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February 8

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 transported to Moscow, Russia.
Source: Sky News external link

Politics and elections

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
Portuguese citizens vote in the second round of the presidential election to decide whether Socialist Party candidate António José Seguro or CHEGA leader André Ventura succeeds incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who has reached his term limit. The postponement of elections in some municipalities are expected due to recent windstorms, including impacts from Storm Kristin.
Source: Politico Europe external link
Thai citizens vote to elect all 500 seats in the House of Representatives and decide whether to begin a process to replace the current constitution.
Source: AP external link
The Liberal–National Coalition reforms in Opposition following its second split in the span of a year.
Source: The Guardian external link
Morgan McSweeney, the chief of staff to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, resigns over his role in the Mandelson affair.
Source: The Guardian external link

Disasters and accidents

At least six people are killed, seven others are injured and more are trapped when two adjoining five-storey residential buildings collapse in Tripoli, Libya.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

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 alleged collusion and propaganda-related charges, with the penalties running concurrently.
Source: AFP via GMA News external link

February 7

Law and crime

Suspected saboteurs damage rail infrastructure in different locations near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.
Source: CBC News external link
Anti-Olympics protestors and police clash in Milan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted with fireworks and firecrackers.
Source: CNN external link
Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a mass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Source: The Hindu external link
Police arrest a woman and seize over 10,500 blasting gelatin sticks, wires, and detonators from a lorry carrying onions parked at a bricks manufacturing unit in Chemmad, Kerala, India.
Source: PTI external link
Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on the Aristotle University campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013 air transport agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Saudi Arabia and Syria sign agreements covering a joint low-cost carrier, a new international airport in Aleppo, and a US$1 billion telecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed after a minibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.
Source: The Express Tribune external link
Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology factory in Shanyin County, Shanxi, China.
Source: Xinhua external link
Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Source: The Hindu external link
Two people killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-story restaurant collapses in Kota, Rajasthan, India.
Source: CNN-News18 external link
Source: Reuters external link
The bodies of six men killed in a coal mine explosion in Colombia are recovered.
Source: ABC News external link

Politics and elections

The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.
Source: The New York Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areas controlled by Israel in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Three Palestinians are injured when Israeli settlers attack residents in the northern Jordan Valley.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Ukraine schedules emergency power outages across the country citing Russian attacks on thermal power stations.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: CTV News external link
Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with the Khorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing the Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday.
Source: AP external link
Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Source: AP external link

February 6

International relations

Canada and France open consulates in Nuuk, Greenland, to reinforce support for the Danish Realm against United States president Donald Trump's threats to unilaterally annex the territory.
Source: DW external link
The United States Department of State issues sanctions on 14 oil tankers that are used to transport oil to Iran.
Source: The New Arab external link

Politics and elections

Former vice president of the Bank of China Lin Jingzhen is expelled from the Chinese Communist Party following an investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that found "serious violations of discipline and laws".
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

The opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, is held.
Source: NBC News external link

Disasters and accidents

Three men, including the pilot, are killed when a light aircraft crashes into the ocean off Goolwa South, South Australia.
Source: Reuters external link
The wreckage of an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante operating a cargo flight for Agape Flights that went missing yesterday is found in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti. Both pilots were killed.
Source: Miami Herald external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli airstrike hits a building in Gaza City, Palestine.
Source: Al Arabiya English external link
The Iraqi Air Force carries out airstrikes on Islamic State hideouts near Hatra in northern Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, using F-16 fighter jets, killing four militants and destroying logistical facilities.
Source: Shafaqna external link
An Islamic State suicide bomber detonates explosives at a hideout in Al-Qa'im District, Iraq, during an attempted arrest, killing himself and injuring two security officers.
Source: AP external link
The deputy head of Russian military intelligence, lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev, is shot and critically injured in Moscow, Russia.
Source: BBC News external link
One person is killed and three others are injured in drone strikes by the Rapid Support Forces on a humanitarian convoy of the World Food Programme in Allah Karim near El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: AA external link
Thirty-two people are killed and 170 others are wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Islamic State – Pakistan Province claims responsibility.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

