2026 Swiss referendums Swiss voters reject a referendum proposing to reduce the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's annual licence fee from 335 francs to 200 francs, with interim results showing about 62 percent voting against the measure.
2026 Nepalese general election The Rastriya Swatantra Party wins 124 direct seats and leads in one more from 164 of 165 constituencies reported so far. The results from the Dhanusha 1 constituency are withheld pending an order from the Supreme Court.
2026 Colombian parliamentary election Colombians vote to elect 172 seats of the Chamber of Representatives.
Samarkandek Two people are killed and 19 people are injured following a mining incident in Samarkandek, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan.
Terrorism in Norway An explosion is reported at the American embassy in Oslo, Norway, causing minor damage.
Jonglei clashes Civilians flee Akobo, South Sudan, after the military issued an evacuation order to prepare for a military operation.
Middle Eastern crisis The Saudi Civil Defense reports that a military projectile struck a residential area in Al-Kharj, Riyadh Province, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
Two Palestinians are shot dead by Israeli settlers in Abu Falah, in the occupied West Bank. Another Palestinian is killed after Israeli soldiers throw smoke grenades during the attack.
Four people are killed and 10 more injured in an Israeli airstrike on a Ramada hotel in central Beirut.
According to Israeli sources, United Arab Emirates (UAE) warplanes carried out airstrikes against Iran, and purportedly struck a desalination plant. However, UAE officials denied any involvement in the attacks.
Joint airstrikes by Israel and the United States are carried out against oil facilities in Tehran and others Iranian cities, killing at least four truck drivers and causing large fires.
An Iranian drone hits and damages a desalination plant in Bahrain. In addition, falling missile debris injures three people and damages a university building in Manama.
The main building of the Public Institution for Social Security in Kuwait City suffers an airstrike. A large fire breaks out, but no injuries are reported.
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2026 Winter Paralympics Russia wins their first Winter Paralympics medal since 2014 after Varvara Voronchikhina and Alexey Bugaev each won a bronze medal in para alpine skiing.
Guinea Guinea dissolves 40 political parties by decree, including the three main opposition groups—the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, the Rally of the Guinean People, and the Union of Republican Forces—for failing to meet legal requirements, and orders the seizure of their assets.
2026 Nepalese general election Partial preliminary results in Nepal indicate that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won 60 of 165 first-past-the-post seats, while also leading in 61 other consituencies. In Jhapa 5, RSP prime ministerial candidate Balen Shah defeats former prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli.
Improvised explosive device An improvised explosive device is detonated during a protest outside the residence of New York City, United States mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Soham murders Child murderer Ian Huntley dies in a hospital nine days after being attacked by a fellow inmate at HM Prison Frankland in County Durham, England, United Kingdom.
United States–Venezuela relations At the Shield of the Americas summit, U.S. president Trump says that the United States formally recognizes the Venezuelan government of Delcy Rodríguez.
United States United States president Donald Trump meets with leaders from twelve American countries for the launching of a new multinational military cooperation initiative called Shield of the Americas, led by special envoy Kristi Noem.
Sudan Sudan's health ministry announces that the country will launch a hepatitis B vaccine campaign for newborns in 10 states.
2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announces a precautionary reduction in crude oil production and refining operations in response to Iranian attacks and threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Nigerian bandit conflict At least 45 bandits and three military personnel are killed in a clash between Nigerian troops and armed bandits in Dan Musa, Katsina State, Nigeria.
Internal conflict in Peru At least 33 people are injured, including three minors and five others seriously, in a bombing at a nightclub in Trujillo, La Libertad Department, Peru. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa At least four people are killed, including two policemen, and more than 35 others are injured, including three seriously, in two separate bombings targeting a police patrol van and a market in Wana and Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Russo-Ukrainian war Kharkiv Oblast governor Oleh Syniehubov says that Russia has launched a barrage of drones and missiles on residential areas in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killing ten people, including two children and injuring ten, as well as damaging the city's power grids.
