Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours. (Reuters)
Myanmar’s military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-junta forces in the ongoing civil war. (Reuters)
Two Basij members are killed in an attack on an outpost in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Iran International)
The death toll from a landslide which struck Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines, five days ago, increases to 54. Sixty-three others are still missing. (Al Jazeera)
Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, United States is evacuated after an attempted shooting; one suspect has been shot by police. (KTRK)
President of Hungary Katalin Novák resigns one week after news media revealed that she had pardoned a person who had been convicted of aiding in child sex abuse. (Reuters)
The IDF claim to have discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA‘s Gaza Strip headquarters. (Times of Israel)
Three Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten other people are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia, before being killed in the ensuing shootout. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (AP)
Violent protests occur in Senegal following an announcement by President Macky Sall that presidential elections have been delayed from February 25 to December 15. (Sky News)
Despite Imran Khan‘s lead, Nawaz Sharif claims victory amid allegations of military-led rigging of the election. (Time)
Hosts Qatar win their second consecutive Asian Cup title after defeating Jordan 3–1 in the final. Akram Afif earned a hat-trick with three goals—all scored from penalty kicks. (Reuters/The Guardian)
At least 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amidst continued fighting against the Arakan Army. (ABC News)
The Federal Court of Malaysia in a landmark ruling declares several Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional. (CNA)
Four people are killed and one is injured during a mass shooting at a market in Rustavi, Georgia. The gunman is arrested. (Reuters)
At least 340 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amidst continued fighting against the Arakan Army. (ABC News)
The Federal Court of Malaysia in a landmark ruling declares several Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional. (CNA)
Four people are killed and one is injured during a mass shooting at a market in Rustavi, Georgia. The gunman is arrested. (Reuters)
NASA‘s PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, to study Earth’s ocean and atmosphere. (Ars Technica)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following months of rumors about a conflict between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi. Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi. (BBC News)
Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík. (NU)
The death toll from a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, Georgia, increases to nine, following the conclusion of search operations. (RFE/RL)
Five United States Marines are confirmed dead after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, which crashed yesterday in San Diego County, California, United States, is located. (NBC News)
Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly. (Reuters)
Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)
Meta suspends the Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violating its “Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy”. (Middle East Eye)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia confirms that eight people have been killed and another is missing, following a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, on February 6, the same day that two more have also been killed in separate events in Adjara. (Agenda.ge)
Nicaragua grants political asylum to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli after he requests protection at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, Panama. (Reuters)
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is re-elected for a fifth term in office. (Reuters)
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing at least three civilians and wounding 11 others, including two in Kyiv. Cruise missiles are reported over Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk. (BBC News)
Twin bombings outside electoral offices kill at least 29 people and injure dozens more in Balochistan, Pakistan, ahead of tomorrow’s general election. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AP)
The Government of Thailand and Muslim separatists from the southern part of the country agreed a possible peace process to stop an insurrection which started in 2004. (AP)
The Greek island of Aegina is left without drinking water after an explosion disables a 12-kilometer-long (7.5-mile) undersea fresh water pipeline. Greater Athens governor Nikos Hardalias calls it an act of sabotage. (AP)
Ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an explosion at a market in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Al Jazeera)
Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash in Ranco Lake, Chile. (Reuters)
Nevada holds its Republican Party presidential primary. However, the Republican Party boycotts the primary and will award no delegates to the winner. The party plans to hold a presidential caucus on February 8 to award its delegates. (Al Jazeera)
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
Eleven people are killed and 150 others are injured in a fire at a fireworks factory in Harda, India. (AP)
At least seven people are killed in a landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines. Search operations are ongoing for 48 others missing, which include mine workers. (AFP via The Philippine Star)
The Dutch owner of Yandex, a Russian multinational technology company and search engine, Yandex N.V, announces the sale of the company to a “fully-Russian owned entity” for 475 billion rubles ($5.2bn), marking its withdrawal from the country. (BBC News)
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., United States, rules that former President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, and thus can be prosecuted for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (BBC News)
Monday, February 5th, 2024
A drone attack against a U.S. military base in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility. (Al Jazeera)(AP)
Ten police officers are killed and six others are injured during an attack by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan militants against a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
A landslide kills at least 20 people, 13 in Davao de Oro and seven in Davao del Norte, Philippines, and leaves at least two others missing. (Reuters)
Hungary’s ruling party Fidesz boycotts an extraordinary National Assembly session called by opposition groupings to speed up the approval of Sweden’s NATO membership bid. (Politico)
King of the United Kingdom Charles III is diagnosed with cancer after a medical examination. (BBC News)
Four people are killed in a shooting in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (AP)
Sunday, February 4th, 2024
Thirty-seven people are killed during fights over a suspected landfeud in the disputed region of Abyei on the border between South Sudan and Sudan. (AP)
The death toll from major wildfires in Valparaíso, Chile, increases to at least 112 people, with between 3,000 and 6,000 houses damaged in the fires. (BBC News)
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