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Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  - 2024–25 Tyre airstrikes
    - Six people are killed and two others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes near Jannata, South Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
  - According to ceasefire terms, the Israel Defense Forces fully withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor as Palestinians return to northern Gaza. (DW)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
  - Two women are killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Libyan crisis
- Authorities uncover two mass graves containing nearly 50 bodies of refugees in Kufra, Libya. (Al Jazeera)
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- Thirty-one Maoist militants and two security forces are killed during a shootout around Indravati River in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)
Mexican drug war
- At least five bodies are abandoned under a bridge near Cárdenas, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. A banner allegedly signed by the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel was found at the crime scene. (Milenio Noticias)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Sri Lanka blackouts
- A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after “coming into contact” with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo. (BBC News)
One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. (Al Jazeera) (Miami Herald)
Five people are injured when a Green Line train collided with an out-of-service train in Somerville, Massachusetts, causing both trains to derail. (WWLP)

International relations

Baltic states synchronization with CESA
- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania join the Continental Europe Synchronous Area, one day after disconnecting from the IPS/UPS. (BBC News)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Egypt announces it will host an emergency summit of the Arab League on 27 February to address U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle all Palestinians from Gaza. (AP)

Law and crime

Three people are injured in a knife attack in Dublin, Ireland. The perpetrator was arrested.
Super Bowl LIX halftime show
- A performer during American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show is detained by NFL security on the field of the Caesars Superdome after holding the Sudanese and Palestinian flags that contained the words Sudan and Gaza. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

2025 Ecuadorian general election
- Citizens of Ecuador vote to elect a president and the members of the National Assembly amidst the country’s security crisis. With around 44% of the popular vote each in the presidential race, incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González will compete in a run-off vote on 13 April. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
2025 Kosovan parliamentary election
- Citizens of Kosovo vote to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (BBC News)
2025 Liechtenstein general election
- Citizens of Liechtenstein vote to elect the members of the Landtag, with the Patriotic Union winning the most votes and its leader Brigitte Haas expected to become the country’s first female head of government. (SRF)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - 2025 Goma offensive
    - The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo communications minister Patrick Muyaya recognize that most of the 165 female prisoners of the Goma prison in North Kivu who were raped by escaping male inmates a week ago died in the ensuing fire. (CNN) (The Guardian)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Toretsk
  - Russia says its forces have taken full control of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of urban warfare. (Reuters)
Mali War
- Twenty-five civilians are killed after an ambush by Islamic State gunmen against a convoy of buses in Gao, Mali. (AP)
Somali Civil War
- The Somali National Army, supported by local Ma’awisley clan militias, kills dozens of al-Shabaab insurgents during heavy clashes which erupted after allied forces launch an offensive targeting al-Shabaab stronghold positions in the Jicibow area of Shebelle River, Hiiraan, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

30th Critics’ Choice Awards
- American comedy-drama film Anora wins Best Picture at the Critics’ Choice Awards, while Jon M. Chu wins Best Director for musical film Wicked. (Vanity Fair)

Disasters and accidents

Bering Air Flight 445
- The wreckage of the Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that went missing while flying over the Norton Sound in Alaska, United States, yesterday is found crashed 34 miles (55 km) from Nome with no survivors. (VOA) (ABC News Australia)
A Beechcraft King Air F90 crashes in Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil, killing the two people on board and wounding six on the ground. (CNN)
Two tourists die in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when their hostel room is fumigated with a pesticide for bedbugs. (CNN)

Health and environment

2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak
- Officials in New York City, United States, order the closure of all live poultry markets in the city as well as in the surrounding suburban counties of Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau due to an increase in cases of avian influenza. (DW)
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that influenza in the United States is at its highest peak since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. (CBS News)

International relations

South Africa–United States relations, Racism in South Africa
- U.S. President Donald Trump orders a freeze on all foreign aid to South Africa citing a South African law that allegedly allows land to be forcibly seized from white farmers. Trump also calls for the U.S. to accept Afrikaner refugees to protect them from “government-sponsored race-based discrimination”. (NDTV)

