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Friedrich Merz

• In the German federal election, the CDU/CSU, led by Friedrich Merz (pictured), wins the most seats in the Bundestag.
• Archaeologists announce that the empty tomb Wadi C-4 near Luxor, Egypt, was that of the pharaoh Thutmose II.
• At the British Academy Film Awards, Conclave wins four awards, including Best Film.
• Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is elected chairman of the African Union Commission.
• President of Romania Klaus Iohannis resigns from office, and is succeeded by Ilie Bolojan in an acting capacity.

Ongoing:

• M23 campaign
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Michelle Trachtenberg
• Abdullah Al Noman
• Ricardo Kanji
• Keith Slater
• Bruce M. Selya
• Jerry Butler

February 27, 2025 (2025-02-27) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • 2025 Bukavu offensive
    • A grenade attack at an M23 rally in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, celebrating their recent victory over government forces in the city, kills at least eleven people and wounds 65 others. (Reuters)
  • Kasanga massacre
    • Militants from an IS–Central Africa-aligned faction of the Allied Democratic Forces enter the village of Mayba in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, abducting and beheading at least 70 Christian civilians. (Genocide Watch)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • As part of the first stage of the ceasefire deal, Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages in return for the Israeli government releasing 617 Palestinian prisoners. The second phase of the ceasefire has not been negotiated. (DW)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
    • Jailed Kurdish leader and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan calls for an end to the conflict with Turkey and asks the group to disarm and disband, amid peace efforts between the Turkish government and the PKK led by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party. (Rudaw) (Reuters) (DW)
• Somali security forces open fire on civilians at Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia while attempting to clear the beach ahead of a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, killing a teenage boy and wounding several others. (Idil News) (HBN)

Business and economy

• Denmark–United States relations
  • Danish retailer group Salling Group, which operates around 34% of the retail market share in the country, announces it will start differentiating European-made products from American ones, in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed acquisition of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire at a three-story residential building in Quezon City, Philippines, kills eight people and injures one other. (AP)

Law and crime

• The prosecutor's office in Paris, France, closes a criminal complaint case by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against technology company Apple for alleged money laundering and deceptive business practices related to the purchase of minerals in the DRC from armed militias. It is one of the DRC's two lawsuits, with another in Belgium. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Austrian legislative election
  • The Social Democratic Party, the Austrian People's Party, and the NEOS party in Austria agree to form a coalition government, leaving out the far-right Freedom Party, who won the most seats in the National Council in the 2024 legislative election. The coalition agreement ends Austria's longest period without a government since World War II. (DW) (Euractiv)
• Trump administration political interference with science agencies
  • The Trump administration bans U.S. scientists and officials from attending the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference that started this week in Hangzhou, China, which are focused on the seventh IPCC Assessment Report on climate change. (Nature)

February 26, 2025 (2025-02-26) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia
    • The Somalian government and the African Union finalize the troop distribution for the new peacekeeping mission AUSSOM, resolving prior disputes with Ethiopia and later Burundi. The mission will deploy 11,900 personnel, including soldiers, police, and civilian staff. Under the agreement, Uganda will contribute 4,500 troops, followed by Ethiopia with 2,500, Djibouti with 1,520, Kenya with 1,410, and Egypt with 1,091. (VOA)
• Sudanese civil war, 2024 famine in Sudan
  • The United Nations-operated World Food Programme announces it has been forced to temporarily cease the distribution of humanitarian aid in the Zamzam refugee camp in North Darfur, Sudan, due to an escalation in fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in the region. Doctors Without Borders also temporarily ceased operations in the camp last week. (DW)
• Mexican drug war
  • A roadside bombing kills a Texan rancher from Brownsville, Texas, in in the Santa Rita area, in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. According to authorites was, the victim was driving on his ranch, when the explosive device detonated. (El Financiero)

