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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
    • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
      • Tower 22 drone attack
        • According to U.S. officials, plans have been approved for multi-day strikes inIraq andSyria against multiple targets, includingIranian personnel and facilities.(Reuters)
  • A gunman takes sevenhostages at a factory owned by U.S. companyProcter & Gamble inGebze,Kocaeli Province,Turkey, in an apparent protest against thewar inGaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed.(The Guardian)
  • U.S. PresidentJoe Biden signs anexecutive order imposingsanctions on fourIsraeli settlers in theWest Bank who are implicated inacts of violence against Palestinians in the region.(BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukrainianunmanned surface vehicles sink theTarantul-class missile corvette RFSIvanovets inDonuzlav Bay.(BBC News)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • TwoFrenchaid workers are killed in aRussiandrone strike nearBeryslav inKherson Oblast,Ukraine. Four people are also injured in the strike.(BBC News)

Business and economy

• Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War,Ukraine–European Union relations
  • TheEuropean Union formally approves a€50 billion financial support package forUkraine afterHungary withdraws itsveto. The package is expected to help theUkrainian government cover some costs of pensions and salaries over the next four years with the first funds being released in March.(BBC News)(The Economist)

Disasters and accidents

• Agas truckexplodes in a residential area ofNairobi,Kenya, killing three people and injuring 297 others.(BBC News)
• ABeechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into amobile home park inClearwater,Florida,United States, killing the pilot and two people on the ground.(NBC News)

Law and crime

• FormerCIA employeeJoshua Schulte is sentenced to 40 years in prison for charges of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to theFBI and possession ofchild pornography.(BBC News)