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February 10

Disasters and accidents

A Starsky Aviation Fokker 50 aircraft veers off a runway at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, due to a technical error. All 55 people on board survive.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Seven Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a residential building in western Gaza City.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Two people are killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk, Ukraine.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link

Politics and elections

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet approves draft constitutional amendments that extend presidential term limits from five to seven years and replace direct presidential elections with parliamentary selection, which would allow Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030 if adopted by parliament.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

Ireland launches a permanent basic-income programme for the arts that pays 2,000 creative workers €325 (US$387) per week for three years, following a government trial that began in 2022, and which culture minister Patrick O'Donovan describes as the first permanent scheme of its kind worldwide.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The Malaysian federal court reinstates the bribery conviction and six-year prison sentence of former Federal Land Development Authority chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad after overturning a 2024 acquittal on nine corruption counts linked to a hotel purchase.
Source: Reuters external link
The Philippine supreme court rules that same-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under the Family Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversing lower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners in Metro Manila.
Source: BBC News external link

February 9

Law and crime

Iranian police arrest several senior figures from the Reformists Front, including Mohsen Aminzadeh, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, and Azar Mansouri, while additional members receive summonses to appear before prosecutors, with no formal charges publicly disclosed.
Source: Reuters external link
The Public Ministry of Venezuela says Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was released and later abducted on Sunday, broke his parole's terms and that a request has been made to place Guanipa under house arrest, while not specifying if the government has him in custody.
Source: Reuters external link
Hong Kong opposition figure Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating a national security law following a two-year trial. Eight others, including six former executives and two pro-democracy activists, are also sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Source: Reuters external link
Three employees abducted from a mining facility in Sinaloa, Mexico, are found dead after being taken on January 23, while authorities continue searching for the remaining seven missing workers.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

Swedish migration minister Johan Forssell announces the implementation of stricter naturalization requirements from June 6, extending the residency period from five years to eight, imposing a minimum income threshold of 20,000 kr (US$2,225), requiring language and civic knowledge tests, and lengthening waiting times for applicants with criminal records.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, Palestine, killing one person and injuring five others.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
An Israeli drone strikes a car in Yanouh, South Governorate, Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child.
Source: AP external link
Russian troops launch a mechanised assault east of the city of Kupiansk, capturing the towns of Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka.
Source: ISW external link
Russian forces launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine using drones and ballistic missiles, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old boy and his mother in Kharkiv, and injuring dozens of others.
Source: The Independent external link

Business and economy

Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S. blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela.
Source: Reuters external link
Mexico deploys two navy vessels, including the ARM , carrying more than 800 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba amid critical shortages on the island.
Source: Mexico News Daily external link

International relations

United States vice president JD Vance visits Armenia, becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to have visited Armenia in its history. Vance meets with prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss implementing a peace agreement to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Source: AP external link
Armenia and the United States reach a nuclear deal, outlining a Section 123 Agreement and up to US$9 billion in total exports to Armenia related to nuclear energy.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States Armed Forces announces the transfer of two major NATO command and control centres over to European military forces in Naples, Italy, and Norfolk, Virginia, as part of a gradual shift to European countries taking a leading role in the military alliance.
Source: Reuters external link
Protests against Israeli president Isaac Herzog's state visit, following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities across Australia. In Sydney, protests occurred amid a ban by the state government on hate speech grounds, resulting in police making 27 arrests and deploying pepper spray.
Source: ABC News Australia external link

February 8

International relations

Nicaragua terminates visa-free entry for Cubans, revoking a policy that previously allowed thousands to transit through the country on their way to the United States.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In American football, the Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots, 29–13, to win their second Super Bowl, and their first in 12 years. Seahawks running back (RB) Kenneth Walker III is awarded MVP, the first RB to receive the award in 28 years.
Source: NFL external link

