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Friday, February 27th, 2026 

Israeli air and drone strikes kill at least five people and injure several others in central and southern Gaza, despite an ongoing United States-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas. (AFP via The Hindu) 

A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, sentences nine individuals, including two former chief executives of subsidiaries of state-owned energy company Pertamina, to prison terms ranging from nine to 15 years in a corruption case involving alleged unlawful oil terminal leasing and crude oil imports that prosecutors say caused significant state losses. (Reuters) 

A Tunisian court sentences former prime minister Ali Laarayedh, who has been detained since 2022, to 24 years in prison for facilitating the travel of Tunisian nationals to Syrian conflict zones during his premiership, while seven co-defendants, including former interior ministry officials, receive prison terms ranging from three to 24 years. (Reuters) 

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen calls a snap election for March 24 amid the Greenland crisis. (AP via NBC News) 

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

Clashes break out on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with Pakistan launching airstrikes on several locations in Afghanistan, including the capital of Kabul, targeting Taliban government forces directly, in what Pakistani defense minister Khawaja Asif describes as “open war”. (Al Jazeera) 

Thursday, February 26th, 2026 

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia accuses France and the United Kingdom of preparing to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, prompting the Russian foreign ministry to warn that such a move would lead to a direct conflict between NATO states and Russia.  (Reuters) 

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

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama dismisses deputy prime minister and infrastructure minister Belinda Balluku after anti-corruption prosecutors indicted her on suspicion of interfering in the award of two public construction contracts worth more than €200 million. (Reuters) 

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

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

The United States announces that it will ease certain restrictions to permit Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba’s private sector for commercial and humanitarian purposes amid an energy shortage. (Reuters) 

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

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

Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 

Hernando de Soto is announced as the new prime minister of Peru. (Gestión in Spanish) 

Denisse Miralles is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Peru, succeeding Ernesto Álvarez Miranda. (Andina) 

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán announces that Hungary has ended all support for Ukraine, including through European Union framework, until Ukraine resumes oil transfers via the Druzhba pipeline. (AA) 

South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index surpasses 6,000 points for the first time, crossing the threshold shortly after the opening of trading. (AFP via BSS) 

A Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes in western Turkey, killing the pilot. (NOS) 

The United States announces that it will ease certain restrictions to permit Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba’s private sector for commercial and humanitarian purposes amid an energy shortage. (Reuters) 

Israel’s Knesset speaker Amir Ohana awards Indian prime minister Narendra Modi the newly established Medal of the Knesset to honor him for his “significant contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people.” (Times of Israel) 

Tuesday,  February 24th, 2026 

Bolivia resumes operational cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to combat drug trafficking and organized crime after a 17-year suspension. Bolivia says the renewed collaboration will include efforts to address money laundering linked to the illicit drug trade. (Reuters) 

Two people are killed, including the suspect, and two others are injured in a suicide bombing targeting a police car near the Savyolovsky railway station in Moscow, Russia.  (Xinhua) 

Four people are killed and another is critically injured from carbon monoxide poisoning at an apartment building in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Xinhua) 

Four people are killed and several others are injured when an Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation Bell AH-1 SuperCobra helicopter crashes into a fruit market in Dorcheh, Isfahan province, Iran. (Reuters) 

Myanmar Air Force airstrikes on suspected rebel targets kill at least 17 in Rakhine state. (al Jazeera) 

Three Saraya al-Jawad gunmen and a soldier are killed in a shootout in Latakia, Syria. (Al Jazeera) 

Five police officers are killed by the Pakistani Taliban during two ambushes in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP) 

Four police officers are killed and three civilians injured in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint in Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. (Xinhua) 

Thirty people are killed, 39 others are reported missing and at least 440 are displaced from their homes after heavy rain triggers flash flooding in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.  (Reuters) 

Fourteen people are killled and at least 440 others are displaced from their homes after heavy rain triggers flash flooding in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Reuters) 

The death toll from an explosion and fire at a six-story residential building in Chattogram, Bangladesh, rises to three. (News.Az) 

Sierra Leone says that Guinea has detained several of its army and police personnel and seized their ammunition during construction work on border facilities in Sulima Chiefdom, Falaba District. (Reuters) 

Monday, February 23rd, 2026 

The death toll among Mexican National Guard troops in Jalisco rises to at least 25 with dozens more wounded amid clashes with Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen. (BBC News) 

Hugo César Macías Ureña, alias “El Tuli”, a right-hand man of El Mencho, who coordinated attacks after his death, is confirmed killed in a shootout with authorities. (The Guardian) 

In the United States, a major nor’easter snowstorm hits the East Coast, causing blizzard conditions and major transportation disruptions. (CNN) 

