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February 15

Law and crime

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests former energy minister German Galushchenko at the state border for his alleged involvement in a ₴4 billion (US$100 million) kickback scheme in the energy sector.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Eleven Palestinians are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza.
Source: BBC News external link
Jubaland forces in collaboration with US forces, conducted a four-day special operation that killed more than 60 Al-Shabaab militant fighters in the Far Black Sea region, in the Lagta Hola-Wajeer area of ​​Badhadhe District in the Lower Juba province.
Source: Horseed Media external link

Disasters and accidents

Eleven people are killed and eight are injured after a bus collided with a trailer in Khairpur district, Pakistan.
Source: Dawn external link
Eight people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
Five people are killed and several others are injured when a car jumps a meridian and collides with a bus near Nelamangala in Karnataka, India.
Source: The Hindu external link

February 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gunmen launch simultaneous attacks on three communities in Niger State, Nigeria, killing at least 46 people and kidnapping a number of others.
Source: The Daily Star external link

Law and crime

France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom assess that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned by epibatidine, a neurotoxin found in South American poison dart frogs.
Source: NBC News external link

Business and economy

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund agree to modify conditions for a proposed US$8.2 billion, four-year lending program, easing certain requirements including planned tax increases on entrepreneurs above a higher revenue threshold.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Ethiopia revokes Reuters journalists' accreditation in response to an article on February 10 that alleged the Ethiopian military was supporting the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese civil war by running secret training camps for its fighters.
Source: Bloomberg external link

Sports

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins gold at the men's giant slalom, becoming the first Brazilian and first South American athlete to win a medal at a Winter Olympics.
Source: AP external link

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. 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

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed in a multiple-vehicle collision in Hoskote, Karnataka, India.
Source: The Hindu external link
Six people are trampled to death by wild elephants near Hazaribagh district, Jharkand, 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

Law and crime

Eighteen-year-old Austin Thompson, the perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed five people in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., in 2022, is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder last month.
Source: WRAL-TV external link
Iran releases on bail three reformist political figures, including former legislator Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Union of Islamic Iran People Party secretary-general Azar Mansouri, who were arrested during a recent crackdown on dissent.
Source: Reuters external link
The High Court of Justice rules that the British government's decision to designate the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful and disproportionate, while allowing the ban to remain in force pending appeal. The judgment prompts police to suspend further arrests linked to support for the group.
Source: CNN external link

Business and economy

UAE-based DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns and leaves the company with immediate effect amid controversy over his connection to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom he exchanged hundreds of emails with over a decade.
Source: BBC News 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
Two electricians are killed and five other people are injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on energy infrastructure and a residential area in Belgorod, Russia.
Source: Reuters 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
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

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

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

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