Arts and culture

• Conservation and restoration of Pompeian frescoes
  • In a historic discovery, archeologists find monumental frescoes at the House of Thiasus in Pompeii, Campania, Italy, providing insight into the Dionysian Mysteries. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States tariffs against the European Union
  • United States President Donald Trump announces impending 25% tariffs on the European Union, which he states will be generally applied to sectors such as the automotive industry. (The Guardian)
• British oil and gas company BP announces an agreement with the Iraqi government to develop four oil fields around Kirkuk and increase production, with the value of BP's investment estimated at US$25 billion. (Society of Petroleum Engineers) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen people are killed and thirty-one others are injured when a bus overturns in Prachinburi province, Thailand. (CTV News)
• American actor Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their three dogs are found dead at their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. The police report no signs of "foul play" in their deaths but an investigation into the cause of the deaths are continuing. (NBC News)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • U.S. President Donald Trump cancels energy corporation Chevron's license to operate in Venezuela. (Reuters)
• United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk condemns Israel's human rights violations in Gaza and denounces Israeli settlements. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2020 Nice stabbing
  • Brahim Aouissaoui, the perpetrator of the 2020 stabbing in Nice, France, is sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. (CTV News)
• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Călin Georgescu, who received the most votes in the annulled 2024 presidential election, is detained by police and taken for questioning by the general prosecutor's office over allegations of false statements about financing sources, illegal possession of weapons, and forming an organization that is "fascist, racist, or xenophobic". (AP)
• Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, an entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, is sentenced to one year in prison and banned from participating in politics for six years for "separatist actions" for advocating for the secession of Republika Srpska. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Censorship in the United States, Gulf of Mexico–America naming dispute
  • The Trump administration bans reporters from the Associated Press, Reuters, Der Tagesspiegel, and HuffPost from the White House over their refusal to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America". (Reuters)
• Constitutional crisis in Somalia
  • Somalia's Federal Parliament fails to meet due to a lack of quorum, with only 137 MPs present, two short of the required amount. The delay raises concerns about a potential no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre's council of ministers. (Hiiraan Online)

February 25, 2025 (2025-02-25) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • 2025 Uvira offensive
      • The Congolese military launches an attack against M23-aligned rebels around the town of Minembwe in South Kivu in an effort to recapture it, and claims to have killed four rebel commanders in a drone strike. (Critical Threats Project)
• Syrian civil war
  • Israeli invasion of Syria
    • The Israeli Air Force strikes targets throughout Southern Syria as Israel begins a military operation to "demilitarize" the southern Syrian governorates of Daraa, Suwayda and Quneitra. Syrian state media reports airstrikes near Damascus. At least two people are reportedly killed. (ABC News) (The Times of India)
• 2020s European re-armament
  • The United Kingdom announces an increase in military spending to 2.5% of its GDP by 2027, and 3% by 2034 at the latest. The move comes just before UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in Washington, D.C. (The New York Times)
• Casamance conflict
  • The Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance reach an agreement to end their 40-year conflict at talks mediated by Bissauan President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. (The Defense Post)
• Central African Republic Civil War
  • Nine people are killed and hundreds of homes are burned down in 3R rebel attacks in Bamingui-Bangoran, Central African Republic. (AP)

Business and economy

• American fabrics and handicraft supplies retail chain Jo-Ann Stores files its second bankruptcy claim and announces it will close all 800 stores in the 49 states, with liquidation sales beginning immediately. (NPR)
• Iraq agrees to reopen the oil pipeline between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey after a conversation between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani, having been closed for two years due to a dispute between Iraq and Turkey. (Andalou Agency) (The Arab Weekly)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Chile blackout
  • A nationwide power outage occurs in Chile, impacting most of the country's population and causing the temporary stoppage of several significant industries. (Reuters)
• 2025 Queensland floods
  • At least twelve people are killed by a melioidosis outbreak caused by standing waters from persistent flooding in Queensland, Australia. (7News)
• 2025 Sudanese Air Force Antonov An-26 crash
  • A Sudanese military plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Wadi Seidna Air Base on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum, killing at least 46 people and injuring several others. (BBC News)
• Four workers are killed and six others are injured when an elevated highway under construction collapses in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. (AP)
• A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with no damage reported. (ABC News)

International relations

• Rwanda–United Kingdom relations, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
  • The UK government suspends financial aid and imposes economic sanctions on several high-ranking Rwandan officials over the country's military support for M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
• Ukraine–United States relations
  • Ukrainian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna announces that Ukraine has reached a deal with the United States on mineral resources. (Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• Environmental issues in Brazil
  • The Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office files a lawsuit against mining corporation Vale S.A. and the state of Pará for mass metal poisoning that has affected the Xikrin indigenous people, whose Indigenous Territory is located in the state. (News-Press NOW)
• The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office arrests three executives of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina on charges of corruption and fraud regarding gasoline quality that cost the government more than $11 billion USD. (The Straits Times) (The Jakarta Globe)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • U.S. District Judge for the Western Washington District Court Jamal Whitehead temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to suspend the Refugee Admissions Program, ruling that President Trump cannot nullify the law passed by Congress, following a lawsuit against the Trump administration by the International Refugee Assistance Project. (AP)

