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February 2025 was the second month of the current common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Friday after 28 days.

Portal:Current events

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from February 2025.

February 1, 2025 (2025-02-01) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • War in Somalia
    • Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia
      • At least 50 combatants are killed after fighting between Al-Shabaab and the Somali National Army and allied Ma'awisley militias in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions of Hirshabelle state, Somalia. (Idil News) (Mepa News)
    • American military intervention in Somalia, Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • U.S. President Donald Trump orders the military to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Somalia, targeting a series of cave systems used by the group. (Idil News) (Garowe Online) (BBC News)
      • This airstrike is later confirmed to have killed ISIS leader Ahmed Maeleminine, a key recruiter and financier for the militant group. (Garowe Online) (FTL Somalia) (Horseed Media)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • 2025 Omdurman market attack
      • At least 56 people are killed and 158 others are injured by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelling on the Sabrein Market in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. (Arab News Pakistan) (LBC Group)
    • The RSF are accused of stealing ambulances, food supplies, and other civilian equipment in Khartoum. (Middle East Monitor)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases three Israeli hostages, including Yarden Bibas. At the same time, Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners, seven of which were transferred to Egypt prior to their deportation. (AP)
  • The Rafah Border Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is reopened for the first time since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago during the Rafah offensive. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian missile strike on a residential building in Poltava, Ukraine, reportedly kills at least fourteen people and injures at least 17 others. A separate strike kills three police officers in Sumy Oblast. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • Gunmen kill ten people in the Alawite village of Arzah in Hama Governorate, Syria. (Al Arabiya)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Eighteen Pakistani paramilitary troops and 24 Baloch separatists are killed in clashes in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Second Trump tariffs
  • Canada–United States relations, Mexico–United States relations, 2025 United States–Canada–Mexico trade war
    • United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico. (NBC News)
    • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a retaliatory 25% tariff on all U.S. goods following Trump's recent executive order. (NBC News)
    • In Canada, British Columbia Premier David Eby announces a ban on imports of alcoholic beverages from "red U.S. states". Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announces that the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation will remove all U.S. alcohol from its stores starting Tuesday. (CBC News) (CBC News)
    • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces a Plan B, which includes potential tariff measures to defend Mexico's interests in response to Trump's tariffs on the country. (CNN México)
  • China–United States relations, China–United States trade war
    • U.S. President Donald Trump announces 10% tariffs on goods imported from China. China vows to take the matter to the World Trade Organization. (NBC News) (Financial Post)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a retirement home in Bouffémont, Val-d'Oise, France, kills three people and leaves nine others injured. (AP)

Law and crime

• In Kyrgyzstan, the ban on the Islamic niqāb takes effect, with women facing a fine of 20,000 som ($230 USD) if they wear it in public places. (RFE/RL)

February 2, 2025 (2025-02-02) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • War in Somalia
    • American military intervention in Somalia, Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • The Puntland military spokesperson claims that U.S. airstrikes against ISIL have killed 46 fighters in the Cal Miskaad Mountains, a remote area in northeastern region Bari, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

• 67th Annual Grammy Awards
  • The 67th Grammy Awards are held, with Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us" winning all five of the awards it was nominated for, including both Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album wins Album of the Year, while Chappell Roan wins Best New Artist. (Los Angeles Times) (USA Today) (The Hollywood Reporter)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Queensland floods
  • Two people are killed and thousands are forced to evacuate their homes in over 1,000 millimetres (39 in) of flooding in North Queensland, Australia. (BBC News)

International relations

• Panama–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Panama in his first foreign trip in the position and urges Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino to reduce Chinese influence in the Panama Canal. In response, Mulino said that his country won't renew its contracts with China's Belt and Road Initiative when they expire. (Latin Times)
• Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia for his first trip since being named president to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Al Jazeera)
• South Africa–Taiwan relations
  • South Africa orders Taiwan to relocate its liaison office from Pretoria by the end of March, citing diplomatic policies favoring China. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • 2025 United States protests against mass deportation
    • Thousands of demonstrators protest against immigration policies implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump in downtown Los Angeles, California, blocking the Hollywood Freeway. (KCBS-TV)

February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank
    • 2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank
      • At least 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since the start of the year in the occupied West Bank, including 38 killed in Jenin. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • 2025 Omdurman market attack
      • The United Nations condemns the recent Rapid Support Forces attack on civilians at a market in Omdurman, Sudan, as a war crime. (Malaysia Sun)
• Somali Civil War
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • A Puntland police spokesperson confirms that a senior commander of the Islamic State, Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Said, the head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to Puntland forces in the Cal Miskaad mountains, Bari Region, Puntland. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
  • Spillover of the Somali Civil War
    • Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abduct five government-appointed village chiefs in Kenya's Mandera County, who were en route to the border town of El Wak. The abducted chiefs were part of the preparation team for President William Ruto's visit to the region next week. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • The rebel Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, announces a unilateral ceasefire that will take effect the next day. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A bomb explodes inside a building in Moscow, Russia, killing two people and wounding three. The presumed main target, Armen Sarkisyan, a pro-Russia leader in the Donbas, is among the dead. (Reuters)
• Central African Republic Civil War
  • Five soldiers are killed by Coalition of Patriots for Change gunmen at a military outpost in Kouki, Central African Republic. (AP)
• Mexican drug war
  • An armed attack in San Luis Río Colorado, San Luis Río Colorado Municipality left seven people dead, according to authorities the criminal cell "Los Rusos" are behind of this attack and other violent incidents in the zone.(El Universal)
• Syrian civil war
  • A car bombing kills at least 20 people and leaves 15 others wounded in Manbij, Syria. Most of the victims were female agricultural workers, according to local authorities. (BBC News) (AP)
• Terrorism in Azerbaijan
  • Eight people are killed and six others are injured in a security operation in Qusar District, Azerbaijan, against former Derbent Jamaat militants. (Report.az)

Business and economy

• Second Trump tariffs
  • 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
    • Canada–United States relations
      • Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario will end contracts with the Starlink program unless the United States lifts its tariffs on Canada. (BBC News)
      • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that U.S. tariffs would be delayed by at least 30 days, following a call with United States President Donald Trump. (DW)
    • Mexico–United States relations
      • Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico for a month. (NBC News)
• Ecuador–Mexico relations
  • Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announces 27% tariffs on Mexican imports. (CNN)
• The Philippines declares a food security emergency on rice due to rising prices. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Santorini earthquakes
  • A series of over 200 earthquakes in a 48-hour period causes widespread evacuations from the Greek island of Santorini. (The Guardian)
• A teenage girl is killed in a shark attack off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (BBC News)

International relations

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo government requests international sanctions against Rwanda. (Reuters)
• South Africa–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump says he is stopping funding to South Africa over a land seizure law. (The Guardian)
• El Salvador–United States relations
  • Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offers U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the option to send convicted "dangerous American criminals" to be incarcerated at the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in exchange for a fee. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

• Three Islamic State-linked inmates are killed and three guards are injured in a prison riot in Vakhdat District, Tajikistan. (Barron's)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 Belgian government formation
  • Bart De Wever is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Belgium after a final agreement was reached between N-VA, CD&V, Vooruit, MR and Les Engagés. De Wever becomes the first Flemish nationalist to become Prime Minister. (The Guardian)

February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Israel–United States relations
      • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump amidst a second phase of negotiations for the ceasefire on the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
      • U.S. President Donald Trump announces a plan where the U.S. would seek "long-term ownership" of Gaza, and that the U.S. military would be in charge of Gaza's redevelopment into “The Riviera of the Middle East” for "the world's people." Trump also says Palestinians will have no choice but to leave the territory. (Reuters) (The Guardian) (AP)
    • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
      • Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in a shooting at the Taysir checkpoint by an unknown gunman. (DW)
• War against the Islamic State
  • War in Somalia
    • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • Puntland Security Forces battle ISIL militants near Dharin, killing at least 40 fighters and injuring others. They claim to have captured the village of Dharin in Togga Jecel of Bari Region, Puntland. (The Somali Digest) (Garowe Online)
    • Jubaland crisis
      • Jubaland forces have regained control of Bardhere District in the Gedo region after withdrawal of federal forces was reportedly linked to the disbandment of units stationed at headquarters for several months. South Somalia (Hiiraan Online)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • A Russian missile strikes a residential building in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, killing four people and injuring twenty others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
    • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in a interview with British journalist Piers Morgan that he is ready for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it is a setup to end the war. (Kyiv Independent)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Engineers in Khartoum are attacked by the Rapid Support Forces while assessing damage on a water plant in Khartoum North. (Sudan Tribune)
    • Six people are killed and 38 others are injured after an attack perpetrated by the RSF hits a hospital in Khartoum. (Anadolu Ajansi)
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces take Al-Kamlin as they advance towards Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune)
• Mexican drug war
  • A series of shootouts and encounters are reported in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after the arrest of the regional leader of the Cártel del Noreste and leader of an armed wing in the state. The United States Consulate in Mexico issues an alert for its citizens to not go out on the streets, and the Nuevo Laredo International Airport suspends activities due to the violence. (UNO TV)
  • A riot within the Tabasco Social Reinsertion Center in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, leaves seven inmates dead. This is the second riot in less than two months at the prison. (El Universal)
• Spillover of the Ethiopian civil war
  • Djiboutian armed forces execute a drone strike near the Ethiopian border, killing eight members of what the government described as a "terrorist group" involved in "hostile actions". The attack also injured an unknown number of civilians. (Hiiraan Online)  (VOA)

