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February 23

Health and environment

Brazil announces that it will revoke a decree expanding the waterways in the Amazon rainforest under a federal privatization program following protests by Indigenous groups.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The death toll among Mexican National Guard troops in Jalisco rises to at least 25 with dozens more wounded amid clashes with Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen.
Source: BBC News external link
Nigerian Army troops kill five suspected Lakurawa insurgents near Mayama Hill, Kebbi State, Nigeria, and recover a cache of weapons.
Source: Channels TV external link
Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing four people, including two civilians in Odesa.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least nine people are killed in two armed attacks in Manabi Province, Ecuador.
Source: Xinhua external link
Three security personnel are killed and two others are injured in a quadcopter strike on a paramilitary fort in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Source: Xinhua external link
Chad closes its border with Sudan after five Chadian soldiers and three civilians are killed, and 12 more people are injured, in clashes between Rapid Support Forces in opposition to and militia groups affiliated with the Sudanese government.
Source: Reuters external link
The Syrian interior ministry reports that four security personnel and an assailant were killed in an attack claimed to involve the Islamic State at a checkpoint in Raqqa.
Source: Asharq Al-Awsat external link

Disasters and accidents

A nationwide power outage occurs in the Dominican Republic, which the Ministry of Energy and Mines to a transmission line switch malfunction that triggered system protection mechanisms. Power generation begins to recover later in the day, reaching about 30 percent of normal capacity.
Source: Reuters external link
A bus plunges off a mountainous section of the Prithvi Highway near Benighat, Nepal, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others.
Source: AP external link
A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Peruvian Air Force that went missing the previous day is found crashed near Chala, Peru. All 15 people on board are confirmed dead.
Source: Gulf News external link
Seven people are killed when an air ambulance Beechcraft King Air crashes in Chatra district, Jharkhand, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link

International relations

France restricts United States ambassador Charles Kushner's direct access to government ministers after he skipped a meeting requested by foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot to address comments concerning the killing of Quentin Deranque.
Source: Reuters external link
Slovak prime minister Robert Fico announces the suspension of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid the Russo-Ukrainian war unless oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, following a disruption that Slovakia attributes to Ukraine.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

British politician Peter Mandelson is arrested on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announces the declassification of the documents relating to the attempted coup that took place in the Congress of Deputies in 1981.
Source: RTVE external link
Rob Jetten is sworn in as the new prime minister of the Netherlands, becoming the country's youngest and the first openly gay prime minister.
Source: BBC News external link
Hernando de Soto is announced as the new prime minister of Peru.
Source: Gestión external link

Business and economy

Panama's canal authority assumes control of the Balboa and Cristóbal ports on the Panama Canal after the supreme court annulled the concessions held by Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison, with an 18-month transition period and a new international tender process planned.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

February 22

Law and crime

Secret Service and police officials kill an armed 21-year-old man who entered Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
Source: BBC News external link

Arts and culture

At the 2026 BAFTA Awards, the American film wins the most awards with six, including Best Film. became the most-nominated film by a female director and became the most-nominated film by a Black director in BAFTA history.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter external link

Sports

The Winter Olympics conclude with Norway as the highest-ranked team in the medal table. The Olympic flag is handed over to the organizers of the 2030 Winter Olympics to be held in the French Alps.
Source: France 24 external link
The United States defeats Canada 2–1 during overtime, winning gold in the men's tournament in ice hockey for the first time since 1980, exactly 46 years after the Miracle on Ice.
Source: KNBC-TV external link

International relations

The reports that Iran had signed a confidential €500 million (US$589 million) arms agreement with Russia in December 2025 to buy 500 9K333 man-portable air-defense systems and 2,500 associated missiles, with deliveries scheduled between 2027 and 2029 under a contract negotiated between Iran's defence ministry and the Rosoboronexport.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and six other gunmen are killed during a security operation carried out by the Mexican Armed Forces near Tapalpa, Jalisco. In response, CJNG members launched coordinated retaliatory attacks, including road blockades involving burning vehicles and improvised checkpoints across multiple states.
Source: AP external link
At least seven National Guard troops are killed in clashes with CJNG forces in Western Mexico.
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

In the United States, a major nor'easter snowstorm hits the East Coast, causing blizzard conditions and major transportation disruptions.
Source: CNN external link
Search and rescue operations begin for three individuals who have been reported missing after a collapse of a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, two days prior. There are other claims that up to 50 people are feared missing from the incident.
Source: Manila Bulletin external link

Politics and elections

Laotians vote in a parliamentary election to elect the 175 members of the tenth National Assembly. The only legal party in Laos contesting the election is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, is re-elected as the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the most powerful position in the one-party state.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

February 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ukrainian forces launch long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, striking the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Another missile strikes a natural-gas processing plant in Samara Oblast.
Source: DW external link
Russian forces capture the village of Karpivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as they attempt to advance towards Lyman.
Source: Devdiscourse external link
Pakistan conducts intelligence-based strikes on seven locations along the Durand Line in the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan targeting alleged camps of the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State, resulting in dozens of fatalities and injuries.
Source: The Straits Times external link
Two soldiers and five militants are killed in a shootout in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Source: Reuters external link
The Islamic State claims responsibility for two attacks on security personnel in northern and eastern Syria, in which a soldier and a civilian were killed.
Source: Reuters external link
A policewoman is killed and at least 15 others are injured, including some seriously, in two explosions at a shop in Lviv, Ukraine. The attacks are being treated as terrorism.
Source: TRT World external link

Business and economy

United States president Donald Trump raises the global tariff on imports from 10% to 15% under emergency powers that permit the measure for up to 150 days after the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a 1977 law does not authorize the imposition of his earlier country-specific tariffs. The administration states that the new rate applies broadly, with exemptions for certain sectors and goods covered by existing trade agreements.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Arts and culture

At this year's Berlin Film Festival, İlker Çatak's wins the Golden Bear.
Source: The Philippine Star external link

Disasters and accidents

The state emergency service of Victoria, Australia, issues the highest-level emergency evacuation warning for areas surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement of Gaffneys Creek, as an uncontrolled bushfire burns the settlement.
Source: Reuters external link
At least five bodies of refugees wash ashore near Tripoli, Libya. Residents also observe a child's body carried back to sea by strong waves, prompting a coast guard search operation.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed, including a five-year-old, and three others are injured when a boat capsizes and sinks on the Grande River in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Source: Xinhua external link
The death toll from the truck explosion on a highway in Santiago, Chile, on Thursday, rises to six, with 15 others still hospitalized with serious injuries.
Source: Xinhua external link