France restricts United States ambassador Charles Kushner‘s direct access to government ministers after he skipped a meeting requested by foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot to address comments concerning the killing of Quentin Deranque. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed in an airstrike by the United States Southern Command on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean Sea. (Al Jazeera) 

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

Canadian-American author and former researcher Peter Attia resigns from CBS News following backlash after lewd messages between him and Jeffery Epstein were released. (CNN) 

Rob Jetten is sworn in as the new prime minister of the Netherlands, becoming the country’s youngest and its first openly gay prime minister.  (BBC News) 

Slovak prime minister Robert Fico announces the suspension of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid the Russo-Ukrainian war unless oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, following a disruption that Slovakia attributes to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera) 

Nigerian Army troops kill five suspected Lakurawa insurgents near Mayama Hill, Kebbi State, Nigeria, and recover a cache of weapons. (Channels TV) 

Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing four people, including two civilians in Odesa. (Al Jazeera) 

Three security personnel are killed and two others are injured in a quadcopter strike on a paramilitary fort in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Xinhua) 

Three security personnel are killed and six others are injured, including some seriously, in an ambush on ambulances by unidentified gunmen in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AA) 

Chad closes its border with Sudan after five Chadian soldiers and three civilians are killed, and 12 others are injured, in clashes between the Rapid Support Forces and militia groups affiliated with the Sudanese government. (Reuters) 

At least 28 people are killed and 39 others are injured in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces in Misteriha, North Darfur, Sudan. (AP) 

In Ecuador, seven people are killed in a mass shooting in a rural area in Jama, while two people are killed at the seaside resort of San Vincente. (Xinhua) 

Four security personnel and an Islamic State gunman are killed in a shootout at a checkpoint in Raqqa, Syria. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat) 

Panama’s canal authority assumes control of the Balboa and Cristóbal ports on the Panama Canal after the Supreme Court of Panama annulled the concessions held by Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison, with an 18-month transition period and a new international tender process planned. (AFP via France 24) 

Seven people are killed when an air ambulance Beechcraft King Air crashes in Chatra district, Jharkhand, India. (Hindustan Times) 

A nationwide power outage occurs in the Dominican Republic, which the Ministry of Energy and Mines attributes to a transmission line switch malfunction that triggered system protection mechanisms. Power generation begins to recover later in the day, reaching about 30 percent of normal capacity. (Reuters) 

A bus plunges off a mountainous section of the Prithvi Highway near Benighat, Nepal, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others. (BBC News) (AP) 

A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Peruvian Air Force that went missing the previous day is found crashed near Chala, Peru. All 15 people on board are confirmed dead. (AFP via Gulf News) 

Five people are killed and 45 others are injured when a double-decker bus overturns on the Purvanchal Expressway in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. (NDTV) 

A body of one of the three people that were reported missing after a garbage mound collapsed at a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, three days ago, is recovered. The claims of up to 50 people missing are dismissed. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

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

Seven police officers are injured, including two seriously, in a seperate bombing targeting police vehicles at a filling station in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters) 

Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announces the declassification of the documents relating to the attempted coup that took place in the Congress of Deputies in 1981. (RTVE) 

Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 

The United States defeats Canada 2–1 during overtime, winning gold in the men’s tournament in ice hockey for the first time since 1980, exactly 46 years after the Miracle on Ice. (KNBC-TV) 

An armed man is killed after entering the Mar-a-Lago estate owned by US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, United States. (BBC) 

A suspect is injured in a shootout with a United States Border Patrol agent near the Canada–United States border in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation says they are investigating. (CTV News) 

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

North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, is re-elected as the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the most powerful position in the one-party state. (AFP via France 24) 

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

Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and six other gunmen are killed during a security operation carried out by the Mexican Armed Forces near Tapalpa, Jalisco. In response, CJNG members launched coordinated retaliatory attacks, including road blockades involving burning vehicles and improvised checkpoints across multiple states. (N+) (AP) 

The Winter Olympics conclude with Norway as the highest-ranked team in the medal table. The Olympic flag is handed over to the organizers of the 2030 Winter Olympics to be held in the French Alps. (France 24) 

At least seven National Guard troops are killed in clashes with CJNG forces in Western Mexico. (AP) 

At the 2026 BAFTA Awards, the American film One Battle After Another wins the most awards with six, including Best Film. Hamnet became the most-nominated film by a female director and Sinners became the most-nominated film by a Black director in BAFTA history. (The Hollywood Reporter) 

Search and rescue operations begin for three individuals who have been reported missing after a collapse of a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, two days prior. There are other claims that up to 50 people are feared missing from the incident.  (Manila Bulletin) 

Laotians vote in a parliamentary election to elect the 175 members of the tenth National Assembly. The only legal party in Laos contesting the election is the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party. (AFP via France 24) 