One of the "key participants" behind the 2012 attack on two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, that killed ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, is arrested, charged with murder, arson and terrorism and brought to the United States.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
North Macedonian police seize 28 tonnes of cannabis, the largest such haul in the country, from former industrial sites in Skopje and Strumica, link the operation to a recent five-tonne seizure in Serbia, and state that the material originated from licensed medicinal-growing facilities but was diverted for unauthorized use.
Source: Reuters external link
Amnesty International reports that North Koreans are being executed for watching the South Korean series and listening to K-pop.
Source: Sky News external link
A further 22 sets of infant remains are recovered from the former site of the Tuam Mother and Baby home in County Galway, Ireland, bringing the total to 33 sets of remains.
Source: RTÉ external link
English serial killer Steven Wright, who killed five women in 2006, receives another life sentence after he admitted to murdering a 17-year-old girl in 1999.
Source: Reuters via CTV News external link
At least six people, including a child, are injured in a grenade attack at a beauty salon in Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Source: Le Parisien external link
China overturns the death sentence of Canadian citizen Robert Lloyd Schellenberg after he was detained on drug trafficking charges in 2014.
Source: AFP via CTV News external link
The European Commission, in a preliminary statement regarding their ongoing investigation into TikTok, finds evidence of "addictive design" in its app, which could affect children and vulnerable adults, in possible violation of the European Union's Digital Services Act.
Source: RTÉ external link
Bodies and remains are found in an area where search and rescue operations are ongoing for 10 missing workers kidnapped from a Canadian gold and silver mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, on January 28. Four people are arrested.
Source: CP24 external link
A funeral home owner is sentenced to 40 years in prison for abusing 189 corpses and giving their families fake ashes in Penrose, Colorado, United States.
Source: The Guardian external link

February 5

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed and more than 28,000 are displaced after Tropical Storm Penha makes landfall in the southern Philippines.
Source: AP external link
An explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India, kills at least 25 people.
Source: AP external link
Thirteen people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus carrying wedding guests falls down a 200-meter slope near Kathmandu, Nepal.
Source: AP external link
Ten people are killed and several others injured after a bus falls down a 100-meter ravine in Eliodoro Camacho Province, Bolivia.
Source: Reuters external link
At least three people are killed and seven others are injured when a car crashes into a 99 Ranch Market in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Source: KGO-TV external link
One person is killed and three others are injured when a double-decker bus strikes pedestrians in Dublin, Ireland.
Source: Sky News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 22 people are killed and eight others are injured in a bombing by the Rapid Support Forces at a military hospital in South Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: AA external link
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers allegedly smuggling fuel in the Persian Gulf. Fifteen crew members onboard both tankers are taken into custody.
Source: The Canadian Press external link
The United States Navy strikes a boat suspected of transporting illegal narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The remaining 89 people kidnapped from three churches in Kaduna State, Nigeria, by criminal gangs on January 18, are released.
Source: Africanews via MSN external link
An Azerbaijani military court sentences 13 former Nagorno-Karabakh officials, including ex-leader Arayik Harutyunyan, to penalties ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment after convicting them of offences such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorism, genocide, and attempting to seize power by force.
Source: Reuters external link
The mayor of Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, is arrested on charges of alleged extortion and organized crime.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Angola, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agree to take back foreign offenders and illegal migrants from the United Kingdom after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatened them with visa penalties. Around 3,000 people are expected to be returned following the deal.
Source: BBC News external link
The UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea approves exemptions for 17 humanitarian projects in North Korea, allowing international organizations and non-governmental groups to deliver humanitarian aid despite existing restrictions linked to the country's nuclear program.
Source: Reuters external link
New START, the last treaty on limiting strategic nuclear weapons between Russia and the United States, expires.
Source: swissinfo external link
Russia and the United States agree to re-establish high-level military communication for the first time since it was suspended in 2021 under the Biden administration.
Source: AP external link
Source: Parliament of Moldova external link

Science and technology

SpaceX deactivates Starlink terminals in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, preventing their use by Russian forces following pressure from Ukraine.
Source: CNN external link

Sports

The match between Finland and Canada in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics is postponed to February 12 after a norovirus outbreak affected 13 members of the Finnish team.
Source: NBC external link