Month / February 2025
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Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
Russian forces launch an overnight ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, Ukr, killing one person and injuring four others. (Reuters)
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)
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)
Konstantinos Tasoulas is elected President of Greece by the Hellenic Parliament in the fourth and final round of the presidential election. (Ekathimerini in English)
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
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, threatening to withold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they do not agree with U.S. ownership of it. (ABC News)
The South Korean Foreign Ministry announces that the country will move to establish diplomatic relations with Syria. (Korea Herald)
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 in the biggest raid against the mafia since 1984. (The Guardian)
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Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
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)
Google Calendar removes 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)
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)
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)
U.S. President Donald Trump issues an ultimatum to Hamas saying that if all remaining hostages are not released by Saturday then “all hell will break loose” in the Middle East. Earlier Hamas said it will delay the release of more hostages and accused Israel of violating their ceasefire deal. (Sky News)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms 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)
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)
According to ceasefire terms, the Israel Defense Forces fully withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor as Palestinians return to northern Gaza. (DW)
Russia releases Marc Fogel, an American citizen after talks with Donald Trump envoy Steve Witkoff. (New York Times)
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)
King Abdullah II of Jordan meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. for talks focusing on forced displacement of Gazans. (ABC News)
The accession ceremony is held for Prince Rahim al-Hussaini as the 50th Imam of Nizari Isma’ilism, succeeding his late father. (Islamabad Post)
Five Taliban members are killed and seven others are injured during a suicide bombing outside New Kabul Bank in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Arab News)
At least 27 Puntland soldiers and more than 70 ISIS militants were killed or wounded in fierce fighting around the Togga Jacel area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in Puntland’s Bari Region. The clashes erupted after Puntland defence forces thwarted an overnight attack by the Islamic State militant group, which targeted military bases with suicide car and motorbike bombs. This was the deadliest attack since Puntland launched an offensive in December 2024 against Islamic State in Somalia hiding in the Golis Mountains. (Reuters)
M23 rebel forces, backed by Rwanda, initiate advances towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu in the eastern DR Congo, following a two-day unilateral ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
CODECO insurgents kill at least 52 people and injure eight others in attacks across Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 30 civilian homes were burned down during the attacks, according to Radio Okapi. (Anadolu Ajansi)
Twelve people are injured, including two critically, when an Intercity Express train collides with a semi-trailer truck in Hamburg, Germany. (AP)
The European Court of Human Rights says it will consider three cases involving irregular migrants allegedly being ‘pushed back’ across the border from EU states to non-member state Belarus. (Forbes)
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)
Biathlete Ekaterina Avvakumova wins the first gold medal for South Korea in biathlon at the Asian Winter Games. (Korea JoongAng Daily)
Monday, February 10th, 2025
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)
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)
United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all aluminium and steel imports. (NBC News)
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)
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)
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)
Police in Bangladesh arrest over 1,300 people amid riots and pro-Sheikh Hasina protests. (DW)
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces his resignation and calls for a second round of voting in the 2024 presidential election to determine his successor. (DW)
Sunday, February 9th, 2025
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)
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)
One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. (Miami Herald)
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania join the Continental Europe Synchronous Area, one day after disconnecting from the IPS/UPS. (BBC News)
Six people are killed and two others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes near Jannata, South Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Two women are killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Authorities uncover two mass graves containing nearly 50 bodies of refugees in Kufra, Libya. (Al Jazeera)
Thirty-one Maoist militants and two security forces are killed during a shootout around Indravati River in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)
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. (BBC News)
Citizens of Kosovo vote to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (BBC News)
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)
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Saturday, February 8th, 2025
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)
Four people are killed in border clashes between Syrian Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Lebanese clans. (Al-Monitor)
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)
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)
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)
Two tourists die in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when their hostel room is fumigated with a pesticide for bedbugs. (CNN)
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)
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)
At least 41 people are killed when a bus collides with a semi-trailer truck in Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico. (Reuters)
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania disconnect from the IPS/UPS synchronous transmission grid in order to synchronize with the Continental Europe grid. (BBC News)
Three more Israeli hostages are freed by Hamas as part of the January 19 ceasefire deal. (Saudi Gazette)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.6 strikes the Caribbean Sea southwest of the Cayman Islands. (CNN)
A crisis summit is held involving the regional blocs SADC and the EAC, along with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. 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)
Friday, February 7th, 2025
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)
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. ((The Guardian)
Russia says its forces have taken full control of Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of urban warfare. (Reuters)
Between 45 to 60 civilians are killed after an ambush by Islamic State gunmen against a convoy of buses in Kobe, Mali. (Xinhua)
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)
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. (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Moldova Prime Minister Dorin Recean calls for the breakaway state of Transnistria to take steps to avoid a new gas crisis. (Reuters)
Azerbaijan authorities announce that they will close their local Rossotrudnichestvo (House of Russia) branch in Baku. (Trend)
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