Arts and culture

• 49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Aga Khan IV dies at the age of 88. His son Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini will be succeeded as Aga Khan V. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
  • The remains of all 67 people who were killed in a collision between a PSA Airlines CRJ700 and a United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk are recovered from the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., United States. (AP)
• Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • An Azerbaijani government source reports that the Azerbaijan Airlines E190 plane was shot down by Russia's Pantsir missile system. (Reuters)

International relations

• Moldova–European Union relations
  • 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
    • The European Union and Moldova sign an energy deal that will integrate Moldova into the bloc's energy grid after Russia halted gas supplies over an alleged US$709 million unpaid bill. The European Commission says Moldova will receive €250 million ($258 million) this year to help its citizens afford rising energy bills as part of the agreement. (AP)
• Second Trump tariffs
  • China–United States trade war
    • The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the de minimis exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, agricultural equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies PVH Corp. and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations. (The Guardian)
• Iran–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum reimposing a policy of maximum pressure against Iran. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2025 Risbergska school shooting
  • Eleven people are killed and six injured in a mass shooting at the Risbergska School, a municipal adult education centre, in Örebro, Sweden. (BBC News) (SVT) (The Guardian)
• 2025 New Albany, Ohio shooting
  • Two people are killed and five others are injured after a mass shooting at a warehouse in New Albany, Ohio, United States. (ABC News)
• Colombian President Gustavo Petro calls for the worldwide legalization of cocaine for recreational use, saying the drug is "no worse than whisky" and that it was only illegal because it is produced in Latin America. (The Times of India)

Politics and elections

• Second cabinet of Donald Trump
  • The United States Senate confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General, making her the third female to run the U.S. Justice Department. (NPR)
• The U.S. State Department orders the closure of all overseas missions of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and recalls thousands of USAID staff to the United States ahead of the agency's shutdown. (Reuters)

February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • A deadly battle between the Puntland Security Force and Islamic State results in the killing of 57 foreign militants in Dharin area of Bari Region, Puntland. (Garowe Online)
      • Puntland Maritime Police Force seize a boat carrying illegal military supplies, uniforms and equipment. The vessel was taken captive off the coast of the Qaw district in the Bari Region, Somalia. (The East African)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • The UNICEF confirms that several children have been killed in Khartoum, Sudan, in the past few days. (UNICEF) (The Peninsula Qatar)
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces announce they have gained more territory around Khartoum as they try to enter the capital city. (APA)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels capture Nyabibwe, a town along the road to the South Kivu capital city of Bukavu. The Democratic Republic of the Congo government claims that the unilateral ceasefire declared by M23 earlier was false. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • Jubaland crisis
    • Somali federal government-appointed commissioner of Bardhere District Mohamed Ilyas Caagane is killed after Somali National Army forces are defeated by Jubaland forces in Gedo, Somalia. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

• Rahim al-Hussaini is named as Aga Khan V and 50th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, succeeding his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV). (BBC News)

Business and economy

• Second Trump tariffs, China–United States trade war
  • The United States Postal Service says it is temporarily refusing inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong, but reverses this policy hours later. (The Guardian) (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Grenfell Tower fire
  • United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announces that Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, London, will be demolished following a meeting with bereaved relatives and survivors of the 2017 fire. (BBC News)
• A fire at an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least 17 people. (BBC News)

International relations

• Israel and the United Nations
  • Israel withdraws from the United Nations Human Rights Council, accusing the UN body of "obsessively demonizing" and discriminating against the country. (Ynet News)
• Argentina announces that it will withdraw from the World Health Organization citing "deep differences" with the organization's leaders. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  • The first flight carrying "high-threat" deportees from the United States arrives at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The ten deportees are allegedly part of Tren de Aragua, a transnational organized crime group originating from Venezuela recently designated as a terrorist organization by the United States. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Protests against Donald Trump
    • Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
      • Demonstrators gather in cities across the United States to protest against the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, his second administration, Elon Musk and Project 2025. (AP)
  • Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order that prevents transgender women from competing in women's sports. (BBC News)
• Impeachment of Sara Duterte, Impeachment in the Philippines
  • The House of Representatives of the Philippines formally impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate is now set to conduct a trial. (ABS-CBN News) (Bloomberg)
• LGBTQ rights in Argentina
  • Argentinian presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announces that the President Javier Milei has signed a decree modifying the 2012 Gender Identity Law, that allows transgender people to be treated according to their gender identity and have their documents be registered with the corresponding name and gender, to exclude people under the age of 18 to access gender-affirming care. (NBC News)

February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Thomas Fletcher reports that over 10,000 aid trucks have arrived in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire took effect on January 19. (Arab News)
  • Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani announces that Italy will stop working with UNRWA after the mother of a freed hostage said that her daughter had been held at a UNRWA facility in Gaza. (The Times of Israel)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera orders Malawian troops to withdraw from peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the crisis escalates. Three Malawian soldiers have been killed in recent fighting in North Kivu. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Three people are killed in a Russian guided bomb attack that destroyed a residential building in Myropillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • The Ukrainian Air Force receives the first shipment of Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France and more F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Netherlands. (DW)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Ten Nigerien soldiers are killed in an ambush by Islamic State fighters near the border with Burkina Faso. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Bering Air Flight 445
  • A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying ten people goes missing on a flight from Unalakleet, Alaska, United States, to Nome. A search and rescue operation is underway. (KTUU-TV)
• Four people are killed after a U.S. military-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air 300 surveillance aircraft crashes in a paddy field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP) (ABC News Australia)

International relations

• Moldova–European Union relations
  • 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
    • Moldova Prime Minister Dorin Recean calls for the breakaway state of Transnistria to take steps to avoid a new gas crisis. (Reuters)
• Azerbaijan–Russia relations
  • Azerbaijan authorities announce that they will close their local Rossotrudnichestvo (House of Russia) branch in Baku. (Trend)
• United States and the International Criminal Court, Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court officials that assist investigations into U.S. citizens or those of its allies, namely Israel. (Reuters) (NBC News) (AP)
• United States–Venezuela relations
  • In an operation led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the U.S. formally seizes a Venezuelan government airplane in the Dominican Republic. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Greek presidential election
  • In the third round of voting, the Hellenic Parliament fails to elect the new President of Greece. A fourth and final round is called for February 12. (To Vima)

Science and technology

• NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies says that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 2.3%, or a (1-in-43) chance, following further observations of its trajectory. More observations are planned in the coming months to gather data on the asteroid before it moves too far away from Earth-based telescopes to be accurately observed. (The Guardian)

Sports

• FIFA suspends the Republic of the Congo and Pakistan from official international competitions for violations of its statutes, citing third-party interference in the Congolese Football Federation and the Pakistan Football Federation's failure to implement constitutional reforms ensuring fair elections. (Reuters)

February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Goma offensive
      • The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of the Congo communications minister Patrick Muyaya recognize that most of the 165 female prisoners of the Goma prison in North Kivu who were raped by escaping male inmates a week ago died in the ensuing fire. (CNN) (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Toretsk
    • Russia says its forces have taken full control of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of urban warfare. (Reuters)
• Mali War
  • Twenty-five civilians are killed after an ambush by Islamic State gunmen against a convoy of buses in Gao, Mali. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • The Somali National Army, supported by local Ma'awisley clan militias, kills dozens of al-Shabaab insurgents during heavy clashes which erupted after allied forces launch an offensive targeting al-Shabaab stronghold positions in the Jicibow area of Shebelle River, Hiiraan, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Arts and culture

• 30th Critics' Choice Awards
  • American comedy-drama film Anora wins Best Picture at the Critics' Choice Awards, while Jon M. Chu wins Best Director for musical film Wicked. (Vanity Fair)

Disasters and accidents

• Bering Air Flight 445
  • The wreckage of the Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan that went missing while flying over the Norton Sound in Alaska, United States, yesterday is found crashed 34 miles (55 km) from Nome with no survivors. (VOA) (ABC News Australia)
• A Beechcraft King Air F90 crashes in Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil, killing the two people on board and wounding six on the ground. (CNN)
• Two tourists die in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when their hostel room is fumigated with a pesticide for bedbugs. (CNN)

Health and environment

• 2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak
  • Officials in New York City, United States, order the closure of all live poultry markets in the city as well as in the surrounding suburban counties of Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau due to an increase in cases of avian influenza. (DW)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that influenza in the United States is at its highest peak since the 2009 swine flu pandemic. (CBS News)

International relations

• South Africa–United States relations, Racism in South Africa
  • U.S. President Donald Trump orders a freeze on all foreign aid to South Africa citing a South African law that allegedly allows land to be forcibly seized from white farmers. Trump also calls for the U.S. to accept Afrikaner refugees to protect them from "government-sponsored race-based discrimination". (NDTV)

