Issue 2026-02-08
Stories
- Russia Shatters Trump’s One-Week ‘Energy Truce’ With Record Missile-Drone Barrage Before Abu Dhabi Talks
- Netanyahu Rushes to Washington After First U.S.–Iran Muscat Nuclear Talks
- Trump Fast-Tracks Taiwan Arms: Executive Order & $1.15 B Funding, With $20 B Sale Teed Up
- US–India Interim Pact Slashes Tariffs to 18 %, Ties Relief to Russian-Oil Exit
- Japan Opens Feb. 8 Snap Election with Scandal-Tainted LDP Seeking Super-Majority
- Modi Schedules 7–8 Feb 2026 Kuala Lumpur Visit After Elevating India-Malaysia Ties
- SpaceX Reorders Starship Agenda: Uncrewed Moon Landing Slotted for March 2027
- FAA Lifts 4-Day Grounding of Falcon 9 After Deorbit Burn Failure
- Apple CarPlay to Natively Host External AI Chatbots Like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude
At a Glance
- On the night of 3-4 Feb 2026, hours before U.S.–mediated peace negotiations were to restart, Moscow unleashed the lar...
- After U.S. envoys met Iran’s foreign minister in Muscat on 6 Feb 2026, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu pulled his White...
- Within 48 hours (Feb 6-7 2026) President Trump both signed a US$1.15 b Taiwan security appropriation and issued an “A...
- On 7 Feb 2026 Washington and New Delhi unveiled an “Interim Agreement” that immediately cut the US reciprocal tariff...
- Polling began Sunday for the snap lower-house vote called just 16 days after dissolution, as PM Sanae Takaichi’s LDP-...
- Delhi and Putrajaya jointly confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Malaysia on 7–8 February 2026...