Operation Midas Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests former energy minister German Galushchenko at the state border for his alleged involvement in a ₴4 billion (US$100 million) kickback scheme in the energy sector.
Nelamangala Five people are killed and several others are injured when a car jumps a meridian and collides with a bus near Nelamangala in Karnataka, India.
Fireworks Eight people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu, China.
Khairpur district Eleven people are killed and eight are injured after a bus collided with a trailer in Khairpur district, Pakistan.
Al-Shabaab insurgency in Southern Somalia Jubaland forces in collaboration with US forces, conducted a four-day special operation that killed more than 60 Al-Shabaab militant fighters in the Far Black Sea region, in the Lagta Hola-Wajeer area of Badhadhe District in the Lower Juba province.
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2026 Winter Olympics Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins gold at the men's giant slalom, becoming the first Brazilian and first South American athlete to win a medal at a Winter Olympics.
Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom assess that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned by epibatidine, a neurotoxin found in South American poison dart frogs.
Ethiopia–Sudan relations Ethiopia revokes Reuters journalists' accreditation in response to an article on February 10 that alleged the Ethiopian military was supporting the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese civil war by running secret training camps for its fighters.
Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund agree to modify conditions for a proposed US$8.2 billion, four-year lending program, easing certain requirements including planned tax increases on entrepreneurs above a higher revenue threshold.
Communal conflicts in Nigeria Gunmen launch simultaneous attacks on three communities in Niger State, Nigeria, killing at least 46 people and kidnapping a number of others.
2027 Salvadoran legislative election Milagro Navas, the mayor of La Libertad Este and El Salvador's only opposition-aligned mayor, announces that she will run for re-election in 2027.
2026 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill Angus Taylor replaces Sussan Ley as Leader of the Opposition following a leadership spill in the Liberal Party. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering a by-election in her Farrer seat.
2026 Bangladeshi general election The Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, winning 209 seats in the first election since the July Revolution that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
United Kingdom and the Gaza war The High Court of Justice rules that the British government's decision to designate the pro-Palestinian activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization is unlawful and disproportionate, while allowing the ban to remain in force pending appeal. The judgment prompts police to suspend further arrests linked to support for the group.
2025–2026 Iranian protests Iran releases on bail three reformist political figures, including former legislator Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Union of Islamic Iran People Party secretary-general Azar Mansouri, who were arrested during a recent crackdown on dissent.
2022 Raleigh shootings Eighteen-year-old Austin Thompson, the perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed five people in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., in 2022, is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder last month.
British Three people, including two British tourists, are killed in an avalanche near Val-d'Isère, France.
Budakeszi Three people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a residential building in Budakeszi, Hungary.
Epic E1000 Four people are killed after an Epic E1000 aircraft crashes at Steamboat Springs Airport in Colorado, United States.
Police vehicle Five people are killed after a police vehicle, carrying provincial police and government personnel that was securing the organizers of a national pageant, falls off a cliff in Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
Hazaribagh district Six people are trampled to death by wild elephants near Hazaribagh district, Jharkand, India.
Multiple-vehicle collision Seven people are killed in a multiple-vehicle collision in Hoskote, Karnataka, India.
Epstein files UAE-based DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns and leaves the company with immediate effect amid controversy over his connection to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom he exchanged hundreds of emails with over a decade.
Russo-Ukrainian war Two electricians are killed and five other people are injured in a Ukrainian missile strike on energy infrastructure and a residential area in Belgorod, Russia.
Operation Southern Spear The United States Armed Forces says it has conducted an airstrike on a boat suspected of transporting illegal narcotics in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people.