Saturday, February 21^st, 2026 

Russian forces capture the village of Karpivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as they attempt to advance towards Lyman. (Devdiscourse) 

Ukrainian forces launch long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, striking the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Another missile strikes a natural-gas processing plant in Samara Oblast. (The Telegraph) (DW) 

Pakistan conducts intelligence-based strikes on seven locations along the Durand Line in the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan targeting alleged camps of the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State, resulting in dozens of fatalities and injuries. (NDTV) (AFP via The Straits Times) 

Two soldiers and five militants are killed in a shootout in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

The Islamic State claims responsibility for two attacks on security personnel in northern and eastern Syria, in which a soldier and a civilian were killed. (Reuters) 

A policewoman is killed and at least 15 others are injured, including some seriously, in two explosions at a shop in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. The attacks are being treated as terrorism. (TRT World) 

At this year’s Berlin Film Festival, İlker Çatak‘s Yellow Letters wins the Golden Bear. (AFP via The Philippine Star) 

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

The state emergency service of Victoria, Australia, issues the highest-level emergency evacuation warning for areas surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement of Gaffneys Creek, as an uncontrolled bushfire burns the settlement. (Reuters) 

At least five bodies of refugees wash ashore near Tripoli, Libya. Residents also observe a child’s body carried back to sea by strong waves, prompting a coast guard search operation. (Reuters) 

Friday, February 20th, 2026 

At least 12 people are killed and 33 others are injured in multiple Israeli strikes targeting members of Hezbollah and Hamas across Lebanon. One Hezbollah leader has been reported deceased. (Al Jazeera) (IMEMC) (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

One person is killed and several buildings are damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in Sevastopol, Crimea. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed in a strike by the United States Southern Command on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in an area of the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 50 people are killed and women and children are abducted in overnight attacks by gunmen on a village in Bukkuyum LGA, Zamfara State, Nigeria. (Reuters) (Xinhua) 

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

Seven people are killed, including a pregnant woman, two children are injured and 3,000 are displaced in three landslides in the provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro, Philippines. (CTV News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

Seven Chinese tourists are killed after their van sinks into a frozen-over section of Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. One person managed to escape the vehicle and reach the surface. An investigation into criminal negligence and safety violations is opened. (The Moscow Times) (Reuters) 

Seven Chinese tourists are killed after their van sinks into a frozen over section of Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. One person managed to escape the vehicle and reach the surface. An investigation into criminal negligence and safety violations was opened. (The Moscow Times) (Reuters) 

Seven people are killed and two others are injured in a collision between a van and a truck in Valsad district, Gujarat, India. (Hindustan Times) 

Seven people are killed, including a pregnant woman, two children are injured and 3,000 are displaced in three landslides in the Philippines. (CTV News) 

Five people are killed, another is injured and power outages are reported during a major snowstorm in Linz and Tyrol, Austria. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

The French agriculture ministry authorizes the culling of around 200 wolves, raising the annual removal limit to 21% of the estimated population of over 1,000 animals, with a possible increase to 23%, citing rising livestock losses as wolf numbers expand into agricultural areas and regions near major cities. (Reuters) 

The French agriculture ministry authorizes the culling of around 200 wolves, raising the annual removal limit to 21 percent of the estimated population of over 1,000 animals, with a possible increase to 23 percent, citing rising livestock losses as wolf numbers expand into agricultural areas and regions near major cities. (Reuters) 

Norway relocates some of its approximately 60 military personnel stationed in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East back to Norway and other regional locations, citing security concerns amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. (Reuters) 

The United States revokes the visas of three Chilean officials, including telecommunications minister Juan Carlos Muñoz, after Chile agreed to build a submarine cable with China. (Bloomberg) 

A Thai court sentences activist lawyer Arnon Nampa, who has been detained since 2023, to an additional two years and eight months in prison for violating the country’s lèse-majesté law over remarks made at a 2020 rally. (Reuters) 

A Thai court sentences activist lawyer Arnon Nampa, who has been detained since 2023, to an additional two years and eight months in prison for violating the country’s lèse-majesté law over remarks made at a 2020 rally. (Reuters) 

The United States Supreme Court rules in Learning Resources v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant the President the power to impose trade tariffs. (CNN) 

The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Learning Resources v. Trump case that the President of the United States does not have the power to unilaterally impose trade tariffs without congressional approval. (CNN) 

U.S. president Donald Trump signs executive orders aimed at implementing tariffs using Section 122 and Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. (Reuters) 

The Florida Legislature, in the United States, passes a measure to formally rename Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach County, Florida, as the “President Donald J. Trump International Airport”. (The Guardian)  

Norway breaks the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics event after skier Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the country’s 17th gold medal in Milan–Cortina, surpassing their own record of 16 gold medals. (The Independent) 

Norway break Winter Olympics gold medal record. (Independent) 

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