Law and crime

• A person is killed as a fourth shooting takes place in Brussels, Belgium, within a few days. The murder is related to the other three non-fatal shootings. As a result, the six separate police zones in Brussels will start working under one command. (AP)
• Seventy-nine countries jointly speak out in a statement against the sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on the International Criminal Court officials. (NOS)
• German Federal Police detains 16 Indian nationals found in a van in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, including 15 passengers and the driver, as they attempt to enter the country without valid documents. (DW)
• Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting familicide when a military police officer opens fire at a house in Prey Ampok Commune, Cambodia. (Khmer Times)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • United States federal judge of the D.C. District Court Carl J. Nichols temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to place over 2,200 USAID employees on paid leave. (AP)

Science and technology

• Restrictions on TikTok in the United States
  • U.S. Vice President JD Vance and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz are announced to be in charge of a potential TikTok sale. (The Hill)

February 8, 2025 (2025-02-08) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Three more Israeli hostages are freed by Hamas as part of the January 19 ceasefire deal. (Saudi Gazette)
• Syrian civil war
  • Hezbollah–Syria clashes
    • Four people are killed in border clashes between Syrian Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and Lebanese clans. (Al-Monitor)
• Afghan conflict
  • Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
    • The Afghanistan Freedom Front claims responsibility for a attack on a Taliban convoy in the Afghanistan province of Takhar, killing three people and injuring two. (Afghanistan International)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Escárcega bus crash
  • At least 41 people are killed when a bus collides with a semi-trailer truck in Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico. (Noticieros Televisa) (Reuters)
• A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands. (CNN)

International relations

• Baltic states synchronization with CESA
  • Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnect from the IPS/UPS synchronous transmission grid in order to synchronize with the Continental Europe grid. (BBC News)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • A crisis summit is held involving the regional blocs SADC and the EAC, along with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. The DR Congo is represented by Prime Minister Judith Suminwa, while President Félix Tshisekedi attends virtually. The blocs call for a ceasefire and negotiations involving the M23 movement, while the Congolese do not comment. (BBC News) (CNN)
• United States and the International Criminal Court, Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  • International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan becomes the first person to have economic and travel sanctions placed on him by the U.S. government following an executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump intended to target the war crimes tribunal over investigations of U.S. citizens or allies. (The Times of Israel)

Politics and elections

• A new government is formed in Lebanon, with former International Court of Justice president Nawaf Salam as the new prime minister, following two years of the country under a caretaker government. (AP)

February 9, 2025 (2025-02-09) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024–25 Tyre airstrikes
      • Six people are killed and two others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes near Jannata, South Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • According to ceasefire terms, the Israel Defense Forces fully withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor as Palestinians return to northern Gaza. (DW)
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
    • Two women are killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Libyan crisis
  • Authorities uncover two mass graves containing nearly 50 bodies of refugees in Kufra, Libya. (Al Jazeera)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Thirty-one Maoist militants and two security forces are killed during a shootout around Indravati River in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)
• Mexican drug war
  • At least five bodies are abandoned under a bridge near Cárdenas, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. A banner allegedly signed by the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel was found at the crime scene. (Milenio Noticias)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Sri Lanka blackouts
  • A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo. (BBC News)
• One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. (Al Jazeera) (Miami Herald)
• Five people are injured when a Green Line train collided with an out-of-service train in Somerville, Massachusetts, causing both trains to derail. (WWLP)

International relations

• Baltic states synchronization with CESA
  • Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania join the Continental Europe Synchronous Area, one day after disconnecting from the IPS/UPS. (BBC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Egypt announces it will host an emergency summit of the Arab League on 27 February to address U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle all Palestinians from Gaza. (AP)

Law and crime

• Three people are injured in a knife attack in Dublin, Ireland. The perpetrator was arrested.
• Super Bowl LIX halftime show
  • A performer during American rapper Kendrick Lamar's halftime show is detained by NFL security on the field of the Caesars Superdome after holding the Sudanese and Palestinian flags that contained the words Sudan and Gaza. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Ecuadorian general election
  • Citizens of Ecuador vote to elect a president and the members of the National Assembly amidst the country's security crisis. With around 44% of the popular vote each in the presidential race, incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González will compete in a run-off vote on 13 April. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
• 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election
  • Citizens of Kosovo vote to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (BBC News)
• 2025 Liechtenstein general election
  • Citizens of Liechtenstein vote to elect the members of the Landtag, with the Patriotic Union winning the most votes and its leader Brigitte Haas expected to become the country's first female head of government. (SRF)

Sports

• Super Bowl LIX
  • In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 40–22, to win their second Super Bowl, thereby denying the Chiefs of a three-peat. (WCAU-TV)

February 10, 2025 (2025-02-10) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza War
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
      • Hamas delays the release of further hostages under the ceasefire agreement, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire. (BBC News)
    • United States support for Israel in the Gaza war
      • In response to Hamas' announcement, U.S. President Donald Trump issues an ultimatum, saying that if all remaining hostages are not released by Saturday then "all hell will break loose" in the Middle East. (Sky News)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland forces announce that, over the past 24 hours, airstrikes targeting Islamic State hideouts have killed more than 13 foreign militants in the Dhasaq area of Bari Region, Puntland. (Anadolu Agency)

Business and economy

• Second Trump tariffs
  • United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all aluminium and steel imports. (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Guatemala City bus crash
  • A bus veers off a bridge and falls into a ravine in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing 56 people and seriously wounding others. The government declares three days of national mourning. (CBS News) (Prensa Libre)
• One person is killed and four others are injured when a Learjet 35A aircraft veers off the runway and crashes into a Gulfstream G200 aircraft at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. (The Arizona Republic) (KNXV-TV)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations, Korean conflict
  • South Korea opposition leader Lee Jae-myung calls for renewed dialogue talks with North Korea and emphasizes the need to maintain strong military readiness amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (NK News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Police in Bangladesh arrest over 1,300 people amid riots and pro-Sheikh Hasina protests. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces his resignation. (DW)
• Artificial Intelligence Cold War, 2025 in artificial intelligence
  • French President Emmanuel Macron tells major world leaders gathered at an AI summit in Paris that France is "back in the AI race". His remarks came following the announcement that the country would be receiving AI private investments worth a total of €109 billion (US$112 billion) over the coming years. (France 24) (The New York Times) (AP)

February 11, 2025 (2025-02-11) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Bukavu offensive
      • Rwandan-backed M23 rebel forces initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
  • Ituri conflict
    • CODECO insurgents kill at least 52 people and injure eight others in attacks across Ituri Province, DRC. At least 30 civilian homes were burned down during the attacks, according to Radio Okapi. (Anadolu Ajansi)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • At least 27 Puntland soldiers and more than 70 ISIL militants are killed or wounded in fighting around the Togga Jacel area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in Puntland’s Bari Region. This is the deadliest attack since Puntland launched an offensive in December 2024 against Islamic State in Somalia hiding in the Golis Mountains. (VOA) (Reuters) (Garowe Online)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that if Hamas does not release Israeli hostages by noon on Saturday, the ceasefire will end and the IDF will resume offensive operations in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Five Taliban members are killed and seven others are injured during a suicide bombing outside New Kabul Bank in Kunduz, Afghanistan. (Arab News)

Arts and culture

• The accession ceremony is held for Prince Rahim al-Hussaini as the 50th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, succeeding his late father Aga Khan IV. (Islamabad Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Hamburg train accident
  • Twelve people are injured, including two critically, when an Intercity Express train collides with a semi-trailer truck in Hamburg, Germany. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of South Korea, Foreign relations of Syria
  • The South Korean Foreign Ministry announces that the country will move to establish diplomatic relations with Syria. (Korea Herald)
• Jordan–United States relations
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. for talks focusing on the president's proposal for the removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and a subsequent United States takeover of the region, with President Trump threatening to withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they do not agree to the proposal. (ABC News)
• Russia–United States relations
  • Russia releases U.S. citizen Marc Fogel, after talks with Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff. (The New York Times)

Law and crime

• Antisemitism in Australia, Clinical incidents in Australia
  • Two nurses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia are stood down after claiming on video that they allegedly both refused to treat and intentionally mistreated Israeli patients. (The Guardian)
• Belarus–European Union border crisis
  • The European Court of Human Rights says it will consider three cases involving irregular migrants allegedly having been pushed back across the border into Belarus from EU countries. (Forbes)
• Italian police arrest around 150 people across Sicily in the biggest anti-Mafia raid since 1984. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Politics of Vanuatu, 2025 Vanuatuan general election
  • Jotham Napat is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu by parliament. Napat, who received 50 votes, was elected unopposed. (RNZ Pacific)
• Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announce sanctions on a Russian bulletproof hosting services provider that is allegedly ignoring law enforcement requests, along with two Russians who are operating the network. (AP)
• The Government of Spain announces it will grant residency and work permits to up to 25,000 immigrants affected by the floods in the Valencian Community in 2024. (AP)

Science and technology

• Google Calendar confirms it has removed Black History Month, Pride Month and other cultural events from its service, saying the holidays were "not sustainable" for Google's new business model which is rolling back an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2025 Asian Winter Games
  • South Korea at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
    • Biathlete Ekaterina Avvakumova wins the first gold medal for South Korea in biathlon at the Asian Winter Games. (Korea JoongAng Daily)

