Portal:Current events/February 2024

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 in Iraq and Syria against multiple targets, including Iranian personnel and facilities. (Reuters)
  • A gunman takes seven hostages at a factory owned by U.S. company Procter & Gamble in Gebze, Kocaeli Province, Turkey, in an apparent protest against the war in Gaza. The perpetrator is later arrested unharmed and all the hostages are freed. (The Guardian)
  • U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order imposing sanctions on four Israeli settlers in the West Bank who are implicated in acts of violence against Palestinians in the region. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles sink the Tarantul-class missile corvette RFS Ivanovets in Donuzlav Bay. (BBC News)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Two French aid workers are killed in a Russian drone strike near Beryslav in Kherson 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
  • The European Union formally approves a €50 billion financial support package for Ukraine after Hungary withdraws its veto. The package is expected to help the Ukrainian 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

• A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, Kenya, killing three people and injuring 297 others. (BBC News)
• A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, United States, killing the pilot and two people on the ground. (NBC News)

Law and crime

• Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte is sentenced to 40 years in prison for charges of espionage, computer hacking, contempt of court, making false statements to the FBI and possession of child pornography. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
    • February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
      • The U.S. military launches airstrikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to a drone attack that killed three American troops in Jordan. CENTCOM says more than 85 targets were hit with 125 "precision munitions". (NBC News) (BBC News)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Three Amal Movement militants killed in Bayt Lif, Lebanon. (Lebanon Debate)(NaharNet)

Law and crime

• 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
  • DNA tests confirm the identity of a man who claimed that he was the fugitive Satoshi Kirishima before dying of cancer in late January. (Kyodo News)
• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • The Malaysian Pardons Board headed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong reduces the prison term of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak from 12 years to 6 years of imprisonment. (Reuters via Rappler)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • The European Council applies sanctions to Attorney General of Guatemala María Consuelo Porras and three of her collaborators, as well as to a judge, for undermining democracy, the rule of law, and the transfer of power. (Prensa Libre)

Sports

• Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
  • In ice hockey, the National Hockey League announces that NHL players will be allowed to play at the Winter Olympics in 2026 and 2030, making it the first time the league has allowed its players to participate since 2014. (The Athletic)
• Twenty-three-year-old boxer Kazuki Anaguchi dies from subdural hematoma caused by injuries resulting from a December 2023 boxing match against boxer Seiya Tsutsumi. (ESPN) (CBS Sports)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, is attacked by Ukrainian long-range drones, causing a large fire and disrupting operations. Volgograd governor Andrey Bocharov says that the attack was repelled by air defences. (Kyiv Post)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • At least 28 civilians are killed by Ukrainian shelling in Russian-occupied Lysychansk, Luhansk Oblast, according to Russian-appointed local officials. The officials added that ten others were rescued after being trapped under rubble. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • The United States and United Kingdom launch airstrikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen, including underground weapons storage facilities, missile systems, radars, and command and control centres. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Chile wildfires
  • Chile declares a state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 51 people across the country, while hundreds more are reported missing. Multiple fires have been reported in Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. More than 1,100 buildings are destroyed. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • U.S. President Joe Biden wins the 2024 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary. (NBC News)
• 2024 Northern Ireland Executive formation
  • In a power sharing deal, Michelle O'Neill becomes the First Minister of Northern Ireland, marking the first time that the position is held by an Irish nationalist, while the Democratic Unionist Party's Emma Little-Pengelly becomes deputy first minister. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Abyei border conflict
  • Thirty-seven people are killed during fights over a suspected land feud in the disputed region of Abyei on the border between South Sudan and Sudan. (AP)

Arts and culture

• 66th Annual Grammy Awards
  • Miley Cyrus wins Record of the Year, her first Grammy Award, for her 2023 single "Flowers". (CBS News)
  • Taylor Swift wins Album of the Year for Midnights, becoming the first artist to win the award four times. She also announces the release of a new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19, 2024. (Variety)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Chile wildfires
  • The death toll from major wildfires in Valparaíso, Chile, increases to at least 112 people, with between 3,000 and 6,000 houses damaged in the fires. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Salvadorans vote to elect the president, vice president, and Legislative Assembly. With over 80% of the popular vote, Nayib Bukele wins re-election in a first-round landslide. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba on an acting basis. (The Namibian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
    • February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
      • A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Two Amal Movement militants killed in Israeli airstrikes in Blida, Lebanon.