Law and crime

A person is killed as a fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium, within a few days. The murder is related to the other three non-fatal shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. (AP)
Seventy-nine countries jointly speak out in a statement against the sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on the International Criminal Court officials. (NOS)
German Federal Police detains 16 Indian nationals found in a van in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, including 15 passengers and the driver, as they attempt to enter the country without valid documents. (DW)
Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting familicide when a military police officer opens fire at a house in Prey Ampok Commune, Cambodia. (Khmer Times)

Politics and elections

Second presidency of Donald Trump
- Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  - United States federal judge of the D.C. District Court Carl J. Nichols temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s executive order to place over 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave. (AP)

Science and technology

Restrictions on TikTok in the United States
- U.S. Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz are announced to be in charge of a potential TikTok sale. (The Hill)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
  - United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Thomas Fletcher reports that over 10,000 aid trucks have arrived in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect on January 19. (Arab News)
- Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani announces that Italy will stop working with UNRWA after the mother of a freed hostage said that her daughter had been held at a UNRWA facility in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera orders Malawian troops to withdraw from peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the crisis escalates. Three Malawian soldiers have been killed in recent fighting in North Kivu. (BBC News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Three people are killed in a Russian guided bomb attack that destroyed a residential building in Myropillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
  - The Ukrainian Air Force receives the first shipment of Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France and more F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Netherlands. (DW)
Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Ten Nigerien soldiers are killed in an ambush by Islamic State fighters near the border with Burkina Faso. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

Bering Air Flight 445
- A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying ten people goes missing on a flight from Unalakleet, Alaska, United States, to Nome. A search and rescue operation is underway. (KTUU-TV)
Four people are killed after a U.S. military-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air 300 surveillance aircraft crashes in a paddy field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP) (ABC News Australia)

International relations

Moldova–European Union relations
- 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
  - Moldova Prime Minister Dorin Recean calls for the breakaway state of Transnistria to take steps to avoid a new gas crisis. (Reuters)
Azerbaijan–Russia relations
- Azerbaijan authorities announce that they will close their local Rossotrudnichestvo (House of Russia) branch in Baku. (Trend)
United States and the International Criminal Court, Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court officials that assist investigations into U.S. citizens or those of its allies, namely Israel. (Reuters) (NBC News) (AP)
United States–Venezuela relations
- In an operation led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the U.S. formally seizes a Venezuelan government airplane in the Dominican Republic. (CNN)

Politics and elections

2025 Greek presidential election
- In the third round of voting, the Hellenic Parliament fails to elect the new President of Greece. A fourth and final round is called for February 12. (To Vima)

Science and technology

NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies says that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 2.3%, or a (1-in-43) chance, following further observations of its trajectory. More observations are planned in the coming months to gather data on the asteroid before it moves too far away from Earth-based telescopes to be accurately observed. (The Guardian)

Sports

FIFA suspends the Republic of the Congo and Pakistan from official international competitions for violations of its statutes, citing third-party interference in the Congolese Football Federation and the Pakistan Football Federation’s failure to implement constitutional reforms ensuring fair elections. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  - Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    - A deadly battle between the Puntland Security Force and Islamic State results in the killing of 57 foreign militants in Dharin area of Bari Region, Puntland. (Garowe Online)
    - Puntland Maritime Police Force seize a boat carrying illegal military supplies, uniforms and equipment. The vessel was taken captive off the coast of the Qaw district in the Bari Region, Somalia. (The East African)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - The UNICEF confirms that several children have been killed in Khartoum, Sudan, in the past few days. (UNICEF) (The Peninsula Qatar)
  - The Sudanese Armed Forces announce they have gained more territory around Khartoum as they try to enter the capital city. (APA)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe, a town along the road to the South Kivu capital city of Bukavu. The Democratic Republic of the Congo government claims that the unilateral ceasefire declared by M23 earlier was false. (AP)
Somali Civil War
- Jubaland crisis
  - Somali federal government-appointed commissioner of Bardhere District Mohamed Ilyas Caagane is killed after Somali National Army forces are defeated by Jubaland forces in Gedo, Somalia. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

Rahim al-Hussaini is named as Aga Khan V and 50th Imam of Nizari Isma’ilism, succeeding his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV). (BBC News)

Business and economy

Second Trump tariffs, China–United States trade war
- The United States Postal Service says it is temporarily refusing inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, but reverses this policy hours later. (The Guardian) (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Grenfell Tower fire
- United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announces that Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, will be demolished following a meeting with bereaved relatives and survivors of the 2017 fire. (BBC News)
A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least 17 people. (BBC News)

