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February 20

Law and crime

A Thai court sentences activist lawyer Arnon Nampa, who has been detained since 2023, to an additional two years and eight months in prison for violating the country's law over remarks made at a 2020 rally.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States Supreme Court rules that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant the President the power to impose trade tariffs.
Source: CNN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

One person is killed and several buildings are damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Norway relocates some of its approximately 60 military personnel stationed in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East back to Norway and other regional locations, citing security concerns amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

Norway breaks the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics event after skier Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the country's 17th gold medal in Milan-Cortina, surpassing their own record of 16 gold medals.
Source: The Independent external link

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed, including a pregnant woman, two children are injured and 3,000 are displaced in three landslides in the Philippines.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Seven Chinese tourists are killed after their van sinks into a frozen over section of Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. One person managed to escape the vehicle and reach the surface. An investigation into criminal negligence and safety violations was opened.
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

The French agriculture ministry authorizes the culling of around 200 wolves, raising the annual removal limit to 21% of the estimated population of over 1,000 animals, with a possible increase to 23%, citing rising livestock losses as wolf numbers expand into agricultural areas and regions near major cities.
Source: Reuters external link

February 19

Sports

Ski mountaineer Oriol Cardona wins the men's sprint event and captures Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years.
Source: NBC external link

Disasters and accidents

Eighteen people are killed and three others are injured when two trucks collide head-on near Port Said, Egypt.
Source: Egypt Today external link
Sixteen people are killed and several others are injured after a gas explosion which then caused the building to collapse in Karachi, Pakistan.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Six people are killed and another is injured when a fire engine plunges off a cliff in Xinhua County, Hunan, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
At least four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck transporting liquid gas crashes and explodes in Santiago, Chile.
Source: Reuters external link
A person is killed and five others are injured in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when a high-voltage power line breaks and falls into a public market.
Source: Reuters external link
Five miners are trapped underground and presumed dead in a diamond mine after a mudslide in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodríguez signs a general amnesty bill into law, enabling the release of hundreds of political prisoners, including former National Assembly vice president Juan Pablo Guanipa.
Source: AP external link
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law on December 3, 2024.
Source: Reuters external link
In the United Kingdom, police arrest royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He is later released from police custody.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

United States president Donald Trump says he has ordered defense secretary Pete Hegseth and other relevant department heads to "begin the process" of releasing classified government files related to extraterrestrial life and UAPs.
Source: The Wall Street Journal external link

February 18

Politics and elections

Sanae Takaichi is re-appointed Prime Minister of Japan by the House of Representatives after winning the legislative election.
Source: AP external link
Philippine vice president Sara Duterte announces her candidacy in the next presidential election.
Source: Reuters external link
Following two rounds of voting, José María Balcázar succeeds the removed José Jerí as interim President of Peru.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Poland bans all Chinese-made vehicles from entering its military sites, citing data security concerns regarding onboard sensors.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Australia issues a temporary exclusion order barring one citizen held in a Syrian detention camp from returning to the country under counter-terrorism legislation, citing the citizen's possible links to Islamic State members.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A gas explosion at a lead mine in Bashar, Plateau State, Nigeria, kills at least 38 miners working underground and injures 27 others.
Source: Arab News external link
Twelve people are killed in an explosion and fire at a fireworks shop in Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
Source: CBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States announces that it will withdraw all remaining military troops from Syria, formally ending its 12-year military presence in the country.
Source: The Wall Street Journal external link
A security officer is killed and another is injured in an attack by the Islamic State in Raghib, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria.
Source: Reuters external link
Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet claims that Thai forces are occupying Cambodian territory beyond Thailand's claimed territory.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Four people are killed and two others are injured in a drive-by shooting outside of a school in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador.
Source: Xinhua external link
Two Palestinians, including one child, are killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The state-run newspaper reports that Bo Nagar, leader of the anti-government Burma National Revolutionary Army, surrendered to the Burmese military after clashes with other rebel groups.
Source: AP external link

Science and technology

Gabon indefinitely suspends access to social media platforms YouTube and TikTok citing concerns they undermine social cohesion and threaten national security.
Source: Reuters external link

February 17

Politics and elections

The Peruvian Congress removes president José Jerí from office following a scandal over undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessmen.
Source: Reuters external link
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Tarique Rahman is sworn in as the 11th prime minister of Bangladesh following the party's victory in the recent election.
Source: The Guardian external link

Business and economy

Canadian mining firm Sherritt International announces that it will suspend operations in Moa, Holguín, Cuba, after planned fuel deliveries were not fulfilled due to the U.S. blockade affecting oil shipments to the island.
Source: AA external link

Science and technology

An annular solar eclipse lasting up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds is visible from Antarctica, for the first time since 2014, the Southern Ocean, and the South Indian Ocean, and partially observed in Africa, Argentina, and Chile.
Source: hub.pl external link

Disasters and accidents

Eight backcountry skiers are killed, six others are rescued and one is reported missing in an avalanche on the Donner Pass northwest of Lake Tahoe in California, United States.
Source: KABC-TV external link
At least four people are killed and 29 others are injured in a more than 30-vehicle pileup in Pueblo, Colorado, United States.
Source: Times Now external link
At least three servicemen are reportedly killed and several others are injured in an explosion at a military commandant's building in Sertolovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant engineers are killed and another is injured in a Russian drone attack on a vehicle in Mykolaivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link
At least six people are injured and buildings and vehicles are damaged in large-scale Russian strikes on Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says a vessel and a skiff exchanged small-arms fire southwest of Aden, Yemen.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
Lakurawa militants kill 34 people in coordinated shooting attacks on eight villages in Arewa LGA, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Seven of the villages are destroyed as well as several cattle are stolen.
Source: Vanguard News external link

Law and crime

French police arrest nine people, including an aide to legislator Raphaël Arnault, in connection with the fatal beating of Quentin Deranque during clashes between far-left and far-right groups in Lyon last week.
Source: AFP and Reuters via Al Jazeera external link
An Azerbaijani military court sentences former Republic of Artsakh state minister Ruben Vardanyan, who was arrested in 2023 while leaving the region after Azerbaijan regained control, to 20 years in prison for terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Source: Reuters external link
A man is killed and eight children are injured in a shooting at a park in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Source: Gulf News external link
An 18-year-old is arrested after running towards the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., with a loaded shotgun, multiple rounds of ammunition and a tactical vest.
Source: WJLA-TV external link

International relations

Iran partially closes the Strait of Hormuz for several hours due to military exercises and warns the United States to avoid a military escalation.
Source: Reuters external link