(Lebanon Debate)(NaharNet)

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Ten police officers are killed and six others are injured in an attack by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan militants against a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Mexican drug war
  • Four taxi and bus drivers are killed during coordinated shootings in Chilpancingo, Mexico. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty people are killed by landslides and floods in Davao de Oro and Davao del Norte, Philippines. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Hungary–Sweden relations, Sweden–NATO relations
  • Hungary's ruling party Fidesz boycotts a National Assembly session called by opposition parties to speed up the approval of Sweden's NATO membership bid. (Politico)
• King Charles III, of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, is diagnosed with cancer following a medical examination. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
  • 2024 Istanbul Palace of Justice shooting
    • Two Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front shooters open fire outside the Istanbul Justice Palace in Turkey, killing one person and injuring five others, before being killed in a shootout with police. (Al Jazeera)
• Somali civil war
  • 2024 Mogadishu market bombing
    • Ten people are killed and about 20 others are injured in a quadruple bombing at a market in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Al Jazeera)
• The Greek island of Aegina is left without drinking water after an explosion disables a 12-kilometer-long (7.5-mile) undersea fresh water pipeline. Greater Athens governor Nikos Hardalias calls it an act of sabotage. (AP)

Business and economy

• The Dutch owner of Yandex, a Russian multinational technology company and search engine, announces the sale of the company to a "fully Russian-owned entity" for 475 billion rubles (US$5.2 billion). (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera
  • Former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash in Ranco Lake, Chile. (Reuters)
• Eleven people are killed and 150 others are injured in a fire at a fireworks factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, India. (AP)
• 2024 Maco landslide
  • At least seven people are killed in a landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines. Search and rescue operations are ongoing for 48 others missing, which include mine workers. (AFP via The Philippine Star)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • 2024 Nevada Republican presidential nominating contests
      • Nevada holds its Republican Party presidential primary. However, the Republican Party boycotts the primary and will award no delegates to the winner. The party plans to hold a presidential caucus on February 8 to award its delegates. (Al Jazeera)
• Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
  • The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. rules that former President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can therefore be prosecuted for allegedly attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)
    • February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
      • A USAF MQ-9 Reaper kills three Kata'ib Hezbollah militants in a precision airstrike using a Hellfire missile, including a high ranking commander, in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2024 Balochistan bombings
    • Two bombings outside electoral offices in Balochistan, Pakistan, ahead of tomorrow's general election, kill at least 30 people and injure dozens more. The Islamic State claims responsibility for both attacks. (AP)
    • Pakistan closes all border crossings with Afghanistan until further notice in response to the attacks. (Pajhwok)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing at least five civilians and injuring 11 others, including two in Kyiv. (BBC News)
• Southern Thailand insurgency
  • The Thai government and Muslim separatists in the country's south agree to begin a Malaysian-brokered peace process to end an insurgency which began in 2004. (AP)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Naranjal city councilwoman Diana Carnero is shot and killed by unknown gunmen immediately following a city council meeting. (El Universo)

Disasters and accidents

• Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera
  • It is announced that former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera will receive a state funeral with the wake lasting until February 9. (Emol)
• Five United States Marines are missing after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashes in San Diego County, California, United States. (NBC News)
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia confirms that eight people have been killed and another is missing, following a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, on February 6, the same day that two more have also been killed in separate events in Adjara. (Agenda.ge) (RFE/RL Georgia)

Law and crime

• Nicaragua grants political asylum to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli after he requests protection at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, Panama. (Reuters)
• 2024 East Lansdowne shooting
  • A man commits a familicide in Pennsylvania, United States in which he kills his family of five before shooting at police injuring two officers before committing suicide. The shooter was identified as 43-year-old Canh Le. (GVA)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election
  • President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is re-elected for a fifth term in office. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following months of rumors about a disagreement between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi. Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi. (BBC News)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Abbas al-Dabs, regional Hezbollah commander, suspected by Israeli intelligence of collaborating with IRGC officers on building Iranian-funded air defenses in Syria, is assassinated in an IDF drone strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (New Arab) (JPost)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
  • Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík. (NU)
• The death toll from a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, Georgia, increases to nine, following the conclusion of search operations. (RFE/RL) (Agenda.ge)
• Five U.S. Marines are confirmed dead after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, which crashed yesterday in San Diego County, California, United States, is located. (NBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Pakistani general election
  • Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly. (Reuters)
  • Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)
• Trump v. Anderson
  • The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Colorado Supreme Court had the authority to exclude former US President Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, for allegedly violating Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (CBS News)