February 12, 2025 (2025-02-12) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Kyiv strikes
      • Russian forces launch an overnight ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing one person and injuring four others. (Reuters)
    • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • After holding a telephone call with Russian president Vladimir Putin, U.S. president Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war will start immediately. (CNN) (Euronews)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces storm the Zamzam Refugee Camp in North Darfur, Sudan, the country's largest displacement camp. The situation inside the camp, which holds around 500,000 people, is described as "catastrophic", with an unknown number of casualties. (BBC News)
• Students–People's uprising
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reports that over 1,400 people were killed last year during violent crackdowns on protests against the government of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the military and police, with over 78% of the casualties having been shot. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Hamburg train accident
  • The casualty total from yesterday's collision between an Intercity Express train and a semi-trailer truck in Hamburg, Germany, increases to one person killed and 25 injured. (EuroWeekly)
• A fishing trawler capsizes off South Korea's Jeju Island, with five crew members reported missing. Five others are rescued by the Korea Coast Guard. (AP)

International relations

• Russia–Sudan relations
  • Sudanese foreign minister Ali Yousif Sharif reports that an agreement has been reached for the creation of a Russian naval base in Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• Foreign relations of the United States
  • Belarus–United States relations
    • U.S. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that Belarus has released three detainees, including an American citizen. (Al Arabiya)
  • Russia–United States relations
    • The Trump administration agree to send convicted money launderer Alexander Vinnik back to Russia in exchange for the release of American teacher Marc Fogel, who was serving a 14-year sentence for entering the country with 17 grams of medical cannabis. (Reuters) (NBC News)
• 2025 Grenoble attack
  • A man throws a grenade into a bar in Grenoble, France, injuring 15 people, some of whom are in critical condition. (Times Now)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Greek presidential election
  • Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected President of Greece by the Hellenic Parliament in the fourth and final round of the presidential election. (Ekathimerini)
• Senate's President Ilie Bolojan becomes acting President of Romania following Klaus Iohannis' resignation on 10 February. (Reuters)

Science and Technology

• Neutrino detection
  • Researchers at the KM3NeT collaboration, published their results on the highest energy neutrino ever detected. The infrastructure, located at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, recorded an event 30 times more energetic than the previous record holder. (Nature), (AP)

February 13, 2025 (2025-02-13) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • Kasanga massacre
    • Militants from an IS–Central Africa-aligned faction of the Allied Democratic Forces enter the village of Mayba in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, abducting and beheading at least 70 Christian civilians. (Genocide Watch)
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Bukavu offensive
      • M23 rebels capture Kalehe Territory and Ihusi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, leading to several civilian casualties and the mass evacuation of residents. (BBC Gahuza)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • More than thirty IS–Somalia fighters are killed in airstrikes on positions in the Sheebaab area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in northern Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Anadolu Agency)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas says it will resume the release of hostages according to the terms of the ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel. (CBS News)
• 2025 Munich car attack
  • At least 28 people are injured by a vehicle-ramming attack during a demonstration by the ver.di trade union in Munich, Germany. Police arrest the vehicle's driver, a 24-year-old man, at the scene on suspicion of Islamic terrorism. (Sky News) (New Arab) (PBS)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • German automotive manufacturer Porsche announces it will cut 2,000 jobs over the next five years, reducing its workforce by 15%, primarily affecting its assembly plants in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Weissach in Baden-Wurttemberg. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi gas explosion
  • Four people are killed and thirty-two others are injured by a gas explosion at a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan. (Central News Agency)
• At least 21 people are injured, including 10 seriously, in a fire inside of a costume factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha)
• Three people are dead and 114 others fall ill, including two in critical condition, after a gastroenteritis outbreak at four hospices in Florence, Italy. (Ansa)
• At least one person is killed and three others are injured by an explosion at the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban government alleges that it was a suicide attack, while no party has claimed responsibility. (DW)
• The US Navy Sixth Fleet announces that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision at sea with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M on February 12 while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea. (U.S. Sixth Fleet Public Affairs)
• 24 people are killed and 30 others are injured when a bus and truck crashed into eachover in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe.

International relations

• International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
  • The United States Treasury Department sanctions Karim Ahmad Khan, the top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, over his decision to investigate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant regarding their conduct during the Gaza war. (U.S. Treasury Department)

Law and crime

• Investigations into the Eric Adams administration
  • Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and five other U.S. Justice Department officials resign after being ordered by the second Trump administration to drop a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. (CNN)
• The Royal Thai Army announces that 260 foreigners have been rescued from online scam centers in Myanmar near the two countries' border, where they were trafficked to and forced to work in. (AP)
• A van carrying members of the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region is ambushed near Río del Sol, in the limits of the municipalities of Santo Domingo Petapa and San Juan Mazatlán, leaving three local activists dead. The attack happened during the escalation of a local agrarian conflict. (Revista Proceso)

Politics and elections

• Second cabinet of Donald Trump
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services by a Senate vote of 52–48. (NPR)

February 14, 2025 (2025-02-14) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
    • 2025 Bukavu offensive
      • M23 rebels and Rwandan troops seize control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (DW)
      • M23 forces and Rwandan troops enter the city of Bukavu, according to local security and humanitarian officials. There are no reports of resistance as most Congolese troops withdraw. (Digital Journal)
      • Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi cancels his participation in an upcoming African Union summit to end the conflict due to the "situation on the ground". Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of invading the country to seize its mineral-rich regions. (RFI)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike
    • A drone strikes the New Safe Confinement structure housing the site of the Chernobyl disaster. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy states that a Russian combat drone caused significant damage to the structure, but did not produce an increase in external radiation levels. (CNN)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Eleven coal miners are killed and five others are wounded when a bomb hits a truck in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least six people are killed and seven injured in a fire at a construction site in Busan, South Korea. (Al Jazeera)
• Ten people are killed and 19 others are injured in a collision between a car and a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims heading to Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. (DW)
• A shop explosion and fire in Oudomxay province, Laos, kills four people and injures others. (Radio Free Asia)

February 15, 2025 (2025-02-15) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Bukavu offensive
      • Mass looting and sporadic gunfire is reported in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as M23 rebels advance into the city. Mobs loot several facilities, including a World Food Programme depot. (BBC News)
      • The Congolese military withdraws from Bukavu heading south towards Tanganyika Province. (AP)
  • Ituri conflict
    • General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of the Ugandan military, claiming to act with the authority of his father, President Yoweri Museveni, threatens to invade the Democratic Republic of the Congo and take control of Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province, unless local forces surrender their weapons within 24 hours. Kainerugaba alleges that the Hema people are being killed. (Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • Hamas releases three Israeli hostages in exchange for the Israeli government releasing 369 Palestinian prisoners, most without criminal charges or convictions, as part of the first stage of the 2025 ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• 2025 Munich car attack
  • A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old child die as a result of injuries sustained in a vehicle-ramming attack in Munich, Germany, on Thursday. (Stern)
• 2025 Villach stabbing attack
  • A 14-year-old boy is killed and five other people are injured in a mass stabbing on a street in Villach, Carinthia, Austria. A 23-year-old man, an Islamic State member, is arrested. (AP) (DW)

Business and economy

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner calls on Western sporting firms such as the National Basketball Association, Formula One, and Arsenal F.C. to cut sponsorship deals with Rwanda amid the conflict in Kivu. (ESPN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 New Delhi railway station stampede
  • A crowd crush kills at least 18 people, including three children, and injures ten others at New Delhi railway station in New Delhi, India. (BBC News) (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
• At least 49 people are killed and several others are injured when a gold mine collapses in Kéniéba, Mali. (AP) (Bloomberg)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speak by telephone about the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Gaza war, the sanctions against Russia, and removing restrictions on each country's diplomatic missions. They also discuss preparations for a high-level summit in Saudi Arabia. This is the first time the U.S. and Russia had contact at the foreign minister level in almost two years. (Financial Times)
• South Africa–United States relations
  • Hundreds of White South Africans hold a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's claims that the South African government is discriminating against the country's white minority. (AP)
• Weimar+
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces an emergency summit in Paris, France, between European leaders following a controversial speech given by U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference in which he criticized European leadership as the worst threat to Europe, particularly for imposing too much censorship and too little control over migration. (Ukrinform) (BBC News) (Voice of America)

Law and crime

• 2025 Beirut attack on UN convoy
  • The Lebanese Armed Forces arrest over 25 people on suspicion of attacking a UNIFIL convoy and United Nations peacekeepers near Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut. (Al Jazeera)
• Muhsin Hendricks, the first openly gay imam, is assassinated by two unidentified assailants while driving near Gqeberha, South Africa. (CTV News) (BBC News)
• A man is shot dead at the Clemenceau metro station in Brussels, Belgium. The shooting is connected to the ongoing drug war in the city since the start of the year, which has already killed another person and wounded three more. (The Brussels Time)

Politics and elections

• 2025 African Union Commission Chairperson election
  • Government leaders of the member states of the African Union elect Djiboutian foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf as the organization's chairperson, succeeding Chadian Moussa Faki. (AP) (Reuters)

February 16, 2025 (2025-02-16) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Bukavu offensive
      • Local officials and residents report that Rwanda-backed M23 forces have taken over the center of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in eastern DR Congo. (Al Jazeera)
      • The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo acknowledges the fall of Bukavu to M23 rebels and urges its roughly two million residents to shelter in place. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Mykolaiv strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches drone strikes across Ukraine, injuring at least one person and damaging a thermal power station in Mykolaiv, leaving 46,000 people without heat. Ukraine says that it shot down 95 of 143 drones while disrupting 46 others by electronic countermeasures. (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war, Red Sea crisis
  • The U.S. military announces that the Yemen Coast Guard had successfully intercepted an Iranian weapons shipment on its way to the Houthi movement in Yemen on 12 February. (i24 News)

