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February 27

Law and crime

A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, sentences nine individuals, including two former chief executives of subsidiaries of state-owned energy company Pertamina, to prison terms ranging from nine to 15 years in a corruption case involving alleged unlawful oil terminal leasing and crude oil imports that prosecutors say caused significant state losses.
Source: Reuters external link
A Tunisian court sentences former prime minister Ali Laarayedh, who has been detained since 2022, to 24 years in prison for facilitating the travel of Tunisian nationals to Syrian conflict zones during his premiership, while seven co-defendants, including former interior ministry officials, receive prison terms ranging from three to 24 years.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Clashes break out on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes on several locations in Afghanistan, including the capital of Kabul, targeting Taliban government forces directly, in what Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif describes as "open war".
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Israeli air and drone strikes kill at least five people and injure several others in central and southern Gaza, despite an ongoing United States-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas.
Source: The Hindu external link

February 26

Law and crime

A Greek court sentences four individuals, including Intellexa's Israel-based founder Tal Dilian, to eight years in prison for breaching data and violating privacy laws after they deployed the Predator spyware, targeting the mobile phones of more than 90 politicians, journalists, businesspeople, and military officials in 2022.
Source: Times of Israel external link

Politics and elections

Source: AP via NBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Afghanistan announces attacks against Pakistani military positions along their shared border in response to Pakistani air strikes launched in the week prior. Pakistan, in turn, says its forces have responded.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the floods across Minas Gerais, Brazil, rises to 54 people, with fourteen more still missing.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

February 25

Law and crime

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil sentences former Rio de Janeiro legislators Chiquinho and Domingos Brazão to 76 years and three months in prison each for ordering the 2018 killing of city councilor Marielle Franco and her driver, convicting them of double aggravated homicide, participation in an armed criminal organization, and attempted murder.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Cuban coast guard trades fire with an American marked speedboat registered in Florida 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off of Cuba. According to Cuban government sources, the boat's occupants fired on coast guard personnel that approached it for identification, and injured a coast guard commander in the shootout, with returning fire killing four and injuring six unidentified gunmen.
Source: CBS News external link

International relations

The United States announces that it will ease certain restrictions to permit Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba's private sector for commercial and humanitarian purposes amid an energy shortage.
Source: Reuters external link
Israel's Knesset speaker Amir Ohana awards Indian prime minister Narendra Modi the newly established Medal of the Knesset to honor him for his "significant contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people."
Source: Times of Israel external link

Business and economy

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index surpasses 6,000 points for the first time, crossing the threshold shortly after the opening of trading.
Source: AFP via BSS external link

Disasters and accidents

A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes in western Turkey, killing the pilot.
Source: NOS external link

February 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia accuses France and the United Kingdom of preparing to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, prompting the Russian foreign ministry to warn that such a move would lead to a direct conflict between NATO states and Russia.
Source: Reuters external link
Myanmar Air Force airstrikes on suspected rebel targets kill at least 17 in Rakhine state.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Three Saraya al-Jawad gunmen and a soldier are killed in a shootout in Latakia, Syria.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Source: AP external link
Four police officers are killed and three civilians injured in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Source: Xinhua external link
Two people are killed, including the suspect, and two others are injured in a suicide bombing targeting a police car near the Savyolovsky railway station in Moscow, Russia.
Source: Xinhua external link

International relations

Bolivia resumes operational cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to combat drug trafficking and organized crime after a 17-year suspension. Bolivia says the renewed collaboration will include efforts to address money laundering linked to the illicit drug trade.
Source: Reuters external link
Sierra Leone says that Guinea has detained several of its army and police personnel and seized their ammunition during construction work on border facilities in Sulima Chiefdom, Falaba District.
Source: Reuters external link
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announces that Hungary has ended all support for Ukraine, including through European Union framework, until Ukraine resumes oil transfers via the Druzhba pipeline.
Source: AA external link

Politics and elections

Source: Andina external link

Disasters and accidents

Thirty people are killed, 39 others are reported missing and at least 440 are displaced from their homes after heavy rain triggers flash flooding in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Source: Reuters external link
Four people are killed and several others are injured when an Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Bell AH-1 SuperCobra helicopter crashes into a fruit market in Dorcheh, Isfahan province, Iran.
Source: JFeed external link
Four people are killed and another is critically injured from carbon monoxide poisoning at an apartment building in Kursk Oblast, Russia.
Source: Xinhua external link
The death toll from an explosion and fire at a six-story residential building in Chattogram, Bangladesh, rises to three.
Source: News.Az external link

Business and economy

American technology company Meta agrees to purchase millions of artificial intelligence chips from AMD, with AMD committing to supply up to six gigawatts of graphics processing units and issuing Meta warrants convertible into 160 million shares as part of a long-term partnership.
Source: The Peninsula Qatar external link

Science and technology

The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fines American social media network Reddit £14.5m for "using the data of children under the age of 13 unlawfully", and potentially exposing them to "inappropriate and harmful content", including pornography.
Source: The Guardian external link