Science and technology

• Meta suspends the Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy". (Middle East Eye)
• NASA's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. (Ars Technica)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • At least 340 members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amid continued fighting against the Arakan Army. (ABC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Evacuations during the Israel–Hamas war, Gaza Strip evacuations
    • Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu orders the Israel Defense Forces to plan evacuations of the city of Rafah. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 18 people are killed during a collision between a bus and a truck on a road in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• Two people are killed and three more survive after a plane crashes on Interstate 75 in Collier County, Florida, United States. (WBBH-TV)

Law and crime

• Four people are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting at a market in Rustavi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia. The gunman is arrested. (Reuters)
• Two police officers are killed and two more are injured after a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft in the port of Barbate, Spain. (AP)
• In a landmark ruling, the Federal Court of Malaysia declares several instances of Islamic legislation passed by the State Government of Kelantan as unconstitutional. (CNA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • The IDF claims to have discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA's Gaza Strip headquarters. (Times of Israel)
  • Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
    • Red Sea crisis
      • Seventeen Houthi fighters are killed during airstrikes launched by the United States and the United Kingdom in Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Tens of thousands of people flee to Goma, the capital of the DR Congo's North Kivu province, as M23 rebels advance towards the city. (BBC News)
• Somali civil war
  • Four Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten other people are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia, before being killed in the ensuing shootout. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• France's EDF shuts down two nuclear reactors due to a fire at the Chinon Nuclear Power Plant. (Reuters)
• A Eurocopter EC130 helicopter crashes near Nipton, California, United States, killing all the six people on board, including Nigerian banker Herbert Wigwe. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2023–2024 Senegalese protests
  • Violent protests occur in Senegal following an announcement by President Macky Sall that presidential elections have been delayed from February 25 to December 15. (Sky News)
• 2024 Pakistani general election
  • Despite Imran Khan's lead, Nawaz Sharif claims victory amid allegations of military-led rigging of the election. (Time)
• President of Hungary Katalin Novák resigns one week after news media revealed that she had pardoned a person who had been convicted of aiding in child sex abuse. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 AFC Asian Cup
  • In association football, hosts Qatar win their second consecutive Asian Cup title after defeating Jordan 3–1 in the final. Akram Afif earns a hat-trick—all scored from penalty kicks. (Reuters via The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-military junta forces in the ongoing civil war. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Two Basij members are killed in an attack on an outpost in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Iran International)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Maco landslide
  • The death toll from the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines, five days ago, increases to 54 people. Sixty-three others are still missing. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Lakewood Church shooting
  • A woman carries out a shooting at Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas, United States. She is shot and killed by an off-duty Houston police officer. (The Washington Post)
• A drive-by spree shooting in California, United States kills four people and injures a 13-year-old. All three suspects have been arrested and unharmed. (GVA)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Finnish presidential election
  • Alexander Stubb is elected President of Finland with 51.6% of the vote.(Yle)

Sports

• 2023 NFL season
  • Super Bowl LVIII
    • In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25–22. The Chiefs are the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since 2005. (BBC Sport)
• 2023 Africa Cup of Nations
  • In association football, hosts Ivory Coast win their third Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Nigeria 2–1 in the final. Sébastien Haller scores the winning goal in the 81st minute. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Rafah offensive
    • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
      • Israeli special forces conduct a raid on a building in Rafah, rescuing two Israeli-Argentinian hostages. (BBC News)
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • At least 67 people are killed during overnight Israeli airstrikes in Rafah. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel–Netherlands relations
    • A Dutch appeals court orders a suspension of exports of F-35 jet parts to Israel within the next seven days over concerns that the aircraft parts are being used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law. Prime Minister Mark Rutte says that the government will appeal the suspension. (Reuters)
• Israel–United Kingdom relations
  • British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announces sanctions against four Israeli settlers for engaging in extremist violence towards Palestinians in the occupied-West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict
  • The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirm that the alleged mastermind of the Mindanao State University bombing in Marawi, a commander of Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute Group, was among the nine militants killed in counterterrorist operations in Lanao del Sur in January. (AFP via VOA) (Manila Bulletin)
• Syrian civil war
  • Islamic State insurgents attack a military barracks near Al-Sukhnah, Syria, killing nine soldiers and seizing multiple weapons and vehicles left behind by fleeing government forces. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A major fire breaks out at the Oceana indoor water park at the Liseberg amusement park in Sweden, leaving 12 people injured and evacuating a nearby hotel and office buildings. The water park was under construction at the time of the fire and was expected to open this spring. (AP)
• Trinidad and Tobago declares a national emergency after a massive oil spill off the coast of Tobago. (CBS News)
• Two boats collide on the Congo River near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; with the death toll remains unclear. (AP)

