These were the developments on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
![Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks at a UN disarmament conference in Geneva on Tuesday [Pierre Albouy/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-17T142048Z_1924413333_RC2QNJAHG2BL_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-GENEVA-1771338285.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
These were the developments on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
![Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks at a UN disarmament conference in Geneva on Tuesday [Pierre Albouy/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-17T142048Z_1924413333_RC2QNJAHG2BL_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-GENEVA-1771338285.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has determined it is safe for Yemenis to return to their war-torn country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also address the conference.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says discussions will remain focused on nuclear issue, not missile programme.

UK questions leader’s judgement amid revelations of envoy Mandelson’s close ties to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The main sticking point in the negotiations continues to be the long-term fate of territory in eastern Ukraine.

Rwanda began the inter-state arbitration proceedings under the asylum partnership agreement in November.

Judge orders head of ICE to explain agency’s handling of bond hearings for immigrants it has detained.

Nearly all of the flimsy tents in displacement camps have been rendered unusable due to the harsh winter conditions.

The project, set to be completed in six years, is the first of its kind between the two Gulf nations.
