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February 22

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: The Star external link

February 21

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

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian forces capture the village of Karpivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as they attempt to advance towards Lyman.
Source: Devdiscourse external link
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
Pakistan conducts intelligence-based strikes on seven locations along the Durand Line in the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces 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.
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, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. The attacks are being treated as terrorism.
Source: TRT World 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

February 20

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

Politics and elections

The Florida Legislature, in the United States, passes a measure to formally rename Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, as the "President Donald J. Trump International Airport".
Source: The Telegraph 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 provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro, 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 is opened.
Source: Reuters external link
Seven people are killed and two others are injured in a collision between a van and a truck in Valsad district, Gujarat, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Five people are killed, another is injured and power outages are reported during a major snowstorm in Linz and Tyrol, Austria.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 12 people are killed and 33 others are injured in multiple Israeli strikes targeting members of Hezbollah and Hamas across Lebanon. One Hezbollah leader has been reported deceased.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
One person is killed and several buildings are damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in Sevastopol, Crimea.
Source: Reuters external link
Three people are killed in a strike by the United States Southern Command on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in an area of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 50 people are killed and women and children are abducted in overnight attacks by gunmen on a village in Bukkuyum LGA, Zamfara State, Nigeria.
Source: Xinhua 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
The United States revokes the visas of three Chilean officials, including telecommunications minister Juan Carlos Muñoz, after Chile agreed to build a submarine cable with China.
Source: Bloomberg external link

Arts and culture

The Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, reaches its designed height of 172.5 metres (566 feet) after beginning construction in 1882, ahead of the completion of the main building expected later in 2026.
Source: The Guardian external link

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 in that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant the President the power to impose trade tariffs.
Source: CNN external link
U.S. president Donald Trump signs executive orders aimed at implementing tariffs using Section 122 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Source: Reuters external link

February 19

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
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least three aid workers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North on an aid convoy in South Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Source: KTNV-TV 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 firefighters 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

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