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February 9

Law and crime

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: Hong Kong Free Press external link
Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa is kidnapped by heavily armed men in civilian clothing just hours after being released from prison in Caracas.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 53 people are killed or missing, including two babies, and two others are rescued when a rubber boat capsizes north of Zuwarah, Tripolitania, Libya.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

February 8

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

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

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
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
SNSD candidate Siniša Karan wins a partial rerun of the Republika Srpska presidential election held after irregularities in the November vote, defeating SDS candidate Branko Blanuša in balloting limited to 136 polling stations.
Source: Reuters external link
In Aragon, Spain, the ruling PP of Aragon wins the election, albeit without a majority and losing two seats, while the PSOE of Aragon comes second matching its worst result ever and the far-right Vox party doubles its votes and seats.
Source: eldiario.es 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
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

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.
Source: ABC News 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
15 people are killed and eight others are injured when two adjoining five-story residential buildings collapse in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Source: Reuters external link
Five pineapple harvesters are killed and three others are injured when their fruit hauler truck loses control at high speed and 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.
Source: AP external link
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 alleged collusion and propaganda-related charges, with the penalties running concurrently.
Source: AFP via GMA News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

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 transported 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

February 7

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

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

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

International relations

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

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

February 6

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike hits a building in Gaza City, Palestine.
Source: Al Arabiya English external link
The Iraqi Air Force carries out airstrikes on Islamic State hideouts near Hatra in northern Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, using F-16 fighter jets, killing four militants and destroying logistical facilities.
Source: Shafaqna external link
An Islamic State suicide bomber detonates explosives at a hideout in Al-Qa'im District, Iraq, during an attempted arrest, killing himself and injuring two security officers.
Source: AP external link
The deputy head of Russian military intelligence, lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev, is shot and critically injured in Moscow, Russia.
Source: BBC News external link
One person is killed and three others are injured in drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces on a humanitarian convoy of the World Food Programme in Allah Karim near El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: AA external link
Thirty-two people are killed and 170 others are wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Islamic State – Pakistan Province claims responsibility.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

One of the "key participants" behind the 2012 attack on two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, is arrested, charged with murder, arson and terrorism and brought to the United States.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
North Macedonian police seize 28 tonnes of cannabis, the largest such haul in the country, from former industrial sites in Skopje and Strumica, link the operation to a recent five-tonne seizure in Serbia, and state that the material originated from licensed medicinal-growing facilities but was diverted for unauthorized use.
Source: Reuters external link
Amnesty International reports that North Koreans are being executed for watching the South Korean series and listening to K-pop.
Source: Sky News external link
A further 22 sets of infant remains are recovered from the former site of the Tuam Mother and Baby home in County Galway, Ireland, bringing the total to 33 sets of remains.
Source: RTÉ external link
English serial killer Steven Wright, who killed five women in 2006, receives another life sentence after he admitted to murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1999.
Source: Reuters via CTV News external link
At least six people, including a child, are injured in a grenade attack at a beauty salon in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Source: Le Parisien external link
China overturns the death sentence of Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on drug trafficking charges in 2014.
Source: AFP via CTV News external link
The European Commission, in a preliminary statement regarding their ongoing investigation into TikTok, finds evidence of "addictive design" in its app, which could affect children and vulnerable adults, in possible violation of the European Union's Digital Services Act.
Source: RTÉ external link
Bodies and remains are found in an area where search and rescue operations are ongoing for 10 missing workers kidnapped from a Canadian gold and silver mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, on January 28. Four people are arrested.
Source: CP24 external link
A funeral home owner is sentenced to 40 years in prison for abusing 189 corpses and giving their families fake ashes in Penrose, Colorado, United States.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

The wreckage of an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante operating a cargo flight for Agape Flights that went missing yesterday is found in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti. Both pilots were killed.
Source: Miami Herald external link
Three men, including the pilot, are killed when a light aircraft crashes into the ocean off Goolwa South, South Australia.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, is held.
Source: NBC News external link

Politics and elections

Former vice president of the Bank of China Lin Jingzhen is expelled from the Chinese Communist Party following an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that found "serious violations of discipline and laws".
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Canada and France open consulates in Nuuk, Greenland, to reinforce support for the Danish Realm against United States president Donald Trump's threats to unilaterally annex the territory.
Source: DW external link
The United States Department of State issues sanctions on 14 oil tankers that are used to transport oil to Iran.
Source: The New Arab external link