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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
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signs law allowing citizens over 60 to join the military during wartime.
Source: The Kyiv Independent 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

Law and crime

A security guard is killed and three others are injured in a school shooting in Anapa, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Source: AA external link

Politics and elections

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

International relations

The Federal Aviation Administration briefly issues a 10-day halt to all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas, the United States, citing unspecified "special security reasons", which is shortly thereafter lifted. claims that the closure was related to anti-drone warfare tests at Fort Bliss, citing an anonymous source briefed on the matter.
Source: The New York Times external link

February 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five Palestinians are killed from Israeli strikes 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

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

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

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

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
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
Portuguese Minister of Home Affairs Maria Lúcia Amaral resigns after criticism over the response to Storm Kristin and other storms.
Source: in Portuguese 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

Law and crime

Ten 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

Business and economy

Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel to Cuba to avoid punitive tariffs by the United States which is enforcing a near total 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
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

February 9

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

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

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
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla condemns the ongoing U.S. blockade as "cruel", accusing U.S. president Donald Trump of trying to "break the political will" of the Cuban people. Russia also calls for an immediate end to the blockade to avoid a humanitarian crisis, and says it will explore ways to help the country.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, Palestine, killing four people and injuring dozens of 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

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

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed when an air ambulance helicopter crashes at Maaten al-Sarra Air Base near Kufra in Cyrenaica, Libya.
Source: TRT World external link

February 8

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

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

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

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 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

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
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