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February 13

Business and economy

DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns and leaves the company with immediate effect amid controversy over his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom he exchanged hundreds of emails with over a decade.
Source: BBC News external link

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed in a multiple-vehicle collision in Hoskote, Karnataka, India.
Source: The Hindu external link
Five people are killed after a police vehicle, carrying provincial police and government personnel that was securing the organizers of a national pageant, falls off a cliff in Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
Source: GMA News external link
Four people are killed after an Epic E1000 aircraft crashes at Steamboat Springs Airport in Colorado, United States.
Source: Aviation Safety Network external link
Three people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Budakeszi, Hungary.
Source: AP external link
Three people, including two British tourists, are killed in an avalanche near Val-d'Isère, France.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, winning 209 seats in the first election since the July Revolution that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Source: Reuters external link
Angus Taylor replaces Sussan Ley as Leader of the Opposition following a leadership spill in the Liberal Party. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering a by-election in her Farrer seat.
Source: The Guardian external link
Milagro Navas, the mayor of La Libertad Este and El Salvador's only opposition-aligned mayor, announces that she will run for re-election in 2027.
Source: El Mundo external link

Law and crime

Eighteen-year-old Austin Thompson, the perpetrator of a mass shooting which killed five in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder last month.
Source: WRAL-TV external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States Armed Forces says it has conducted an airstrike on a boat suspected of transporting illegal narcotics in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people.
Source: Reuters external link

February 12

Sports

The International Olympic Committee disqualifies Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing due to his helmet, which has images of Ukrainian athletes killed by Russian Armed Forces.
Source: NPR external link

Law and crime

Former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland is charged with gross corruption over connections with American sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Source: BBC News external link
Two people are killed and another is injured in a shooting at a South Carolina State University dormitory building in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.
Source: NBC News external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 31 people are killed, 36 others are injured, and several are missing as Cyclone Gezani makes landfall in Madagascar.
Source: DW external link

International relations

The Japanese fisheries agency seize a Chinese fishing vessel and arrest its captain who failed to stop for inspection within Japan's exclusive economic zone off Nagasaki Prefecture, marking the first such seizure since 2022.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
The United States announces the closure of its Drug Enforcement Administration office in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, citing unspecified corruption concerns within the mission.
Source: Jamaica Observer external link
Kenyan president William Ruto announces the reopening of the country's Mandera border post with Somalia in April, ending a 15-year closure imposed in 2011 following attacks attributed to al-Shabaab, after earlier reopening plans were delayed due to renewed violence near the border.
Source: Daily Sabah external link

Business and economy

Lufthansa staff conduct a one-day strike to protest the airline's cost-cutting measures, grounding at least 460 flights and affecting nearly 70,000 passengers.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Bangladeshis vote to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad.
Source: BBC News external link
Projections of early morning results indicate that incumbent Barbadian prime minister Mia Mottley will win a third term in office, with the Barbados Labour Party securing all 30 seats in the House of Assembly for the third election in a row.
Source: Reuters external link
Portugal's parliament approves, on first reading, a bill requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social media, mandating age verification through the state's electronic identification system and imposing fines of up to 2 percent of global revenue on companies that fail to comply.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

United States president Donald Trump revokes the Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 endangerment finding, which classified greenhouse gases as a threat to public health and formed the legal basis for federal climate regulations, and concurrently rescinds vehicle emission standards.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN external link
The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air reports that China's carbon dioxide emissions remained flat or declined slightly in 2025 by about 0.3%, marking the first full calendar year in which emissions in China did not rise despite increasing energy demand, largely due to expanded renewable energy capacity.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

February 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Volgograd refinery in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, is ablaze with multiple explosions reported after being attacked overnight by Ukrainian drones. Volgograd International Airport is closed in response to the attack.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link
Four people are killed and two others are injured in a Russian airstrike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: The Hindu external link
A crowd linked to the Southern Transitional Council attempts to storm a local government building in Ataq, Yemen. Security forces open fire, killing five people and wounding 39 more.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Two pilots are killed after assailants shoot at a landing Smart Air flight in Boven Digoel Regency, South Papua, Indonesia, carrying 15 people. Another person is killed after a convoy is attacked.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States Armed Forces withdraws from the al-Tanf military base, handing it over to the Syrian Armed Forces.
Source: Al Arabiya external link

Law and crime

A security guard is killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a technical college in Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Source: AA external link
One person is killed and three others are injured, including the perpetrator, in a school shooting in Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
The Constitutional Court of Slovakia suspends a criminal code amendment that would bar courts from accepting testimony from cooperating witnesses who previously provided false statements.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 15 people are killed, six others are rescued and six are reported missing when a ferry capsizes on the Nile River in Shendi District, River Nile State, Sudan.
Source: AP external link

International relations

The United States Federal Aviation Administration briefly issues a halt to all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas, due to a balloon that was mistaken for a drone.
Source: The Guardian external link

Business and economy

British International Investment suspends all future investments with DP World after their CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was revealed to have maintained close ties with convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including an exchange in 2009 in which he was revealed as the recipient of an email saying "I loved the torture video" from Epstein.
Source: Arab News external link
The Inter-American Development Bank announces that it will provide US$1.3 billion in financing to El Salvador in 2026, targeting housing and tourism.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Barbadians vote to elect the 30 members of the House of Assembly.
Source: The Guardian external link