February 24, 2025 (2025-02-24) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland forces capture key locations, including Dararmadobe, Uraar and the Four Corners of Mountains in Gaatir Oodan, which have served as command and defense bases for the Islamic State militias. Troops uncover mass graves, including the bodies of senior Middle East ISIL members killed in UAE and US airstrikes. Vehicles and motorbikes rigged with explosives were found in the Cal Miskaad mountains of Puntland’s Bari Region. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan, Russia, suspends operations after an overnight drone attack by Ukraine destroys the main crude distillation unit at the facility. Locals report hearing at least five explosions during the attack. (Reuters)
• Syrian civil war
  • Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war
    • Druze militia leaders announce the formation of the Suwayda Military Council as a coalition of southern Syrian forces for promoting regional secularism and democracy. The council accuses the Syrian transitional government of committing ethnic cleansing operations and extrajudicial killings, and vows to prevent Syrian Armed Forces from entering Druze settlements. (El Manshar) (El Manshar 2)
• 2020s European re-armament
  • German chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz declares the rapid re-militarization of Germany and Europe as a whole to be an immediate priority, in order to provide military support for Ukraine against Russia, as well as to pursue European military independence from the United States and possibly NATO. (BBC News)
• Terrorism in France
  • Three molotov cocktails are thrown at the Russian consulate in Marseille, France. No perpetrators are apprehended, but police suspect terrorism. (France24)

Business and economy

• American coffeehouse chain Starbucks announces that it is cutting 1,100 jobs across its stores in the United States as part of cost reduction measures. The company also announces that its menu will be "simplified" and shrunk by 33%. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Over 50 people die after an unknown virus outbreak in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. (CTV News)
• Measles resurgence in the United States
  • The Department of State Health Services in Texas, United States, places several major cities in the state on high alert due to a measles outbreak that spreads to 99 people in Texas and New Mexico, the third-largest outbreak since it was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. (Texas Public Radio) (The Independent)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The United Nations General Assembly votes 93–18, with 65 abstentions, to pass a resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine. The 18 countries that voted against include the United States, Russia, Israel, Belarus, and North Korea. (CNN) (NPR)

Law and crime

• The Australian eSafety Commission fines instant messaging service Telegram A$1 million (US$640,000) for delaying its response to inquiries on preventing child exploitation and extremist content. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• NASA formally announces that asteroid 2024 YR4 now poses "no significant threat" to Earth in 2032 and beyond as the chances of an impact drop to 1-in-59,000 (0.0017%). This means a planetary defense mission to intercept and deflect the object in 2028 during a close flyby of Earth is no longer necessary. (NASA) (Ars Technica)

February 23, 2025 (2025-02-23) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • 2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank
      • The Israel Defense Forces deploy tanks into the West Bank for the first time since 2002, declaring that the 40,000 Palestinians who fled refugee camps in the region cannot return. (AP) (PBS)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • At least three IS–Somalia fighters are killed in a joint Puntland armed forces–U.S. Africa Command airstrike targeting IS militants hiding in the Cal Miskaad mountains of the Bari Region of Puntland, Somalia. (Horseed Media) (Hiiraan Online)
• Australian frontier wars
  • The University of Newcastle publishes the final findings of its eight-year long attempt to record and map all major massacres of Indigenous Australians during the colonisation of Australia, finding that at least 10,000 were killed. (The Guardian)
• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • Israel launches airstrikes in the Baalbek area in northeastern Lebanon and other areas in the south of the country. (Times of Israel)
• Sudanese civil war
  • The Sudanese Army recaptures El Geteina, White Nile State, Sudan, after heavy fighting with the Rapid Support Forces. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • At the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Timothée Chalamet wins Outstanding Leading Male Performance for his role as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, while Demi Moore wins Outstanding Leading Female Performance for her role in The Substance. Political thriller film Conclave wins Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Motion Picture. (NPR)

Health and environment

• Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
  • Sudanese officials report that 58 people have been killed and 1,293 people have been affected by a cholera outbreak in Kosti, White Nile State. (AP)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–NATO relations
  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that he is "ready" to resign from the presidency in exchange for NATO accession as part of a potential peace agreement. (CNN) (AP)

