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February 13

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, symbolizing a power shift from the Moderate to the National Right faction. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering a by-election in her Farrer seat.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and 22 more are injured in a fire at a residential building in Budakeszi, Hungary.
Source: AP external link

February 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

February 11

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

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

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

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

February 10

International relations

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and United States vice president JD Vance sign a strategic partnership agreement in Baku covering economic and security cooperation.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
The United States Department of State bans Palauan senate president Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the country due to alleged corruption.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Canadian pensions funder La Caisse suspends all future ventures with multinational logistics company DP World following the disclosure by the U.S. Department of Justice that its CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had maintained close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Source: The Gazette external link
Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tariffs by the United States which is enforcing an oil blockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments of humanitarian aid.
Source: AA external link
Canadian airlines Air Transat and WestJet suspend all flights to Cuba amid a shortage of fuel for commercial aviation, and say efforts are underway to return Canadians stranded on the island.
Source: Bloomberg 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

Nine people are killed, including the suspect, in a school shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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
Colombian senator Aida Quilcué and her two bodyguards are abducted from their car by unidentified assailants while traveling in Cauca Department. Security forces later locate the empty car, and Quilcué and her escorts are released unharmed following government warnings.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer 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
Europol says it has dismantled a drug trafficking network that was smuggling cocaine into Iceland, resulting in the arrests of 24 people.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Protesters clash with riot police in Tirana, Albania, amid protests over corruption allegations involving deputy prime minister Belinda Balluku. At least sixteen people are injured while police say thirteen people have been arrested.
Source: AP external link
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
Portuguese home minister Maria Lúcia Amaral resigns after criticism over the government's response to Storm Kristin and other storms.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed after a car collided with a truck in Dausa district, India.
Source: The Hindu external link
A Pemex-owned pipeline explodes in Oaxaca, Mexico, killing three people and injuring six others.
Source: Reuters external link
A Starsky Aviation Fokker 50 aircraft veers off a runway at Aden Adde International Airport to a nearby beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, due to a technical error. All 55 people on board survive.
Source: BBC News external link

Science and technology

The Russian Roskomnadzor restricts access to the instant messaging service Telegram, citing alleged failures to remove prohibited material and protect personal data, and triggers nationwide service disruptions reported by users.
Source: CNN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five Palestinians are killed by Israeli strikes and gunfire on the Gaza Strip.
Source: RTÉ News external link
Two people are killed in a Russian airstrike on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
A United States military official confirms that the U.S. will deploy 200 soldiers to Nigeria to help train the Nigerian military and provide logistical support against Boko Haram and other Islamic terrorist groups.
Source: AA external link
Four people are killed and eight others are wounded after their vehicle strikes a land mine in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. In a separate incident, a tractor triggers a land mine in the village of Taanah, Aleppo Governorate, killing one person.
Source: The New Arab external link