Middle Eastern crisis The Lebanese health ministry reports that Israeli airstrikes on multiple locations in southern Lebanon killed eight people, including six in Kherbet Selem and two in Kfar Reman.
The United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, is attacked with four rockets. Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani orders the security forces to pursue the perpetrators of the "terrorist act".
Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian apologizes for Iran's attacks on its Middle Eastern neighbors and states that the Interim Leadership Council had agreed not to attack them "unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries". The military later continues the strikes. The governments of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE report attacks targeting their territories.
Dubai International Airport suspends operations after an aerial interception near the airport during Iranian drone and missile attacks in the region. Airport operations later partially resume as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues responding to the aerial threats.
Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali says that Iran is ready for normal talks but also rejects the current position by the United States.
2026 Winter Paralympics The opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo is held in Verona Arena, Verona, Italy.
Internet in Indonesia Indonesia announces that it will prohibit social media access for users under the age of 16 and begin deactivating accounts belonging to minors on several major platforms as part of a phased policy intended to address risks such as internet fraud and excessive internet use.
2026 Kosovan presidential election Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Kuvendi, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days. The Vetëvendosje party maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president, seeking to challenge Osmani's decree at the Constitutional Court.
2026 Iranian leadership crisis Exiled Iranian crown prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the late former shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, says he is ready to lead a potential transition if the Iranian government falls.
Immigration policy of the second Trump administration A United States appeals court declines to allow Donald Trump's administration to end temporary protected status for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals, leaving in place a lower court order that blocks the policy while the case proceeds.
2026 Iranian diaspora protests Police in Moscow, Russia, detain Iranian nationals who celebrated the killing of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in public.
2020–2026 H5N1 outbreak The Japanese agriculture ministry confirms a H5N1 bird flu outbreak at a poultry farm in Abira, Hokkaido.
Severe weather A wave of severe weather, and a related tornado outbreak, kill at least eight people and cause widespread damage in the central United States.
Sudanese civil war The Sudanese military recaptures the town of Barah in North Kordofan, Sudan, following a ground assault backed by airstrikes against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), reportedly inflicting heavy losses on the RSF and destroying 32 RSF combat vehicles.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports at least 100,000 civilians have now been displaced from their homes due to the fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Afghan forces say they have destroyed 14 more Pakistani military outposts along the border and downed a drone.
Ecuadorian conflict The U.S. defense department says its military has carried out airstrikes on narcoterrorists in Ecuador at the request of the Ecuadorian government, targeting a camp belonging to a faction of the FARC dissidents at the border with Colombia.
Middle Eastern crisis Three Ghanaian peacekeepers are injured in an Israeli missile strike in southern Lebanon.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society reports the death toll from the Israeli and American air campaign in Iran has risen to 1,332.
U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters launch air-to-surface missiles at Popular Mobilization Forces positions near Mosul, Iraq.
Azerbaijan's State Security Service affirms it has thwarted a terror attack plotted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including possible strikes against the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
An Iranian ballistic missile strikes Prince Sultan Air Base in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi defense ministry says air defenses intercepted three missiles launched to the base, as well as four drones east of the province.
The Bahraini military announces that its air defence continue to intercept successive waves of Iranian attacks, with 84 missiles and 147 drones destroyed since the onset of hostilities.
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority partially reopens the country's airspace through designated contingency routes with limited capacity. Operations initially included evacuation flights for stranded passengers and air cargo services.
The Qatari government announces that its military had intercepted nine Iranian drones, while one drone struck an uninhabited area.
United States president Donald Trump calls for the "unconditional surrender" of Iran, saying there will be no deal or further talks. This comes after Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian says that several countries have initiated mediation efforts to end the war.
Iranian diaspora protesters clash with anti-war protesters at a Ali Khamenei vigil at Washington Square Park in New York City, United States.