International relations

Israel and the United Nations
- Israel withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council, accusing the UN body of “obsessively demonizing” and discriminating against the country. (Ynet News)
Argentina announces that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization citing “deep differences” with the organization’s leaders. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- The first flight carrying “high-threat” deportees from the United States arrives at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The ten deportees are allegedly part of Tren de Aragua, a transnational organized crime group originating from Venezuela recently designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

Second presidency of Donald Trump
- Protests against Donald Trump
  - Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
    - Demonstrators gather in cities across the United States to protest against the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, his second administration, Elon Musk and Project 2025. (AP)
- Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  - U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in women’s sports. (BBC News)
Impeachment of Sara Duterte, Impeachment in the Philippines
- The House of Representatives of the Philippines formally impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate is now set to conduct a trial. (ABS-CBN News) (Bloomberg)
LGBTQ rights in Argentina
- Argentinian presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announces that the President Javier Milei has signed a decree modifying the 2012 Gender Identity Law, that allows transgender people to be treated according to their gender identity and have their documents be registered with the corresponding name and gender, to exclude people under the age of 18 to access gender-affirming care. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
  - 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Israel–United States relations
    - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump amidst a second phase of negotiations for the ceasefire on the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
    - U.S. President Donald Trump announces a plan where the U.S. would seek “long-term ownership” of Gaza, and that the U.S. military would be in charge of Gaza’s redevelopment into “The Riviera of the Middle East” for “the world’s people.” Trump also says Palestinians will have no choice but to leave the territory. (Reuters) (The Guardian) (AP)
  - Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
    - Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in a shooting at the Taysir checkpoint by an unknown gunman. (DW)
War against the Islamic State
- War in Somalia
  - Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    - Puntland Security Forces battle ISIL militants near Dharin, killing at least 40 fighters and injuring others. They claim to have captured the village of Dharin in Togga Jecel of Bari Region, Puntland. (The Somali Digest) (Garowe Online)
  - Jubaland crisis
    - Jubaland forces have regained control of Bardhere District in the Gedo region after withdrawal of federal forces was reportedly linked to the disbandment of units stationed at headquarters for several months. South Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian War
    - A Russian missile strikes a residential building in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, killing four people and injuring twenty others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
  - Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    - Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in a interview with British journalist Piers Morgan that he is ready for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it is a setup to end the war. (Kyiv Independent)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - Engineers in Khartoum are attacked by the Rapid Support Forces while assessing damage on a water plant in Khartoum North. (Sudan Tribune)
  - Six people are killed and 38 others are injured after an attack perpetrated by the RSF hits a hospital in Khartoum. (Anadolu Ajansi)
  - The Sudanese Armed Forces take Al-Kamlin as they advance towards Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune)
Mexican drug war
- A series of shootouts and encounters are reported in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after the arrest of the regional leader of the Cártel del Noreste and leader of an armed wing in the state. The United States Consulate in Mexico issues an alert for its citizens to not go out on the streets, and the Nuevo Laredo International Airport suspends activities due to the violence. (UNO TV)
- A riot within the Tabasco Social Reinsertion Center in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, leaves seven inmates dead. This is the second riot in less than two months at the prison. (El Universal)
Spillover of the Ethiopian civil war
- Djiboutian armed forces execute a drone strike near the Ethiopian border, killing eight members of what the government described as a “terrorist group” involved in “hostile actions”. The attack also injured an unknown number of civilians. (Hiiraan Online) (VOA)

Arts and culture

49th Imam of Nizari Isma’ilism Aga Khan IV dies at the age of 88. His son Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini will be succeeded as Aga Khan V. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
- The remains of all 67 people who were killed in a collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and a United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk are recovered from the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., United States. (AP)
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
- An Azerbaijani government source reports that the Azerbaijan Airlines E190 plane was shot down by Russia’s Pantsir missile system. (Reuters)