Arts and culture

• 78th British Academy Film Awards
  • The BAFTAs are held at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England. The Brutalist and Conclave win the most awards, with four each, while the latter also wins Best Film. (Los Angeles Times)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio leads a delegation that includes National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for initial talks with Russia. A Russian source reports that the meeting will occur on 18 February and that the Russian delegation is expected to include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, and SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin. (AP) (Kommersant)

February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • 2024 Kharkiv offensive
      • Russia says its forces have captured the village of Fyholivka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
    • Mohammad Shahin, a senior Hamas commander, is assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Sidon, Lebanon. (Anadolu Ajansı)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland, American military intervention in Somalia
    • In a coordinated operation, the United States and United Arab Emirates launch joint airstrikes targeting IS–Somalia militants in Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia. (Garowe Online) (Garowe Online) (Garowe Online)
• Mexican drug war
  • An attack with an explosive drone in the locality of El Capire, Apatzingán left one National Guard and a police wounded, while they were on reconnaissance rounds in the area. Hours later, two agents of the Attorney General of Mexico were kidnapped and found dead in the town in Cenobio Moreno, located on the outskirts of Apatzingán. (El Debate) (El Universal)

Business and economy

• American airline company Southwest Airlines announces it will lay off 1,750 jobs, 15% of its corporate workforce, for cost reduction. This is the company's first mass layoff since operating in 1971. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Kerdasa building collapse
  • Ten people are killed and eight others are injured when a three-story residential building collapses in Cairo, Egypt. (Washington Post) (Voice of America)
• Delta Connection Flight 4819
  • Twenty-one people are injured, including three critically when a Delta Airlines Bombardier CRJ900LR, crashes after catching fire and flipping over at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. (NPR) (CBS News) (Al Jazeera)
• February 2025 North American storm complex
  • Eight adults and one child are killed in flooding caused by heavy rains in the eastern United States. (DW)
• 2025 Yocalla bus crash
  • A bus crashes and falls 800 m (2,600 ft) down a cliff in Yocalla Municipality, Bolivia, killing 31 people and injuring fourteen others. (Reuters)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Weimar+
  • European leaders gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the U.S. administration announced the opening of peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation. (CNN)
  • Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Europe has no role in any peace negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Syrian security forces arrest three former Assad regime officers responsible for the Tadamon massacre, which occurred in south Damascus in 2013. (The New Arab)
• Singaporean Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh is convicted of two counts of perjury to the Committee of Privileges and is fined S$7,000 per count, but is not disqualified as a member of parliament. (CNA)

Politics and elections

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • Demonstrations take place at state capitols around the United States, including at Union Square in Washington, D.C., as part of the 50501 movement to protest against the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, and Project 2025. (NPR) (USA Today)
• 2025 Indonesian student protests
  • Student groups and the Civil Social Coalition party launched a protest in several cities in Indonesia against the government. (Tempo)

February 18, 2025 (2025-02-18) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Uvira offensive
      • Rwandan-backed M23 rebels advance on the city of Butembo, North Kivu, and capture Kamanyola in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo after defeating Congolese forces. Local officials say M23 forces are now preparing to advance on Uvira. (AP)
      • Burundi initiates the withdrawal of its military forces from the eastern DRC following M23 advances. Between 10,000 and 15,000 Congolese civilians cross into Burundi to avoid violence, with several drowning in the Ruzizi River. (Reuters)
• Gaza war, Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • Hamas accuses Israel of carrying out at least 266 attacks in the Gaza Strip since the agreed ceasefire on January 19, killing at least 132 Palestinians and wounding 900 others. (Newsweek)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Al-Kadaris and Al-Khelwat massacres
    • Rapid Support Forces militants kill at least 433 people in the villages of Al-Kadaris and Al-Khelwat, White Nile State, Sudan. (Reuters)
• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • Israel partially withdraws troops from Lebanon as the deadline for their withdrawal expires. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Tomb of Thutmose II
  • A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission announces the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II. (CBS News)
• Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 amasses a total box office of ¥12.3 billion (US$1.69 billion), surpassing Inside Out 2 as the highest-grossing animated film globally. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • German automotive parts company Continental AG announces it will lay off over 3,000 research and development positions and end operations at its factory in Nuremberg, Bavaria, by 2026. (DW)
• Brazilian minister of mines and energy Alexandre Silveira announces that the country will join OPEC+. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• February 2025 North American storm complex
  • The death toll from flooding in Kentucky, United States, rises to 14, amid the threat of an imminent winter storm in the region. (NBC News)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
  • The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. (The New York Times) (BBC News)
  • The delegations agree to start the negotiating process for ending the war, create high-level teams, and normalize diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries. (AP)
  • U.S. President Donald Trump calls for a new presidential election to be held in Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia. (The Telegraph) (NBC News)
  • Russia rules out any peacekeepers from NATO member states being stationed in Ukraine as part of any peace agreement. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2025 Istanbul alcohol poisonings
  • Over 124 people have been killed over the last six weeks from consuming bootleg alcohol, with dozens still hospitalized. Twenty-eight people are arrested in connection with the production and distribution of the alcohol. (Haarlems Dagblad) (CBS News)
• Animal welfare in the United Kingdom
  • The Welsh Government announces a ban on Greyhound racing in Wales following cross-party calls for a ban on the sport which has been criticized for its animal cruelty. (BBC News)
• Iran–United Kingdom relations
  • An Iranian court charges a British couple who were arrested and jailed last month with espionage. (DW)
• $Libra cryptocurrency scandal
  • A judge in Argentina orders investigations into potential fraud by President Javier Milei following his brief social media promotion of a cryptocurrency that collapsed in value hours after promotion. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Second cabinet of Donald Trump
  • The United States Senate confirms businessman Howard Lutnick as the Secretary of Commerce in a 51–45 vote. (AP)

Science and technology

• NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies announces that the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 3.1% (1-in-32) following further observations of its orbital trajectory. It has now surpassed the threat of 99942 Apophis which once had a 2.7% chance of hitting Earth during 2004 before later being ruled out. (Live Science) (CNN)

February 19, 2025 (2025-02-19) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Uvira offensive
      • Widespread civil disorder arises in Uvira, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo amid M23 rebel advances from Bukavu. At least thirty deaths are reported, along with looting and a prison break of 228 Congolese soldiers imprisoned for desertion. (Reuters)
    • Following a meeting between Chadian president Mahamat Déby and a diplomatic envoy of Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, the Congolese government formally requests military support from Chad in their ongoing conflict against the M23 movement. (Anadolou Agency)
    • The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting in response to rapid territorial gains made by M23 rebels, with U.N. special envoy for Congo Bintou Keita saying the council needed to take "urgent and decisive steps to avert a wider regional war." (AP)
• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Puntland police capture several IS–Somalia militants accused of involvement in extortion and bombings in Bosaso, the capital of the Bari Region, amid ongoing military operations in the Cal Miskaad mountains. (Garowe Online)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • At least one person is killed and 14 others are injured in Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, including a large drone attack on energy infrastructure in Odesa that leaves 160,000 residents without heating and electricity. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • The Chad National Army announces the end of its four-month Operation Haskanite, an offensive in the Lake Chad area against Boko Haram, and that 297 terrorists and 27 soldiers have been killed. (The Hindu)

Disasters and accidents

• Two light aircraft, a Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S, collide midair at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson, Arizona, United States, killing two people. (NBC News)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine–United States relations
    • Amid deteriorating relations between both countries, U.S. President Donald Trump calls Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "dictator" and says he has done a "terrible job" while warning "he is not going to have a country left" soon. (BBC News)
  • Russia–United States relations
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin praises the high-level talks with the U.S. in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as a "first step" towards restoring full diplomatic ties with the United States. (The Moscow Times)
• Belgium–Rwanda relations
  • Rwanda suspends a humanitarian aid pact with Belgium after Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot criticized Rwanda's military support for the M23 rebel movement in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Euro Weekly News)

Law and crime

• 2020s European re-armament
  • Denmark announces 50 billion kroner in defense spending over the next two years, citing an increased threat from Russia, bringing the country's total defense spending to the highest in more than 50 years. (BBC News)
• Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is formally charged with leading the 2022 Brazilian coup plot, which attempted to overthrow current President Lula da Silva. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Polish police inspects several tanks from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that crashed in the country after its reentry into the atmosphere during the night. (BBC) (TVN24)
• Apple Inc. announces the iPhone 16e, discontinuing all remaining Lightning port iPhones and the home button third-generation iPhone SE. (9to5Mac)

Sports

• 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
  • In association football, Chinese club Shandong Taishan withdraw from the AFC Champions League Elite several hours before their match against South Korean club Ulsan HD. (ESPN) (South China Morning Post)

