-face nuclear negotiations on 6 Feb in Istanbul, with Iran publicly instructing its foreign minister to attend and regional states invited as observers.
On 3 Feb 2026 the White House confirmed that envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will attend a second round of U.S.–Russia–Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi scheduled for 4-5 February, following an inaugural session in late January.
In a 28 January 2026 memo to all 193 member states, UN chief António Guterres warned the organisation will be unable to pay its regular bills by July unless massive arrears are settled or its refund-on-surplus rule is scrapped.
On 29 Jan 2026 President Trump signed an executive order declaring Cuba a national-security “emergency” and empowering U.S. agencies to slap extra tariffs on imports from any country—chiefly Mexico—that continues sending crude or refined products to the island.
Washington and Tehran agreed to hold their first direct nuclear negotiations since 2025 in Istanbul on Friday, even as the U.S. dispatches an aircraft-carrier strike group toward Iran and President Trump warns that "bad things" loom without a deal.
On 1 Feb 2026 Israel activated a EU–Egypt monitored “pilot” at Rafah, reinstating strictly vetted pedestrian traffic for the first time since it seized the crossing in May 2024.
Between 28-29 Jan 2026, Washington surged the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group into the Arabian Sea and President Trump publicly warned Tehran to accept a ‘fair, equitable’ no-nuke pact or face a U.S. attack “far worse” than last June’s 12-day bombing campaign.
For the first time, the Secretary-General formally told all 193 members that the UN will be insolvent within six months unless arrears are cleared or 1940s-era budget rules are rewritten.
On 30 Jan 2026 the Senate passed, 71-29, a five-bill package funding 80 % of federal operations through 30 Sept 2026 plus a two-week continuing resolution for the Department of Homeland Security, ensuring at least a weekend partial shutdown while House members return to vote.
On 30 Jan 2026 Senate negotiators and President Trump carved the Homeland Security budget out of a six-bill package and agreed to fund it only through 14 Feb, but procedural holds and the House’s recess mean the government will still lapse into a partial shutdown at midnight.
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