Law and crime

• American Airlines Flight 292, flying from New York, United States, to New Delhi, India, is forced to divert to Rome Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, due to an unspecified security concern later deemed to be non-credible. The flight was over the Caspian Sea near Turkmenistan when it diverted back towards Europe. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 German federal election
  • Germans vote to elect the Bundestag. The opposition CDU/CSU wins a plurality, with 28.5% of the vote and 208 seats. The governing Social Democratic Party finishes in third place with 16.4% and 120 seats, while the far-right Alternative for Germany finishes in second place with 20.8% and 152 seats. (CNN) (DW)
• Funeral of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine
  • The joint funeral for Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine is held at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)
• Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Protests are held across Europe and Canada to mark the 3rd year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)
• The Vatican announces that Pope Francis remains in critical condition, with a new diagnosis of mild kidney failure, along with pre-existing conditions pneumonia and other unidentified respiratory diseases. (AP)

Sports

• In cricket under the ODI format, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the first player to reach the 51 centuries and the fastest player to reach 14,000 runs. (Times of India) (AP)

February 22, 2025 (2025-02-22) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases six living hostages, including pre-war hostages Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed, both captive for more than nine years. (Times of Israel)
    • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the delay of the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners indefinitely, citing the "humiliating" procedure of the hostages' release. (AP) (NBC News)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe
  • 2025 Mulhouse stabbing attack
    • A 69-year-old Portuguese Lino Sousa Loureiro is killed and seven other people are injured in a mass stabbing attack by a 37-year-old Algerian man at a market in Mulhouse, France. The stabbing is being treated as a suspected Islamic terrorist attack. (AP) (CNN)
• Kivu conflict
  • 2025 Bukavu offensive
    • Hundreds of Congolese police officers join the M23 movement in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, as the rebel group consolidates its control of the city. Around 1,800 police officers have surrendered their weapons to the new authorities, according to the Congo River Alliance. (Reuters)
• Yemeni civil war
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian
    • Houthi forces launch surface-to-air missiles at a U.S. fighter jet and MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Red Sea for the first time with both missiles missing their target. (Reuters)
• Mali War
  • The Tuareg independence movement accuses Malian soldiers and Wagner Group mercenaries of killing 24 civilians, which constitutes a war crime. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 75th Berlin International Film Festival
  • Norwegian drama film Dreams (Sex Love) wins the Golden Bear award at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival, while Tilda Swinton is awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for her range and legacy. (DW) (Berlinale)

Disasters and accidents

• Real Plaza Trujillo roof collapse
  • The death toll following the structural collapse of a metal roof of the Real Plaza Trujillo in Trujillo, Peru, rises to eight. The La Libertad government announces a period of mourning from February 22–23. (La Republica)
• A bus carrying passengers to a wedding ceremony overturns in Ranhghati, Rajasthan, India, killing two people and injuring 30 others. (The Times of India)

International relations

• China–Cook Islands relations
  • The Cook Islands signs a five-year memorandum of understanding to collaborate with China in seabed mining, which includes technology transfer, logistics support, and deep-sea ecosystem research. (DW) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
  • Two people, including a police officer, are killed and seven other people are injured in a mass shooting at the UPMC Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. (York Daily Record) (Fox News)
• One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting at the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The FBI is investigating the shooting but it is believed the incident was not an act of terrorism. (ABC News)
• Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

• The Vatican City issues a statement informing of the worsening health of Pope Francis after more than a week in hospital due to respiratory problems. Vatican officials say Pope Francis is now in critical condition and that the prognosis "remains guarded". (Reuters)

February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Israel says that forensic testing revealed one of the bodies returned by Hamas yesterday does not match with Shiri Bibas nor with any other hostages. Her sons Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, were all positively identified. Israel accuses Hamas of violating the ceasefire and demands the return of her body along with the other remaining hostages. (BBC News)
    • Hamas claims that Shiri's body was "mistakenly mixed" with others who were killed and buried under the rubble in Gaza, and returns an additional body the group says is hers. The identity is soon afterwards positively confirmed by Israel. (Al Arabiya) (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2025 United States federal mass layoffs
  • The United States Department of Defense announces it will jointly lay off 4,500 probationary workers, cutting 5-8% of the civilian workforce. The United States Forest Service also announces it will lay off 2,000 employees. (AP)
• The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Real Plaza Trujillo collapse
  • At least 6 people are killed and 79 others are injured after a roof collapses at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall in Trujillo, Peru. (Metro)

• Twelve people are killed and twenty-one others were injured in a bus crash in São Paulo, Brazil. (TRT World)

Health and environment

• South Sudan orders the closure of all schools in the country for two weeks due to a heat wave, with temperatures expected to reach 42 °C (108 °F). (DW)
• A norovirus outbreak with a large number of ill passengers is reported on the MS Iona cruise ship in Belgium. (Metro)