February 20, 2025 (2025-02-20) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Uvira offensive
      • At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying people attempting to escape Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo across Lake Edward towards Uganda capsizes. Eight survivors are found by the local civil society. (AP)
    • The Congolese Army abandons their positions in Lubero, North Kivu, with reports that the deserting soldiers have looted a market and shops in town. The military has ordered the deserters to return to their posts within 12 hours or face criminal action. (Reuters)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland security forces, with air support from the United Arab Emirates, launch a major offensive in the Cal Miskaad mountains, allegedly killing at least 44 IS–Somalia militants and seizing control of the areas of Dhasaq, Qurac, and Damdamle, in Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
• Colombian conflict
  • 2025 Catatumbo clashes
    • Four bombings and shooting attacks take place across different police facilities and toll areas in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia, leaving one police officer injured. Authorities in Norte de Santander and Cúcuta declare a curfew across the city for the following day. (CNN Colombia)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases the bodies of Shiri Bibas, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz, who were all kidnapped from their homes in Nir Oz kibbutz, Israel, on October 7, 2023. (The Times of Israel)
• Somali Civil War
  • 2025 Shabelle attacks
    • Al-Shabaab launches a coordinated attack on four Somali military bases in Middle Shabelle, Somalia, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers. Somali authorities say they repelled the attack, killing at least 130 militant fighters. (Mepa News) (Garowe Online)
• 2025 Bat Yam bus bombings
  • Three empty buses explode in what is suspected as an attempted terrorist attack in Bat Yam, Israel. Devices planted on two other buses failed to detonate, according to police. No casualties are reported. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
  • The United States Internal Revenue Service announces it will layoff over 6,000 jobs this week as part of department downsizing led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• ATL Technologies CEO Bradford Brown is killed and one person is injured when a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter crashes into ice at the Ririe Reservoir near Ririe, Idaho. United States. (ABC News) (AP News)
• Seven people are injured in a gas explosion at The Whaler resort in Kaanapali, Hawaii, United States. (AP News)

International relations

• French military withdrawal from West Africa
  • The French military hands over control of their last military base in Ivory Coast to the country's military. French armed forces minister Sébastien Lecornu says that 80 French servicemembers will remain in the country to advise and train the Ivorian army. (AP)

Law and crime

• Two women are killed in a stabbing attack at a shopping center in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. A 16-year-old boy is arrested. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Indonesian local elections
  • Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto inaugurates 961 regional heads, including governors, regents, and mayors, at the State Palace. (Tempo)

Science and technology

• The identity of Cleo is revealed to be Vladimir Reshetnikov, an Uzbek software developer, after a decade of mystery. (Meduza)

Sports

• 2025 4 Nations Face-Off
  • Amidst heightened tensions between the two nations, the Canadian men's ice hockey team defeats the United States team 3–2 in overtime in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off, with Connor McDavid scoring the winning goal. (BBC) (NPR)

February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Israel says that forensic testing revealed one of the bodies returned by Hamas yesterday does not match with Shiri Bibas nor with any other hostages. Her sons Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, were all positively identified. Israel accuses Hamas of violating the ceasefire and demands the return of her body along with the other remaining hostages. (BBC News)
    • Hamas claims that Shiri's body was "mistakenly mixed" with others who were killed and buried under the rubble in Gaza, and returns an additional body the group says is hers. The identity is soon afterwards positively confirmed by Israel. (Al Arabiya) (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
  • The United States Department of Defense announces it will jointly lay off 4,500 probationary workers, cutting 5-8% of the civilian workforce. The United States Forest Service also announces it will lay off 2,000 employees. (AP)
• The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Real Plaza Trujillo collapse
  • At least 6 people are killed and 79 others are injured after a roof collapses at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. (Metro)

• Twelve people are killed and twenty-one others were injured in a bus crash in São Paulo, Brazil. (TRT World)

Health and environment

• South Sudan orders the closure of all schools in the country for two weeks due to a heat wave, with temperatures expected to reach 42 °C (108 °F). (DW)
• A norovirus outbreak with a large number of ill passengers is reported on the MS Iona cruise ship in Belgium. (Metro)

International relations

• 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
  • Egypt, Jordan, and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to address possible future developments in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
• Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations
  • Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign an agreement to delimitate their border, solving a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups that had killed over a hundred people. (Trend News Agency) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
    • South Korean police file a case against impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol for obstructing his arrest warrant. (Reuters)
• Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing
  • A 30-year-old Spanish tourist is seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. A 19-year-old Syrian man is arrested. (AP) (DW)
• Flint water crisis
  • Veolia Water agrees to pay $53 million in settlement for all remaining active class action lawsuits for the contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, United States, but refuses to acknowledge any fault in the crisis. (AP) (WNEM)
• Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
  • Hadi Matar is found guilty by a U.S. jury of attempted murder and assault for his stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie in 2022. (ABC News)
• Three people are killed in a shooting outside of a motor vehicle office in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (The Independent)
• Three people, including two police officers, are killed during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. (The New York Times)
• The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders the suspension of online video platform Rumble for refusing to comply to court orders and for refusing to remove the account of Brazilian fugitive Allan dos Santos. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces the removal of multiple senior U.S. officers from their current roles, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. and the Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti. (CNN)
  • American news agency The Associated Press files a lawsuit for freedom of speech against three Trump administration officials after they banned the news agency from attending presidential press events after the agency refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America". (AP) (NPR)
• Indonesia Gelap
  • Demonstrations continue against the government in several cities in Indonesia. Nine students have been arrested and two are injured, along with four injured policemen and two parliament members. (Tempo) (Barron's)

Science and technology

• The European Space Agency announces that the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 has decreased to 1.5% (1-in-67), and is likely to decrease further to less than 1%. (Nature)

February 22, 2025 (2025-02-22) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases six living hostages, including pre-war hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, both captive for more than nine years. (Times of Israel)
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the delay of the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners indefinitely, citing the "humiliating" procedure of the hostages' release. (AP) (NBC News)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • 2025 Mulhouse stabbing attack
    • A 69-year-old Portuguese Lino Sousa Loureiro is killed and seven other people are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 37-year-old Algerian man at a market in Mulhouse, France. The stabbing is being treated as a suspected Islamic terrorist attack. (AP) (CNN)
• Kivu conflict
  • 2025 Bukavu offensive
    • Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance. (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian
    • Houthi forces launch surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea for the first time with both missiles missing their target. (Reuters)
• Mali War
  • The Tuareg independence movement accuses Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries of killing 24 civilians, which constitutes a war crime. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 75th Berlin International Film Festival
  • Norwegian drama film Dreams (Sex Love) wins the Golden Bear award at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, while Tilda Swinton is awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for her range and legacy. (DW) (Berlinale)

Disasters and accidents

• Real Plaza Trujillo roof collapse
  • The death toll following the structural collapse of a metal roof of the Real Plaza Trujillo in Trujillo, Peru, rises to eight. The La Libertad government announces a period of mourning from February 22–23. (La Republica)
• A bus carrying passengers to a wedding ceremony overturns in Ranhghati, Rajasthan, India, killing two people and injuring 30 others. (The Times of India)
• A bus crashed into a petrol tanker in Niger State, killing 14 and injuring six.
• An SUV crashed into a truck near Dhanbad while traveling to the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, killing six and injuring two.

International relations

• China–Cook Islands relations
  • The Cook Islands signs a five-year memorandum of understanding to collaborate with China in seabed mining, which includes technology transfer, logistics support, and deep-sea ecosystem research. (DW) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
  • Two people, including a police officer, are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. (York Daily Record) (Fox News)
• One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism. (ABC News)
• Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

• The Vatican City issues a statement informing of the worsening health of Pope Francis after more than a week in hospital due to respiratory problems. Vatican officials say Pope Francis is now in critical condition and that the prognosis "remains guarded". (Reuters)

February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • 2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank
      • The Israel Defense Forces deploy tanks into the West Bank for the first time since 2002, declaring that the 40,000 Palestinians who fled refugee camps in the region cannot return. (AP) (PBS)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • At least three IS–Somalia fighters are killed in a joint Puntland armed forces–U.S. Africa Command airstrike targeting IS militants hiding in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari Region of Puntland, Somalia. (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)
• Australian frontier wars
  • The University of Newcastle publishes the final findings of its eight-year long attempt to record and map all major massacres of Indigenous Australians during the colonisation of Australia, finding that at least 10,000 were killed. (The Guardian)
• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • Israel launches airstrikes in the Baalbek area in northeastern Lebanon and other areas in the south of the country. (Times of Israel)
• Sudanese civil war
  • The Sudanese Army recaptures El Geteina, White Nile State, Sudan, after heavy fighting with the Rapid Support Forces. (Sudan Tribune)
• Two toddlers are killed when a buried land mine from a rocket-propelled grenade that was left from the Cambodian Civil War explodes in Svay Leu District, Siem Reap province, Cambodia. (Shanghai Daily)

Arts and culture

• 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • At the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Timothée Chalamet wins Outstanding Leading Male Performance for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, while Demi Moore wins Outstanding Leading Female Performance for her role in The Substance. Political thriller film Conclave wins Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Motion Picture. (NPR)

Health and environment

• Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
  • Sudanese officials report that 58 people have been killed and 1,293 people have been affected by a cholera outbreak in Kosti, White Nile State. (AP)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–NATO relations
  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he is "ready" to resign from the presidency in exchange for NATO accession as part of a potential peace agreement. (CNN) (AP)

