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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • Ethiopian–Somali conflict,2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding
      • TheUnited Nations Security Council approves the Resolution 2767 deployment of theAfrican Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), effective January 1, replacing the currentAfrican Union Transition Mission in Somalia. However,Somalia rejectsEthiopia's participation in AUSSOM amid tensions over a memorandum of understanding that Ethiopia signed withSomaliland in January. Somalia considers the memorandum a violation of its sovereignty and has instead askedEgypt to contribute troops to the mission.(Reuters)(Idil News)(UNSC)
• Gaza war
  • Kamal Adwan Hospital sieges
    • Israeli forces forcibly evacuate theKamal Adwan hospital innorthern Gaza.(BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine,2024 Kursk offensive
    • South Korea confirms the first capture of aNorth Koreansoldier fighting againstUkrainian forces inKursk Oblast,Russia, with the soldier later dying from his injuries.(BBC News)(Reuters)
• 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions,2024 Estlink 2 incident
  • NATO announces that it will increase its presence in theBaltic Sea in response to the suspectedsabotage ofEstlinksubmarine power cables.(Reuters)
  • Estonia deploysits navy to protect its remaining Estlink submarine power cable following the failure ofEstlink 2.(BBC News)
• Red Sea crisis
  • TheHouthis launch aballistic missile fromYemen, targetingBen Gurion Airport inTel Aviv,Israel. The missile isintercepted before reaching Israeli airspace. It is the first time that theTHAADmissile defense system is used by Israel to intercept a missile during combat operations.(The Times of Israel)(The Guardian)
  • Houthi-runstate television reports thatAmerican andBritish airstrikes have targeted theMa'ain District ofSanaa, Yemen. No casualties are reported.(Anadolu Agency)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • A 83-year-oldIsraeli woman andHolocaust survivor isfatally stabbed by aPalestinian formerShin Bet informant from theWest Bank inHerzliya,Israel. The attacker was then shot and injured bypolice.(The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• Medog Hydropower Station
  • China announces the formal approval of a proposal to construct the world's largesthydropower dam on theYarlung Tsangpo river inTibet.(BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to seven cities inRussia following the crash of Flight 8243 on Wednesday, amid allegations that the plane had been hit by a Russiansurface-to-air missile.(DW)
  • United States National Security Council spokespersonJohn Kirby says that there is evidence thatRussia shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines flight.(The Hill)
  • Kazakhstan andIsrael suspend flights over Russianairspace in response to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash.(Politico)
• Atraffic collision between a truck and a bus kills eight people and injures 27 others inXalapa,Veracruz,Mexico.(AP)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • Kosovo reports its first case ofmpox in a 30-year-old man who travelled toAfrica.(Reuters)

International relations

• French military withdrawal from West Africa
  • Senegalese prime ministerOusmane Sonko announces the closure of all foreign military bases inthe country, citing a decision byPresidentBassirou Diomaye Faye to remove foreign troops as part of a broader shift away fromcolonial-era military arrangements.(AP)
• Georgia–United States relations
  • TheU.S. State Department announces sanctions againstBidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of theGeorgian Dream political party.Georgian prime ministerIrakli Kobakhidze accuses theUnited States of "blackmail" over the move.(BBC News)(Al Arabiya)
• Syria–Ukraine relations,Grain From Ukraine program
  • Ukraine announces that it has sent a shipment of 500tonnes ofwheat toSyria afterRussia suspended shipments following thefall of the Assad regime.(The Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• 2024 Zhuhai car attack,Capital punishment in China
  • AChinese court sentences the perpetrator of thecar attack inZhuhai that killed 35 peopleto death.(AP)
• Argentina–Venezuela relations,Conservative wave
  • Venezuelan attorney generalTarek William Saab announces an investigation into a previously detainedArgentine National Gendarmerienon-commissioned officer for alleged links toright-wing terrorism.(Reuters)
• TheMontenegrin Minister of Justice approves the extradition ofcryptocurrency entrepreneurDo Kwon to theUnited States overfraud allegations resulting from the collapse of theTerra and Luna tokens.(BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Impeachment of Han Duck-soo
    • South Korean prime minister and actingpresidentHan Duck-soo is impeached by theNational Assembly after refusing to appoint threeConstitutional Court judges chosen by the Assembly to oversee presidentYoon Suk Yeol'simpeachment case.Finance ministerChoi Sang-mok is appointed acting president and acting prime minister.(BBC News)(Reuters)
• 2024 German government crisis,2025 German federal election,Scholz cabinet
  • German presidentFrank-Walter Steinmeierdissolves theBundestag and schedulesnew elections for February 23 afterChancellorOlaf Scholz'scoalition collapses and noparliamentary majority emerges to form a stable government.(AP)