International relations

• 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
  • Egypt, Jordan, and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to address possible future developments in the Gaza Strip. (The Times of Israel)
• Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan relations
  • Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign an agreement to delimitate their border, solving a decades-old border dispute that had sparked clashes between different ethnic groups that had killed over a hundred people. (Trend News Agency) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
    • South Korean police file a case against impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol for obstructing his arrest warrant. (Reuters)
• Berlin Holocaust memorial stabbing
  • A 30-year-old Spanish tourist is seriously injured in a stabbing attack at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. A 19-year-old Syrian man is arrested. (AP) (DW)
• Flint water crisis
  • Veolia Water agrees to pay $53 million in settlement for all remaining active class action lawsuits for the contamination of drinking water in Flint, Michigan, United States, but refuses to acknowledge any fault in the crisis. (AP) (WNEM)
• Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
  • Hadi Matar is found guilty by a U.S. jury of attempted murder and assault for his stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie in 2022. (ABC News)
• Three people are killed in a shooting outside of a motor vehicle office in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. (The Independent)
• Three people, including two police officers, are killed during a traffic stop in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. (The New York Times)
• The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil orders the suspension of online video platform Rumble for refusing to comply to court orders and for refusing to remove the account of Brazilian fugitive Allan dos Santos. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces the removal of multiple senior U.S. officers from their current roles, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown Jr. and the Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti. (CNN)
  • American news agency The Associated Press files a lawsuit for freedom of speech against three Trump administration officials after they banned the news agency from attending presidential press events after the agency refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America". (AP) (NPR)
• Indonesia Gelap
  • Demonstrations continue against the government in several cities in Indonesia. Nine students have been arrested and two are injured, along with four injured policemen and two parliament members. (Tempo) (Barron's)

Science and technology

• The European Space Agency announces that the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 has decreased to 1.5% (1-in-67), and is likely to decrease further to less than 1%. (Nature)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Avian flu outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Southeast European retail boycotts
• Canadian economic crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• Moldovan energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis

Politics

• Argentina cryptocurrency scandal
• Georgian constitutional crisis
• Somali constitutional crisis
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Georgian post-election protests
• Gaza war protests
• Indonesian student protests
• Serbian anti-corruption protests
• United Kingdom farmers' protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• February

• 12: Greece, President (4th; indirect)
• 15: Abkhazia, President (1st)
• 18: Bermuda, House of Assembly
• 23: Germany, Bundestag
• 26: Anguilla, House of Assembly

Upcoming

• March

• 01: Abkhazia, President (2nd)
• 02: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives
• 04: Micronesia, Congress
• 09: Algeria, Council of the Nation (indirect)
• 11: Greenland, Inatsisartut
• 12: Switzerland, Federal Council (indirect)
• 12: Belize, House of Representatives

Trials

Ongoing

• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• South Korea:0Yoon Suk Yeol
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1
• 2025 Major League Soccer season

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's season
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2025 PGA Tour
• 2025 European Tour
• 2025 LIV Golf League
• 2025 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season
• 2024–25 PWHL season

• Motorsport

• 2025 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2025 Six Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2025 ATP Tour
• 2025 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

February

• 26: Gene Hackman
• 26: Michelle Trachtenberg
• 25: Roberto Orci
• 24: Roberta Flack
• 23: Chris Jasper
• 23: Al Trautwig
• 21: Clint Hill
• 20: David Boren
• 20: Jerry Butler
• 20: Peter Jason
• 18: Gerald Ridsdale
• 17: Rick Buckler
• 17: Paquita la del Barrio
• 16: Kim Sae-ron
• 15: George Armitage
• 15: Muhsin Hendricks
• 15: Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
• 13: Jim Guy Tucker
• 11: Margarita Forés
• 11: Moses Lim
• 10: Peter Tuiasosopo
• 09: Tom Robbins
• 08: Dick Jauron
• 08: Sam Nujoma
• 07: Dafydd Elis-Thomas
• 07: Tony Roberts
• 06: Virginia Halas McCaskey
• 05: Irv Gotti
• 04: Aga Khan IV
• 03: Rich Dauer
• 02: Brian Murphy
• 02: Barbie Hsu
• 01: Horst Köhler
• 01: Fay Vincent

January

• 30: Dick Button
• 30: Marianne Faithfull
• 30: Julius Chan
• 30: Edcel Lagman
• 29: Salwan Momika
• 29: Vadim Naumov
• 29: Evgenia Shishkova
• 29: Richard Williamson

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

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