## [2026-02-3](/feed/2026/02/3/index.md)

##### Myanmar civil war
### [Myanmar's military junta announces the creation of a five-member Union Consultative Council with authority over security and legislative matters, allowing Min Aung Hlaing to assume the presidency while retaining control of the armed forces. ](/feed/2026/02/3/myanmar-s-military-junta-announces-the-creation-of-a-five-member-union-consultative-council-with-authority-over-security.md)
##### Hungary under the Orbán regime
### [Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán issues a decree ordering courts to terminate the Budapest city court's lawsuit over the disputed state "solidarity tax". ](/feed/2026/02/3/hungarian-prime-minister-viktor-orban-issues-a-decree-ordering-courts-to-terminate-the-budapest-city-court-s-lawsuit-ove.md)
##### Epstein files
### [The Metropolitan Police of Greater London, UK, launches an investigation into House of Lords peer Peter Mandelson following allegations of misconduct in public office. ](/feed/2026/02/3/the-metropolitan-police-of-greater-london-uk-launches-an-investigation-into-house-of-lords-peer-peter-mandelson-follow.md)
##### Criticism of Twitter
### [The United Kingdom's Ofcom announces that it is continuing its investigation of Twitter-owned chatbot Grok, and that the Information Commissioner's Office has opened its own investigation. ](/feed/2026/02/3/the-united-kingdom-s-ofcom-announces-that-it-is-continuing-its-investigation-of-twitter-owned-chatbot-grok-and-that-the.md)
### [Europol, the public prosecutor office in Paris, France, and a cybercrime investigation unit search the Paris office of Twitter in relation to allegations about biased algorithms distorting the operation of a data processing system, denial of crimes against humanity, sexually explicit deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. ](/feed/2026/02/3/europol-the-public-prosecutor-office-in-paris-france-and-a-cybercrime-investigation-unit-search-the-paris-office-of-t.md)
##### Myanmar–Russia relations
### [Myanmar and Russia sign a five-year military cooperation pact, which will last until 2030. ](/feed/2026/02/3/myanmar-and-russia-sign-a-five-year-military-cooperation-pact-which-will-last-until-2030.md)
##### Greenland crisis
### [Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announces that Massachusetts has signed a economic deal with Denmark amidst ongoing tensions between the United States and Greenland. ](/feed/2026/02/3/massachusetts-governor-maura-healey-announces-that-massachusetts-has-signed-a-economic-deal-with-denmark-amidst-ongoing.md)
##### Tawi-Tawi
### [More than 1,000 houses are destroyed when a massive fire sweeps through an inlet in Tawi-Tawi, Bangsamoro, Philippines. ](/feed/2026/02/3/more-than-1000-houses-are-destroyed-when-a-massive-fire-sweeps-through-an-inlet-in-tawi-tawi-bangsamoro-philippines.md)
##### Sirmaur district
### [Three people are killed and dozens are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge in Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India. ](/feed/2026/02/3/three-people-are-killed-and-dozens-are-injured-after-a-bus-plunges-into-a-gorge-in-sirmaur-district-himachal-pradesh-i.md)
##### Hellenic Coast Guard
### [Fourteen migrants are killed after their boat collides with a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel and capsizes off the coast of Chios, Greece. ](/feed/2026/02/3/fourteen-migrants-are-killed-after-their-boat-collides-with-a-hellenic-coast-guard-vessel-and-capsizes-off-the-coast-of.md)
##### Bus
### [At least 16 people are killed, including four children, and multiple others are injured when a bus returning from a religious festival veers off the road and overturns on a highway in São José da Tapera, Alagoas, Brazil. ](/feed/2026/02/3/at-least-16-people-are-killed-including-four-children-and-multiple-others-are-injured-when-a-bus-returning-from-a-reli.md)
##### Somali Civil War
### [Satellite images show Turkey has recently deployed at least three F-16 fighter jets to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, to support Somali military operations against al-Shabaab and other militant groups. ](/feed/2026/02/3/satellite-images-show-turkey-has-recently-deployed-at-least-three-f-16-fighter-jets-to-aden-adde-international-airport-i.md)
##### Sudanese civil war
### [Eight civilians are killed, including five children, and 11 others are injured in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a health center in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan. ](/feed/2026/02/3/eight-civilians-are-killed-including-five-children-and-11-others-are-injured-in-a-drone-strike-by-the-rapid-support-fo.md)
##### Nigerian bandit conflict
### [Armed bandits kill at least 170 people in the village of Woro in Kwara State, Nigeria, forcing residents to flee into surrounding areas with several missing. ](/feed/2026/02/3/armed-bandits-kill-at-least-170-people-in-the-village-of-woro-in-kwara-state-nigeria-forcing-residents-to-flee-into-su.md)
##### Libyan crisis
### [Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi and presidential candidate, is assassinated outside his home in Zintan, Libya. Four gunmen reportedly fled the scene after the shooting. ](/feed/2026/02/3/saif-al-islam-gaddafi-son-of-libya-s-former-leader-muammar-gaddafi-and-presidential-candidate-is-assassinated-outside.md)
##### Middle Eastern crisis
### [Several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. ](/feed/2026/02/3/several-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps-navy-gunboats-attempt-to-stop-and-seize-a-us-tanker-in-the-strait-of-hormuz.md)
### [The U.S. military shoots down an Iranian Shahed 139 drone on approach to the aircraft carrier USS "Abraham Lincoln" with an F-35 fighter jet. ](/feed/2026/02/3/the-us-military-shoots-down-an-iranian-shahed-139-drone-on-approach-to-the-aircraft-carrier-uss-abraham-lincoln-with.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian war
### [Two civilians are killed and eight others are wounded in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia. ](/feed/2026/02/3/two-civilians-are-killed-and-eight-others-are-wounded-in-a-russian-drone-strike-in-zaporizhzhia.md)
### [Following a brief moratorium on strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, Russian forces launch strikes involving drones and cruise missiles, including Zircon missiles across Ukraine. The strikes target Kyiv, Kharkiv, among other regions. ](/feed/2026/02/3/following-a-brief-moratorium-on-strikes-on-ukrainian-energy-infrastructure-russian-forces-launch-strikes-involving-dron.md)
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