Law and crime

• American Airlines Flight 292, flying from New York, United States, to New Delhi, India, is forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, due to an unspecified security concern later deemed to be non-credible. The flight was over the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan when it diverted back towards Europe. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 German federal election
  • Germans vote to elect the Bundestag. The opposition CDU/CSU wins a plurality, with 28.5% of the vote and 208 seats. The governing Social Democratic Party finishes in third place with 16.4% and 120 seats, while the far-right Alternative for Germany finishes in second place with 20.8% and 152 seats. (CNN) (DW)
• Funeral of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine
  • The joint funeral for Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine is held at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
• Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Protests are held across Europe and Canada to mark the 3rd year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
• The Vatican announces that Pope Francis remains in critical condition, with a new diagnosis of mild kidney failure, along with pre-existing conditions pneumonia and other unidentified respiratory diseases. (AP)

Sports

• In cricket under the ODI format, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the first player to reach the 51 centuries and the fastest player to reach 14,000 runs. (Times of India) (AP)

February 24, 2025 (2025-02-24) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland forces capture key locations, including Dararmadobe, Uraar and the Four Corners of Mountains in Gaatir Oodan, which have served as command and defense bases for the Islamic State militias. Troops uncover mass graves, including the bodies of senior Middle East ISIL members killed in UAE and US airstrikes. Vehicles and motorbikes rigged with explosives were found in the Cal Miskaad mountains of Puntland’s Bari Region. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suspends operations after an overnight drone attack by Ukraine destroys the main crude distillation unit at the facility. Locals report hearing at least five explosions during the attack. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
    • Druze militia leaders announce the formation of the Suwayda Military Council as a coalition of southern Syrian forces for promoting regional secularism and democracy. The council accuses the Syrian transitional government of committing ethnic cleansing operations and extrajudicial killings, and vows to prevent Syrian Armed Forces from entering Druze settlements. (El Manshar) (El Manshar 2)
• 2020s European re-armament
  • German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz declares the rapid re-militarization of Germany and Europe as a whole to be an immediate priority, in order to provide military support for Ukraine against Russia, as well as to pursue European military independence from the United States and possibly NATO. (BBC News)
• Terrorism in France
  • Three molotov cocktails are thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille, France. No perpetrators are apprehended, but police suspect terrorism. (France24)

Business and economy

• American coffeehouse chain Starbucks announces that it is cutting 1,100 jobs across its stores in the United States as part of cost reduction measures. The company also announces that its menu will be "simplified" and shrunk by 33%. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Over 50 people die after an unknown virus outbreak in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (CTV News)
• Measles resurgence in the United States
  • The Department of State Health Services in Texas, United States, places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak that spreads to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third-largest outbreak since it was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. (Texas Public Radio) (The Independent)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The United Nations General Assembly votes 93–18, with 65 abstentions, to pass a resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine. The 18 countries that voted against include the United States, Russia, Israel, Belarus, and North Korea. (CNN) (NPR)

Law and crime

• The Australian eSafety Commission fines instant messaging service Telegram A$1 million (US$640,000) for delaying its response to inquiries on preventing child exploitation and extremist content. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• NASA formally announces that asteroid 2024 YR4 now poses "no significant threat" to Earth in 2032 and beyond as the chances of an impact drop to 1-in-59,000 (0.0017%). This means a planetary defense mission to intercept and deflect the object in 2028 during a close flyby of Earth is no longer necessary. (NASA) (Ars Technica)

February 25, 2025 (2025-02-25) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Uvira offensive
      • The Congolese military launches an attack against M23-aligned rebels around the town of Minembwe in South Kivu in an effort to recapture it, and claims to have killed four rebel commanders in a drone strike. (Critical Threats Project)
• Syrian civil war
  • Israeli invasion of Syria
    • The Israeli Air Force strikes targets throughout Southern Syria as Israel begins a military operation to "demilitarize" the southern Syrian governorates of Daraa, Suwayda and Quneitra. Syrian state media reports airstrikes near Damascus. At least two people are reportedly killed. (ABC News) (The Times of India)
• 2020s European re-armament
  • The United Kingdom announces an increase in military spending to 2.5% of its GDP by 2027, and 3% by 2034 at the latest. The move comes just before UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in Washington, D.C. (The New York Times)
• Casamance conflict
  • The Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance reach an agreement to end their 40-year conflict at talks mediated by Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. (The Defense Post)
• Central African Republic Civil War
  • Nine people are killed and hundreds of homes are burned down in 3R rebel attacks in Bamingui-Bangoran, Central African Republic. (AP)

Business and economy

• American fabrics and handicraft supplies retail chain Jo-Ann Stores files its second bankruptcy claim and announces it will close all 800 stores in the 49 states, with liquidation sales beginning immediately. (NPR)
• Iraq agrees to reopen the oil pipeline between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey after a conversation between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, having been closed for two years due to a dispute between Iraq and Turkey. (Andalou Agency) (The Arab Weekly)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Chile blackout
  • A nationwide power outage occurs in Chile, impacting most of the country's population and causing the temporary stoppage of several significant industries. (Reuters)
• 2025 Queensland floods
  • At least twelve people are killed by a melioidosis outbreak caused by standing waters from persistent flooding in Queensland, Australia. (7News)
• 2025 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-26 crash
  • A Sudanese military plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Wadi Seidna Air Base on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, killing at least 46 people and injuring several others. (BBC News)
• Four workers are killed and six others are injured when an elevated highway under construction collapses in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. (AP)
• A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with no damage reported. (ABC News)

International relations

• Rwanda–United Kingdom relations, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • The UK government suspends financial aid and imposes economic sanctions on several high-ranking Rwandan officials over the country's military support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
• Ukraine–United States relations
  • Ukrainian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna announces that Ukraine has reached a deal with the United States on mineral resources. (Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• 2025 Thiruvananthapuram mass murder
  • A man brutally beat ( five people, including his brother, girlfriend, to death with a hammer in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, South India. gulfnews Economic Times
• Environmental issues in Brazil
  • The Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office files a lawsuit against mining corporation Vale S.A. and the state of Pará for mass metal poisoning that has affected the Xikrin indigenous people, whose Indigenous Territory is located in the state. (News-Press NOW)
• The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office arrests three executives of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina on charges of corruption and fraud regarding gasoline quality that cost the government more than $11 billion USD. (The Straits Times) (The Jakarta Globe)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • U.S. District Judge for the Western Washington District Court Jamal Whitehead temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the Refugee Admissions Program, ruling that President Trump cannot nullify the law passed by Congress, following a lawsuit against the Trump administration by the International Refugee Assistance Project. (AP)

February 26, 2025 (2025-02-26) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia
    • The Somalian government and the African Union finalize the troop distribution for the new peacekeeping mission AUSSOM, resolving prior disputes with Ethiopia and later Burundi. The mission will deploy 11,900 personnel, including soldiers, police, and civilian staff. Under the agreement, Uganda will contribute 4,500 troops, followed by Ethiopia with 2,500, Djibouti with 1,520, Kenya with 1,410, and Egypt with 1,091. (VOA)
• Sudanese civil war, 2024 famine in Sudan
  • The United Nations-operated World Food Programme announces it has been forced to temporarily cease the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur, Sudan, due to an escalation in fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the region. Doctors Without Borders also temporarily ceased operations in the camp last week. (DW)
• Mexican drug war
  • A roadside bombing kills a Texan rancher in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Authorities say the victim was driving on his ranch when the explosive device detonated. (El Financiero)

Arts and culture

• Conservation and restoration of Pompeian frescoes
  • Archeologists find monumental frescoes at the House of Thiasus in Pompeii, Campania, Italy, providing insight into the Dionysian Mysteries. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States tariffs against the European Union
  • United States President Donald Trump announces impending 25% tariffs on the European Union, which he states will be generally applied to sectors such as the automotive industry. (The Guardian)
• British oil and gas company BP announces an agreement with the Iraqi government to develop four oil fields around Kirkuk and increase production, with the value of BP's investment estimated at US$25 billion. (Society of Petroleum Engineers) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen people are killed and thirty-one others are injured when a bus overturns in Prachinburi province, Thailand. (CTV News)

Health and environment

• An unvaccinated child dies of measles at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, United States, as the first death since the disease was considered eradicated in the country in 2000. (ABC News) (AP)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump cancels energy corporation Chevron's license to operate in Venezuela. (Reuters)
• United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk condemns Israel's human rights violations in Gaza and denounces Israeli settlements. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2020 Nice stabbing
  • Brahim Aouissaoui, the perpetrator of the 2020 stabbing in Nice, France, is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. (CTV News)
• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Călin Georgescu, the candidate received the most votes in the annulled 2024 presidential election, is detained by police and taken for questioning by the general prosecutor's office over allegations of false statements about financing sources, illegal possession of weapons, and forming an organization that is "fascist, racist, or xenophobic". (AP)
• Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is sentenced to one year in prison and banned from participating in politics for six years for "separatist actions", such as advocating for secession. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Anguillian general election
  • The opposition Anguilla United Front (AUF) wins a majority in the House of Assembly. AUF leader Cora Richardson-Hodge becomes the first female Premier of Anguilla. (Jamaica Observer)
• Freedom of the press in the United States, Gulf of Mexico–America naming dispute
  • The Trump administration bans reporters from the Associated Press, Reuters, Der Tagesspiegel, and HuffPost from the White House over their refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America". (Reuters)
• Constitutional crisis in Somalia
  • Somalia's Federal Parliament fails to meet due to a lack of quorum, with only 137 MPs present, two short of the required amount. The delay raises concerns about a potential no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre's council of ministers. (Hiiraan Online)

