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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing
    • At least 100 people are killed and 225 others are injured when asuicide bomberdetonates hisexplosive belt at amosque inPeshawar,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound that includes theheadquarters ofthe provincial police force and acounter-terrorism department.(Al Jazeera)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
    • Tenpolice officers, twoVolunteers for the Defense of the Homeland personnel, and a civilian are killed in aterrorist attack by at least 15jihadists inFalagountou,Séno, while five other police officers are injured and ten people are missing.(AFP via ABS-CBN News)
• Syrian civil war
  • Fifteen people are injured after a bomb explodes near a bus carrying police officers nearKhirbet Ghazaleh,Daraa Governorate,Syria.(AP)

Business and economy

• British sports-fashion retailerJD Sports says that the stored data of 10 million customers "may have been accessed" in acyberattack, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, order details, and the final four digits ofdebit card numbers.(BBC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
    • TheBiden administration announces that theUnited States will end itsCOVID-19 emergency proclamation on May 11 after being imposed for three years.(Forbes)
• Aging of China
  • TheChinese province ofSichuan announces the abolition of itsthree-child policy and the restrictions onbirth registration forsingle parents on February 15, citingthe country'spopulation decline.(AFP via ABS-CBN News)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Kiribati
  • Prime Minister of FijiSitiveni Rabuka confirms thatKiribati will rejoin thePacific Islands Forum after leaving the organization last year due to a dispute.(The Guardian)
• 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
  • TheOrganization of American States passes a resolution asking thegovernment ofDina Boluarte to convene elections soon in an attempt to reduce the level of violence inPeru, which has already killed 65 people.(La Prensa Latina)(Infobae)