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On 14 Feb 2026, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands declared laboratory tests detected the rare dart-frog toxin epibatidine in Alexei Navalny’s remains, formally alleging the Kremlin poisoned him in custody and notifying the OPCW of a treaty breach.

After a closed-door 12 Feb 2026 White House meeting, President Trump said talks with Tehran will proceed on the nuclear file alone despite Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s request to add missiles and proxies, while ordering the Pentagon to ready a second carrier for the Gulf.

On 16 Feb 2026, Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi arrived in Geneva with a nuclear-technical delegation to hold a same-day closed-door session with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi and coordinate with Oman ahead of a second round of Iran-U.S. indirect nuclear negotiations set for 17 Feb.

On 15 Feb 2026, Defense officials told Axios they may cancel Anthropic’s up-to-$200 million AI contract after months of stalled talks because the company refuses to lift bans on mass U.S. surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

On 16 Feb 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a five-day AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, the first time the annual forum is held in the Global South and by far its largest edition.

On 15 Feb 2026 a C-17 flew Valar Atomics’ minivan-sized Ward microreactor—without fuel—from March Air Reserve Base, California, to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, marking the U.S. military’s first live demonstration that a nuclear power unit can be shipped by air for instant field use.