February 27, 2025 (2025-02-27) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Gaza war
    • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
      • As part of the first stage of the ceasefire deal, Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages in return for the Israeli government releasing 617 Palestinian prisoners. The second phase of the ceasefire has not been negotiated. (DW)
  • Thirteen people are injured in a car-ramming attack in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel. The suspect, a Palestinian residing in Ma'ale Iron, is later shot and killed by police after an attempted stabbing attack. (Times of Israel)
• Kivu conflict
  • 2025 Bukavu offensive
    • 2025 Bukavu M23 rally bombings
      • A grenade attack at an M23 rally in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, celebrating their recent victory over government forces in the city, kills at least eleven people and wounds 65 others. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
    • Jailed Kurdish leader and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan calls for an end to the conflict with Turkey and asks the group to disarm and disband, amid peace efforts between the Turkish government and the PKK led by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party. (Rudaw) (Reuters) (DW)
• Somali Civil War
  • Somali capital city Mogadishu enters a security lockdown after several mortars were fired toward Aden Adde International Airport during a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (Anadolu Agency)
  • Somali forces regain control of Balad after Al-Shabaab launches a coordinated attack, detonating roadside bombs and briefly seizing the town. (Hiiraan Online)
• Villa Somalia security guards open fire on civilians at Lido Beach in Mogadishu while attempting to clear the beach ahead of a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, killing a teenage boy and wounding several others. (Idil News) (HBN)

Business and economy

• Denmark–United States relations
  • Danish retailer group Salling Group, which operates around 34% of the retail market share in the country, announces it will start differentiating brands owned by European companies from American ones, in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed acquisition of Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a three-story residential building in Quezon City, Philippines, kills eight people and injures one other. (AP)
• Two people are killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes on a private property in Uvalde, Texas, United States. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are currently investigating the accident. (KENS-TV)
• Two Russian tourists are killed in a shark attack while scuba diving in the Verde Island Passage off Batangas, Philippines. (Fox News)

International relations

• United Kingdom–United States relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump meets with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, D.C., for talks that include the Russo-Ukrainian War peace negotiations. Starmer also presents a letter from King Charles III inviting Trump to visit London later this year. (NPR)

Law and crime

• Persecution of Uyghurs in China
  • Forty Uyghur men detained in Thailand for over a decade are deported to China, despite concerns regarding their persecution. (Al Arabiya)
• The prosecutor's office in Paris, France, closes a criminal complaint case by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against technology company Apple for alleged money laundering and deceptive business practices related to the purchase of minerals in the DRC from armed militias. It is one of the DRC's two lawsuits, with another in Belgium. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • The Social Democratic Party, the Austrian People's Party, and the NEOS party in Austria agree to form a coalition government, leaving out the far-right Freedom Party, who won the most seats in the National Council in the 2024 legislative election. The coalition agreement ends Austria's longest period without a government since World War II. (DW) (Euractiv)
• The Trump administration bans NASA scientists and US government officials from attending the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference that started this week in Hangzhou, China, which are focused on the seventh IPCC Assessment Report on climate change. (Nature)

Science and technology

• Meta Platforms says it has fixed an error that resulted in Instagram users' Reels feeds displaying violent and graphic videos despite these users having content filters enabled. (Al Arabiya)
• OpenAI releases their latest large language model, GPT-4.5. (The Verge)

February 28, 2025 (2025-02-28) (Friday)

Attacks and armed conflicts

• 2025 Darul Uloom Haqqania bombing
  • Five people, including Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, the head of a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) party and son of Sami-ul-Haq, are killed and twenty others are injured in a suicide bombing inside of a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Indian Express)
• Mexican drug war
  • At least four people are shot dead in a mechanical workshop in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. This is the second massacre this week in the state, the other in Perote, which left three workers dead and one wounded. (La Jornada)
  • Three policemen and a civilian are killed in two attacks in Guanajuato, Mexico, the first in Celaya and the second in Apaseo el Alto. (Revista Proceso)

Business and economy

• Protests against Donald Trump
  • Protests against the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • Economic Blackout
      • A 24-hour consumer spending boycott takes place across the United States, in protest of wealth and income inequality, high prices of essential goods, and the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by the Trump administration. (AP)
• 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
  • The United States Social Security Administration announces it will lay off over 7,000 jobs to align with President Donald Trump's executive order, despite its workforce already being at a 50-year low. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Three people are killed as tropical cyclone Garance makes landfall in Réunion in the Indian Ocean. (AP)
• 2025 disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • At least 60 fatalities and nearly 1,100 symptomatic cases are reported to be a result of a disease outbreak of unknown etiology in the Province of Équateur, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (CBS News)

Health and environment

• 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak
  • The number of measles cases in Texas, United States, increases to 146 with 20 people hospitalized, spanning nine counties in the state. (AP)

International relations

• Ukraine–United States relations
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting
      • U.S. president Donald Trump, U.S. vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy end their talks early after their meeting in the White House turns into a "heated" exchange. Trump rejects any discussion of specific security guarantees for Ukraine, being interested solely in discussing the Ukraine–United States Mineral Resources Agreement. (Time) (AP)
      • The U.S. State Department terminates U.S. support of Ukraine's energy grid restoration amid an ongoing energy crisis. (NBC)
• Colombia–Israel relations, Israel–Malaysia relations, South Africa–Israel relations, Boycotts of Israel
  • Colombian president Gustavo Petro, Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa release a joint statement announcing they will close their ports to any ship carrying weapons supplied to Israel. (Middle East Monitor)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) postpone the joint summit of their foreign ministers that would have agreed on a ceasefire plan for the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congolese and Rwanda governments never received invitations to the meeting. (Critical Threats Project)
• Russia–United States relations
  • Russia appoints Alexander Darchiev as its new ambassador to the U.S. following talks between the two countries in Istanbul on restoring regular diplomatic contacts and embassy staffs. The post has been vacant for several months. (Barron's) (Interfax)

Law and crime

• Mexico extradites 29 alleged cartel members to the United States, including Rafael Caro Quintero, Miguel Treviño Morales, Omar Treviño Morales, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez. (BBC News) (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• Greeks organize a 24-hour nationwide general strike on the second anniversary of the Tempi train crash, Greece's deadliest railway disaster. (Reuters)
• Following the 2024 quota reform movement in Bangladesh, students who led the protests announce the formation of a new political party, the National Citizen Party, led by Nahid Islam, a student activist and the chief coordinator of the Students Against Discrimination movement. (DW)

Science and technology

• Microsoft announces it will shut down Skype in May 2025 to focus its support and development on Teams. (DW) (Bloomberg News)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Avian flu outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Southeast European retail boycotts
• Canadian economic crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• Moldovan energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis

Politics

• Argentina cryptocurrency scandal
• Georgian political crisis
• Somali constitutional crisis
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Georgian post-election protests
• Gaza war protests
• Indonesian student protests
• Serbian anti-corruption protests
• United Kingdom farmers' protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• February

• 15: Abkhazia, President (1st)
• 18: Bermuda, House of Assembly
• 23: Germany, Bundestag
• 26: Anguilla, House of Assembly

Upcoming

• March

• 01: Abkhazia, President (2nd)
• 02: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives
• 04: Micronesia, Congress
• 09: Algeria, Council of the Nation (indirect)
• 11: Greenland, Inatsisartut
• 12: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 12: Belize, House of Representatives

Trials

Ongoing

• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• South Korea:0Yoon Suk Yeol
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2025 Major League Soccer season

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's season
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2025 PGA Tour
• 2025 LIV Golf League
• 2025 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season
• 2024–25 PWHL season

• Motorsport

• 2025 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2025 Six Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2025 ATP Tour
• 2025 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

February

• 28: Joseph Wambaugh
• 27: Boris Spassky
• 26: Gene Hackman
• 26: Michelle Trachtenberg
• 25: Roberto Orci
• 24: Roberta Flack
• 23: Larry Dolan
• 23: Chris Jasper
• 23: Al Trautwig
• 21: Clint Hill
• 21: Lynne Marie Stewart
• 20: David Boren
• 20: Jerry Butler
• 20: Peter Jason
• 18: Gerald Ridsdale
• 17: Rick Buckler
• 17: Paquita la del Barrio
• 16: Kim Sae-ron
• 15: George Armitage
• 15: Muhsin Hendricks
• 15: Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
• 13: Jim Guy Tucker
• 11: Margarita Forés
• 11: Moses Lim
• 10: Peter Tuiasosopo
• 09: Tom Robbins
• 08: Dick Jauron
• 08: Sam Nujoma
• 07: Dafydd Elis-Thomas
• 07: Tony Roberts
• 06: Virginia Halas McCaskey
• 05: Irv Gotti
• 04: Aga Khan IV
• 03: Rich Dauer
• 02: Brian Murphy
• 02: Barbie Hsu
• 01: Horst Köhler
• 01: Fay Vincent

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Israel

• Gaza war

• Israeli invasion of Lebanon

• Syria

• Israeli invasion of Syria

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2025 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain