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Shootings at a residence anda school inTumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead.
António José Seguro(pictured)is electedpresident of Portugal.
InAmerican football, theSeattle Seahawks defeat theNew England Patriots to winthe Super Bowl.
Inthe Thai general election, theBhumjaithai Party, led by Prime MinisterAnutin Charnvirakul, wins the most seats in theHouse of Representatives.

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February 13, 2026 (2026-02-13) (Friday)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and 22 more injured in a fire at a residential building inBudakeszi,Hungary.(AP)

Politics and elections

2026 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
- Member of Parliament forHume Angus Taylor replacesSussan Ley asLeader of the Opposition following a leadership spill in theLiberal Party, symbolizing a power shift from theModerate to theNational Right faction. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering aby-election in her seat ofFarrer.(The Guardian)

2026 Bangladeshi general election
- TheBangladesh Nationalist Party wins alandslide victory in the parliamentary elections, winning 209 seats in the first election since theJuly Revolution that toppledSheikh Hasina.(Reuters)

February 12, 2026 (2026-02-12) (Thursday)

Business and economy

German economic crisis
- Lufthansa staff conduct a one-daystrike to protest the airline'scost-cutting measures, grounding at least 460 flights and affecting nearly 70,000 passengers.(DW)(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2025–26 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- At least 31 people are killed, 36 others are injured, and several are missing asCyclone Gezani makes landfall inMadagascar.(DW)

Health and environment

Environmental policy of the second Trump administration
- United States president Donald Trump revokes theEnvironmental Protection Agency's2009 endangerment finding, which classifiedgreenhouse gases as a threat topublic health and formed the legal basis forfederal climate regulations, and concurrently rescindsvehicle emission standards.(AFP via ABS-CBN)
Greenhouse gas emissions by China
- TheCentre for Research on Energy and Clean Air reports thatChina'scarbon dioxide emissions remained flat or declined slightly in 2025 by about 0.3%, marking the first full calendar year in which emissions in China did not rise despite increasingenergy demand, largely due to expandedrenewable energy capacity.(AFP via France 24)

International relations

China–Japan relations
- 2025–2026 China–Japan diplomatic crisis
  - TheJapanese fisheries agency seize aChinese fishing vessel and arrest its captain after the vessel failed to stop for inspection withinJapan's exclusive economic zone offNagasaki Prefecture, marking the first such seizure since 2022.(AFP viaPhilippine Daily Inquirer)
Dominican Republic–United States relations
- TheUnited States announces the closure of itsDrug Enforcement Administration office inSanto Domingo,Dominican Republic, citing unspecifiedcorruption concerns within the mission.(AFP viaJamaica Observer)
Kenya–Somalia relations,Somali Civil War
- Kenyan president William Ruto announces the reopening of the country'sMandera border post withSomalia in April, ending a 15-year closure imposed in 2011 followingattacks attributed toal-Shabaab, after earlier reopening plans were delayed due to renewed violence near the border.(AFP viaDaily Sabah)

Law and crime

Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
- FormerNorwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland is charged with grosscorruption over connections with Americansex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.(BBC News)

Politics and elections

2026 Bangladeshi general election
- Bangladeshis vote to elect members of theJatiya Sangsad.(BBC News)
2026 Barbadian general election
- Projections of early morning results indicate that incumbentBarbadian prime minister Mia Mottley will win a third term in office, with theBarbados Labour Party securing all 30 seats in theHouse of Assembly for the third election in a row.(Reuters)
Internet in Portugal
- Portugal'sparliament approves, onfirst reading, abill requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to accesssocial media, mandatingage verification through the state'selectronic identification system and imposing fines of up to 2 percent of global revenue oncompanies that fail to comply.(Reuters)

Sports

2026 Winter Olympics
- TheInternational Olympic Committee disqualifiesUkrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych fromcompeting due to his helmet, which has images of Ukrainian athletes killed byRussian Armed Forces.(NPR)

February 11, 2026 (2026-02-11) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian war
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - TheVolgograd refinery inVolgograd Oblast,Russia, is ablaze with multiple explosions reported after being attacked overnight byUkrainian drones.Volgograd International Airport is closed in response to the attack.(The Kyiv Indpendent)(RBC-Ukraine)
- Kharkiv strikes
  - Four people are killed and two others are injured in aRussian airstrike onBohodukhiv,Kharkiv Oblast,Ukraine.(AFP viaThe Hindu)
Yemeni civil war
- Southern Transitional Council conflict
  - A crowd linked to theSouthern Transitional Council attempts to storm alocal government building inAtaq,Yemen. Security forces open fire, killing five people and wounding 39 more.(Al Jazeera)
Papua conflict
- Two pilots are killed after assailants shoot at a landing Smart Air flight inBoven Digoel Regency,South Papua,Indonesia, carrying 15 people. Another person is killed after a convoy is attacked.(Reuters)
Syrian conflict,US intervention in Syria
- TheUnited States Armed Forces withdraws from theal-Tanf military base, handing it over to theSyrian Armed Forces.(AFP viaAl Arabiya)

Business and economy

Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
- British International Investment suspends all future investments withDP World after theirCEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem wasrevealed to have maintained close ties with convicted Americansex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including an exchange in 2009 in which he was revealed as the recipient of anemail saying "I loved thetorture video" from Epstein.(Arab News)
Economy of El Salvador
- TheInter-American Development Bank announces that it will provideUS$1.3 billion in financing toEl Salvador in 2026, targeting housing andtourism.(Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

At least 15 people are killed, six others are rescued and six are reported missing when aferry capsizes on theNile River inShendi District,River Nile State,Sudan.(AP)

International relations

TheUnited States Federal Aviation Administration briefly issues a ten-day halt to all flights to and fromEl Paso International Airport inTexas, citing unspecified "special security reasons", which is shortly thereafter lifted after a balloon was mistaken for a drone.(The Guardian)

Law and crime

2026 Anapa college shooting
- A security guard is killed and three others are injured in ashooting at a technical college inAnapa,Krasnodar Krai, Russia.(AA)
2026 Hat Yai school shooting
- One person is killed and three others are injured, including the perpetrator, in a school shooting inHat Yai,Songkhla,Thailand.(AFP viaPhilippine Daily Inquirer)
TheConstitutional Court ofSlovakia suspends acriminal code amendment that would bar courts from acceptingtestimony from cooperating witnesses who previously providedfalse statements.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

2026 Barbadian general election
- Barbadians vote to elect the 30 members of theHouse of Assembly.(The Guardian)

February 10, 2026 (2026-02-10) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
  - FivePalestinians are killed byIsraeli strikes and gunfire on theGaza Strip.(RTÉ News)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - Two people are killed in aRussian airstrike onSloviansk,Donetsk Oblast,Ukraine.(The Kyiv Independent)
Boko Haram insurgency,Nigeria–United States relations
- AUnited States military official confirms that theU.S. will deploy 200soldiers toNigeria to help train theNigerian military and provide logistical support againstBoko Haram and otherIslamic terrorist groups.(AA)
Syrian conflict
- Four people are killed and eight others are wounded after their vehicle strikes aland mine inDeir ez-Zor Governorate,Syria. In a separate incident, atractor triggers a land mine in the village ofTaanah,Aleppo Governorate, killing one person.(MENA viaThe New Arab)

Arts and culture

Ireland launches a permanentbasic-income programme forthe arts that pays 2,000creative workers €325 (US$387) per week for three years, followinga government trial that began in 2022, and whichculture minister Patrick O'Donovan describes as the first permanent scheme of its kind worldwide.(Reuters)

Business and economy

Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
- Canadianpensions funderLa Caisse suspends all future ventures withmultinational logistics company DP World followingthe disclosure by theU.S. Department of Justice that itsCEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem had maintained close ties with convictedsex offender Jeffrey Epstein.(The Gazette)
United States embargo against Cuba,Cuba–Mexico relations,Canada–Mexico relationsUnited States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- Mexico confirms it has suspended all shipments of fuel toCuba to avoid punitivetariffs by the United States which is enforcing an oilblockade of the island, while vowing to continue shipments ofhumanitarian aid.(AA)
- Canadian airlines Air Transat andWestJet suspend all flights to Cuba amid ashortage of fuel forcommercial aviation, and say efforts are underway to returnCanadians stranded on the island.(Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

Six people are killed after a car collided with a truck inDausa district,India.(PTI viaThe Hindu)
APemex-ownedpipeline explodes inOaxaca,Mexico, killing three people and injuring six others.(Reuters)
A Starsky AviationFokker 50 aircraftveers off a runway atAden Adde International Airport to a nearby beach inMogadishu,Somalia, due to a technical error. All 55 people on board survive.(AP)(BBC News)

International relations

Azerbaijan–United States relations
- Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev andUnited States vice president JD Vance sign astrategic partnership agreement inBaku covering economic and security cooperation.(AFP via France 24)
Palau–United States relations
- TheUnited States Department of State bansPalauan senate presidentHokkons Baules and his family from entering the country due to allegedcorruption.(Reuters)

Law and crime

2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting
- Nine people are killed, including the suspect, in aschool shooting atTumbler Ridge Secondary School inTumbler Ridge,British Columbia, Canada.(CBC News)(The Jerusalem Post)
Corruption in Malaysia
- TheMalaysian federal court reinstates thebribery conviction and six-yearprison sentence of formerFederal Land Development Authority chairpersonMohd Isa Abdul Samad after overturning a 2024 acquittal on nine corruption counts linked to a hotel purchase.(Reuters)
Kidnappings in Colombia
- Colombian senator Aida Quilcué and her two bodyguards are abducted from their car by unidentified assailants while traveling inCauca Department.Security forces later locate the empty car, and Quilcué and her escorts are released unharmed followinggovernment warnings.(AFP viaPhilippine Daily Inquirer)
Recognition of same-sex unions in the Philippines
- ThePhilippine supreme court rules thatsame-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under theFamily Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversinglower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners inMetro Manila.(BBC News)
War on drugs
- Europol says it has dismantled adrug trafficking network that was smugglingcocaine intoIceland, resulting in the arrests of 24 people.(Reuters)

Politics and elections

Corruption in Albania
- Protesters clash withriot police inTirana,Albania, amid protests overcorruption allegations involvingdeputy prime minister Belinda Balluku. At least sixteen people are injured whilepolice say thirteen people have been arrested.(AP)
Elections in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa'scabinet approves draftconstitutional amendments that extend presidentialterm limits from five to seven years and replacedirect presidential elections withparliamentary selection, which would allow Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030 if adopted byparliament.(Reuters)
Portuguese home minister Maria Lúcia Amaral resigns after criticism overthe government's response toStorm Kristin andother storms.(Reuters)

Science and technology

Internet censorship in Russia,Censorship of Telegram
- TheRussian Roskomnadzor restricts access to theinstant messaging serviceTelegram, citing alleged failures to removeprohibited material andprotect personal data, and triggers nationwideservice disruptions reported by users.(CNN)

February 9, 2026 (2026-02-09) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arab–Israeli conflict
- Gaza war
  - AnIsraeli airstrike destroys a residential building inGaza City,Palestine, killing four people and injuring dozens of others.(Al Jazeera)
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
  - AnIsraeli drone strikes a car inYanouh,South Governorate,Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child.(AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kupiansk offensive
  - Russian troops launch a mechanised assault east of the city ofKupiansk, capturing the towns ofPetropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka.(ISW)
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - Russian forces launch a large-scale attack onUkraine usingdrones andballistic missiles, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old boy and his mother inKharkiv, and injuring dozens of others.(The Independent)

Business and economy

United States embargo against Cuba
- Air Canada suspends all flights toCuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to theU.S.blockade and the end offuel supplies fromVenezuela.(Reuters)
- Mexico deploys twonavy vessels, including theARMPapaloapan, carrying more than 800 tonnes ofhumanitarian aid to Cuba amid criticalshortages on the island.(Mexico News Daily)
- Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla condemns the ongoing U.S. blockade as "cruel", accusingU.S. president Donald Trump of trying to "break the political will" of theCuban people.Russia also calls for an immediate end to the blockade to avoid ahumanitarian crisis, and says it will explore ways to help the country.(Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed when anair ambulance helicopter crashes atMaaten al-Sarra Air Base nearKufra inCyrenaica,Libya.(TRT World)

International relations

Armenia–United States relations
- Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement
  - United States vice president JD Vance visitsArmenia, becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to have visited Armenia inits history. Vance meets withprime minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss implementing apeace agreement to end theNagorno-Karabakh conflict.(AP)
- Armenia and the United States reach a nuclear deal, outlining aSection 123 Agreement and up toUS$9 billion in totalexports to Armenia related tonuclear energy.(Reuters)
Allied Command Transformation
- TheUnited States Armed Forces announces the transfer of two majorNATO command and control centres over toEuropean military forces inNaples,Italy, andNorfolk,Virginia, as part of a gradual shift to European countries taking a leading role in themilitary alliance.(Reuters)
Australia–Israel relations,Gaza war protests in Australia
- Protests againstIsraeli president Isaac Herzog'sstate visit, following the2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities acrossAustralia. InSydney, protests occurred amid a ban by thestate government onhate speech grounds, resulting inpolice making 27 arrests and deployingpepper spray.(ABC News Australia)

Law and crime

2025–2026 Iranian protests
- Iranian police arrest several senior figures from theReformists Front, includingMohsen Aminzadeh,Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, andAzar Mansouri, while additional members receivesummonses to appear before prosecutors, with no formal charges publicly disclosed.(Reuters)
2026 political prisoner release in Venezuela
- ThePublic Ministry of Venezuela saysJuan Pablo Guanipa, who was released and later abducted on Sunday, broke hisparole's terms and that a request has been made to place Guanipa underhouse arrest, while not specifying if the government has him in custody.(Reuters)
HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying & Others
- Hong Kong opposition figureJimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years inprison for violating anational security law following a two-year trial. Eight others, including six formerApple Daily executives and twopro-democracy activists, are also sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.(HKFP)(Reuters)
Missing persons in Mexico
- The bodies of three employees abducted from amining facility inSinaloa,Mexico, are recovered after being taken on January 23, while authorities continue searching for the remaining seven missing workers.(AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

Immigration to Sweden
- Swedish migration minister Johan Forssell announces the implementation of stricternaturalization requirements from June 6, extending theresidency period from five years to eight, imposing a minimum income threshold of 20,000kr (US$2,225), requiringlanguage andcivic knowledge tests, and lengthening waiting times for applicants with criminal records.(Reuters)

February 8, 2026 (2026-02-08) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian war
- Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
  - A 65-year-old man accused of shooting and critically injuring lieutenant generalVladimir Alekseyev on February 6 is detained inDubai,United Arab Emirates, and is deported toMoscow,Russia.(Sky News)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- One person is killed in a shooting attack by heavily armedbandits in a community inKwara State,Nigeria.(The Punch)

Business and economy

United States embargo against Cuba
- Cuba suspends refueling forairliners atits airports, includingJosé Martí International Airport, saying it has exhausted the country's fuel supply due to theU.S.blockade of the island and the end of fuel supplies fromVenezuela.(First Post)

Disasters and accidents

More than 30 people are killed and many others are seriously injured in a traffic accident inGezawa,Kano State, Nigeria.(The Punch)
Fifteen people are killed and eight others are injured when two adjoining five-story residential buildings collapse inTripoli,Lebanon.(Reuters)
Five people are killed and three others are injured when their truck crashes into a fence inValencia,Bukidnon,Northern Mindanao,Philippines.(Philippine Daily Inquirer)

International relations

Cuba–Nicaragua relations
- Nicaragua terminatesvisa-free entry forCubans, revoking a policy that previously allowed thousands to transit through the countryon their way to theUnited States.(Reuters)

Law and crime

2026 political prisoner release in Venezuela
- Venezuelan opposition politicianJuan Pablo Guanipa is released from prison after more than eight months of incarceration inCaracas.(AP) Several hours later he iskidnapped by heavily armed men incivilian clothing.
Censorship in Iran
- AnIranian court sentences2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureateNarges Mohammadi to seven years and six months in prison and two years of internal exile inSouth Khorasan forcollusion andpropaganda-related charges, with the penalties running concurrently.(AFP via GMA News)
Human trafficking in Senegal
- Senegalese gendarmerie arrest 14 people inDakar andKaolack who are allegedly involved in ahuman trafficking network run by aFrench national.(AP)

Politics and elections

Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
- Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein
  - Morgan McSweeney, thechief of staff toBritish prime minister Keir Starmer, resigns over his role inPeter Mandelson's appointment asambassador to the U.S.(The Guardian)
- Mona Juul,Norway's ambassador toIraq andJordan, resigns after theforeign ministry opened an inquiry into her past contacts withJeffrey Epstein, amid media reports that Epstein left money to her children.(AFP viaDaily Tribune)
2026 Spanish regional elections
- 2026 Aragonese regional election
  - InAragon,Spain, the rulingPeople's Party wins the election, albeit without amajority and losing two seats, while theSocialists' Party comes second matching its worst result ever and thefar-right Vox party doubles its votes and seats.(elDiario.es)
2025–26 Republika Srpska presidential election
- Independent Social Democrat candidateSiniša Karan wins a partial rerun of theRepublika Srpska presidential election held afterirregularities in the November vote, defeatingSerb Democratic Party candidateBranko Blanuša in balloting limited to 136 polling stations.(Reuters)
2026 Japanese general election
- Japanese citizens vote to elect all 465 seats in theHouse of Representatives, with the conservative rulingLiberal Democratic Party winning an overwhelming majority.(AP)
2026 Portuguese presidential election
- Socialist Party candidateAntónio José Seguro is electedPresident of Portugal, defeatingCHEGA leaderAndré Ventura in the second round.(Reuters)
- The postponement of elections in somemunicipalities are expected due to recent windstorms, including impacts fromStorm Kristin.(AFP via RFI)(Politico)
2026 Thai general election,2026 Thai constitutional referendum
- Thai citizens vote to elect all 500 seats in theHouse of Representatives, with the conservativeBhumjaithai Party winning the most seats. Voters also approved the beginning of a multi-stage drafting process to replace thecurrent constitution.(AP)(DW)
Politics of Australia
- TheLiberal–National Coalition ofAustralia reforms inOpposition following its second split in the span of a year.(The Guardian)

Sports

Super Bowl LX
- InAmerican football, theSeattle Seahawks defeat theNew England Patriots, 29–13, to win their secondSuper Bowl, and their first in12 years. Seahawksrunning back (RB)Kenneth Walker III is awardedMVP, the first RB to receive the award in 28 years.(ABC News)(NFL)

February 7, 2026 (2026-02-07) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
  - AnIsraeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areascontrolled by Israel inZaytun Quarter,Gaza Strip,Palestine.(Al Jazeera)
- Israeli settler violence
  - ThreePalestinians are injured whenIsraeli settlers attack residents in the northernJordan Valley.(Al Jazeera)
Kivu conflict
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  - TheAllied Democratic Forces attack a village inNorth Kivu,Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 20 people.(AP)
Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure,Ukrainian energy crisis
  - Ukraine schedules emergencypower outages across the country citingRussian attacks onthermal power stations.(The Kyiv Independent)
Sudanese civil war
- Kordofan Campaign
  - At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in adrone strike by theRapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families nearEr Rahad,North Kordofan,Sudan.(CTV News)
2026 Islamabad mosque bombing
- Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with theKhorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing theShia mosque inIslamabad yesterday.(AP)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- Armed men kill three people andkidnap eleven others, including aCatholic priest, inKaduna State,Nigeria.(AP)

Business and economy

Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
- Saudi Arabia andSyria sign agreements covering a jointlow-cost carrier, a newinternational airport inAleppo, and aUS$1 billiontelecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting ofU.S.sanctions on Syria.(AFP viaThe Straits Times)

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed after aminibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley nearBadakhshan province,Afghanistan.(The Express Tribune)
Eight people are killed in an explosion at abiotechnology factory inShanyin County,Shanxi,China.(Xinhua)
Seven people are killed in amining accident at a gold mine inZhaoyuan,Shandong, China.(Xinhua)
Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on theYamuna Expressway,Uttar Pradesh,India.(The Hindu)
Two people killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-storyrestaurant collapses inKota,Rajasthan, India.(The Times of India)(CNN-News18)
Threeskiers are killed inavalanches inTrentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol andLombardy,Italy.(Reuters)
The bodies of six men killed in acoal mine explosion inColombia are recovered.(ABC News)

International relations

Algeria–United Arab Emirates relations
- Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013air transport agreement with theUnited Arab Emirates.(Reuters)

Law and crime

2026 Winter Olympics
- Suspectedsaboteurs damagerail infrastructure in different locations nearBologna,Emilia-Romagna,Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of theWinter Olympics.(CBC News)
- Anti-Olympics protestors andpolice clash inMilan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted withfireworks andfirecrackers.(CNN)
Bashkir State Medical University attack,Neo-Nazism in Russia
- Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and fourIndian nationals, in amass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University inUfa,Bashkortostan, Russia.(The Hindu)
Police arrest a woman and seize over 10,500blasting gelatin sticks, wires, and detonators from alorry carryingonions parked at a bricks manufacturing unit inChemmad,Kerala, India.(PTI)
Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on theAristotle University campus inThessaloniki,Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.(AP)

Politics and elections

Haitian crisis
- The mandate for theTransitional Presidential Council inHaiti expires, with the powers of thepresidency transferred toPrime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.(AFP via RFI)(The New York Times)

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