Politics and elections

Source: The Guardian external link
Mona Juul, Norway's ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, resigns after the foreign ministry opened an inquiry into her past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, amid media reports that Epstein left money to her children.
Source: Daily Tribune external link
In Aragon, Spain, the ruling People's Party wins the election, albeit without a majority and losing two seats, while the Socialists' Party comes second matching its worst result ever and the far-right Vox party doubles its votes and seats.
Source: elDiario.es external link
Independent Social Democrat candidate Siniša Karan wins a partial rerun of the Republika Srpska presidential election held after irregularities in the November vote, defeating Serb Democratic Party candidate Branko Blanuša in balloting limited to 136 polling stations.
Source: Reuters external link
Japanese citizens vote to elect all 465 seats in the House of Representatives, with the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party winning an overwhelming majority.
Source: AP external link
Socialist Party candidate António José Seguro is elected President of Portugal, defeating CHEGA leader André Ventura in the second round.
Source: Reuters external link
The postponement of elections in some municipalities are expected due to recent windstorms, including impacts from Storm Kristin.
Source: Politico external link
Thai citizens vote to elect all 500 seats in the House of Representatives, with the conservative Bhumjaithai Party winning the most seats. Voters also approved the beginning of a multi-stage drafting process to replace the current constitution.
Source: DW external link
The Liberal–National Coalition of Australia reforms in Opposition following its second split in the span of a year.
Source: The Guardian external link

Business and economy

Cuba suspends refueling for airliners at its airports, including José Martí International Airport, saying it has exhausted the country's fuel supply due to the U.S. blockade of the island and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela.
Source: First Post external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Allied Democratic Forces attack a village in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 20 people.
Source: AP external link
A 65-year-old man accused of shooting and critically injuring lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev on February 6 is detained in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is deported to Moscow, Russia.
Source: Sky News external link
One person is killed in a shooting attack by heavily armed bandits in a community in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Source: The Punch external link

Disasters and accidents

More than 30 people are killed and many others are seriously injured in a traffic accident in Gezawa, Kano State, Nigeria.
Source: The Punch external link
Fifteen people are killed and eight others are injured when two adjoining five-story residential buildings collapse in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Source: Reuters external link
Five people are killed and three others are injured when their truck crashes into a fence in Valencia, Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Law and crime

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa is released from prison after more than eight months of incarceration in Caracas. Several hours later he is kidnapped by heavily armed men in civilian clothing.
An Iranian court sentences 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to seven years and six months in prison and two years of internal exile in South Khorasan for collusion and propaganda-related charges, with the penalties running concurrently.
Source: AFP via GMA News external link
Senegalese gendarmerie arrest 14 people in Dakar and Kaolack who are allegedly involved in a human trafficking network run by a French national.
Source: AP external link

February 7

Business and economy

Saudi Arabia and Syria sign agreements covering a joint low-cost carrier, a new international airport in Aleppo, and a US$1 billion telecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areas controlled by Israel in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Three Palestinians are injured when Israeli settlers attack residents in the northern Jordan Valley.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Ukraine schedules emergency power outages across the country citing Russian attacks on thermal power stations.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: CTV News external link
Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with the Khorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing the Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday.
Source: AP external link
Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Suspected saboteurs damage rail infrastructure in different locations near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.
Source: CBC News external link
Anti-Olympics protestors and police clash in Milan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted with fireworks and firecrackers.
Source: CNN external link
Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a mass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Source: The Hindu external link
Police arrest a woman and seize over 10,500 blasting gelatin sticks, wires, and detonators from a lorry carrying onions parked at a bricks manufacturing unit in Chemmad, Kerala, India.
Source: PTI external link
Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on the Aristotle University campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013 air transport agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.
Source: The New York Times external link

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed after a minibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.
Source: The Express Tribune external link
Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology factory in Shanyin County, Shanxi, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: The Hindu external link
Two people killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-story restaurant collapses in Kota, Rajasthan, India.
Source: CNN-News18 external link
Source: Reuters external link
The bodies of six men killed in a coal mine explosion in Colombia are recovered.
Source: ABC News external link