International relations

Moldova–European Union relations
- 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
  - The European Union and Moldova sign an energy deal that will integrate Moldova into the bloc’s energy grid after Russia halted gas supplies over an alleged US$709 million unpaid bill. The European Commission says Moldova will receive €250 million ($258 million) this year to help its citizens afford rising energy bills as part of the agreement. (AP)
Second Trump tariffs
- China–United States trade war
  - The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the de minimis exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, agricultural equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies PVH Corp. and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations. (The Guardian)
Iran–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum reimposing a policy of maximum pressure against Iran. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2025 Risbergska school shooting
- Eleven people are killed and six injured in a mass shooting at the Risbergska School, a municipal adult education centre, in Örebro, Sweden. (BBC News) (SVT) (The Guardian)
2025 New Albany, Ohio shooting
- Two people are killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting at a warehouse in New Albany, Ohio, United States. (ABC News)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for the worldwide legalization of cocaine for recreational use, saying the drug is “no worse than whisky” and that it was only illegal because it is produced in Latin America. (The Times of India)

Politics and elections

Second cabinet of Donald Trump
- The United States Senate confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General, making her the third female to run the U.S. Justice Department. (NPR)
The U.S. State Department orders the closure of all overseas missions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and recalls thousands of USAID staff to the United States ahead of the agency’s shutdown. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank
  - 2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank
    - At least 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since the start of the year in the occupied West Bank, including 38 killed in Jenin. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
  - 2025 Omdurman market attack
    - The United Nations condemns the recent Rapid Support Forces attack on civilians at a market in Omdurman, Sudan, as a war crime. (Malaysia Sun)
Somali Civil War
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  - A Puntland police spokesperson confirms that a senior commander of the Islamic State, Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Said, the head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to Puntland forces in the Cal Miskaad mountains, Bari Region, Puntland. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Spillover of the Somali Civil War
  - Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abduct five government-appointed village chiefs in Kenya’s Mandera County, who were en route to the border town of El Wak. The abducted chiefs were part of the preparation team for President William Ruto’s visit to the region next week. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - The rebel Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, announces a unilateral ceasefire that will take effect the next day. (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - A bomb explodes inside a building in Moscow, Russia, killing two people and wounding three. The presumed main target, Armen Sarkisyan, a pro-Russia leader in the Donbas, is among the dead. (Reuters)
Central African Republic Civil War
- Five soldiers are killed by Coalition of Patriots for Change gunmen at a military outpost in Kouki, Central African Republic. (AP)
Mexican drug war
- An armed attack in San Luis Río Colorado, San Luis Río Colorado Municipality left seven people dead, according to authorities the criminal cell “Los Rusos” are behind of this attack and other violent incidents in the zone.(El Universal)
Syrian civil war
- A car bombing kills at least 20 people and leaves 15 others wounded in Manbij, Syria. Most of the victims were female agricultural workers, according to local authorities. (BBC News) (AP)
Terrorism in Azerbaijan
- Eight people are killed and six others are injured in a security operation in Qusar District, Azerbaijan, against former Derbent Jamaat militants. (Report.az)

Business and economy

Second Trump tariffs
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
  - Canada–United States relations
    - Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario will end contracts with the Starlink program unless the United States lifts its tariffs on Canada. (BBC News)
    - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that U.S. tariffs would be delayed by at least 30 days, following a call with United States President Donald Trump. (DW)
  - Mexico–United States relations
    - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico for a month. (NBC News)
Ecuador–Mexico relations
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announces 27% tariffs on Mexican imports. (CNN)
The Philippines declares a food security emergency on rice due to rising prices. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Santorini earthquakes
- A series of over 200 earthquakes in a 48-hour period causes widespread evacuations from the Greek island of Santorini. (The Guardian)
A teenage girl is killed in a shark attack off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (BBC News)

International relations

Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo government requests international sanctions against Rwanda. (Reuters)
South Africa–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law. (The Guardian)
El Salvador–United States relations
- Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offers U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the option to send convicted “dangerous American criminals” to be incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in exchange for a fee. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

Three Islamic State-linked inmates are killed and three guards are injured in a prison riot in Vakhdat District, Tajikistan. (Barron’s)

Politics and elections

2024–2025 Belgian government formation
- Bart De Wever is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Belgium after a final agreement was reached between N-VA, CD&V, Vooruit, MR and Les Engagés. De Wever becomes the first Flemish nationalist to become Prime Minister. (The Guardian)