Law and crime

• A man opens fire at a shipping company in Glyfada, Greece, killing three people, before killing himself. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
  • Four Armenian soldiers are killed and many others are injured by Azerbaijani troops near the Armenian village of Nerkin Hand. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • The Arakan Army claims to have sunk three junta ships travelling on the Kaladan River in Rakhine State, Myanmar, resulting in up to 900 deaths. The sinking is one of the largest losses in the navy's history. (Atlas News) (The Star)

Disasters and accidents

• Around ten people are believed to be trapped underground after a landslide near the Çöpler mine in İliç, Turkey. A rescue operation is ongoing. (NOS)

Law and crime

• Five people are killed and four others are critically injured in a drive-by shooting in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election
  • In the U.S., Democrat Tom Suozzi wins the special election in his former seat which was vacated following the expulsion of Republican George Santos. (AP)
• Estonia–Russia relations
  • Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is reportedly placed on the Russian Interior Ministry's register of wanted people due to the country's removal of Soviet war memorials, making Kallas the first known government leader to be added to a wanted list by Russian authorities. (The Guardian)
• Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
  • The United States House of Representatives votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214–213 vote with three House Republicans voting "no" alongside all House Democrats. (ABC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • A rocket attack from Lebanon on a military base in Safed, Israel, kills one Israeli soldier and injures several others. In response, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon kill 11 civilians and four Hezbollah militants in Nabatieh and al-Sawana. (The Guardian)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • Ukraine claims to have sunk the Russian ship Tsezar Kunikov off the coast of Katsiveli, Crimea. A video appears to show the vessel being struck with unmanned surface drones. (RFE/RL)
• Cross-Strait relations
  • Two Chinese fishermen drown and two others are rescued when their boat capsizes near Kinmen, Taiwan, while being pursued by the Taiwan Coast Guard, who allege that the fishermen were trespassing. (AP)
• Explosions occur along the route of a natural gas pipeline from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, to the Caspian Sea. The Iranian oil minister blames the incident on "terrorism and sabotage". (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Port Hills fire
  • A state of emergency is declared in Christchurch, New Zealand, as firefighters attempt to control a bushfire in the city's Port Hills region. (Stuff)
• Fifteen people are killed and eight others are injured when a truck and four microbuses collide in Alexandria, Egypt. (AP)
• One person is killed and 53 others are injured when a church balcony collapses during an Ash Wednesday Mass in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Philippines. (WION)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations, Russia and weapons of mass destruction
  • U.S. officials announce a "serious national security threat" after military intelligence indicates that Russia intends to imminently place nuclear weapons in space. U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed, according to officials. (The Telegraph)
  • The U.S. holds emergency talks with allies, including Canada and the United Kingdom, on the Russian nuclear threat. (CBC)
  • U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that there is no need for public alarm after briefing President Biden on the matter. (The Hill)
• Foreign relations of Cuba, Foreign relations of South Korea
  • Cuba and South Korea establish diplomatic relations after exchanging letters via their United Nations representatives. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • The Hostages and Missing Families Forum files a complaint of war crimes against the leadership of Hamas at the International Criminal Court. (The Times of Israel)
• 2024 Kansas City parade shooting
  • One person is killed and 22 others are injured in a mass shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl LVIII championship parade at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Three armed suspects are arrested at the scene. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Indonesian general election
  • Indonesians elect a president and vice president, members of the People's Consultative Assembly, and local representatives. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• An over 10,000-years-old underwater structure from the Stone Age is discovered in the Bay of Mecklenburg, in the Baltic Sea. The kilometer long stone wall might be the oldest man-made structure on earth. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Siege of Khan Yunis
    • Israeli special forces raid Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, the largest hospital still functioning in the Gaza Strip. At least one person is killed and eight others are reportedly injured during the raid. (The Guardian)

Business and economy

• 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
  • The United Kingdom enters a technical recession, as a report issued by the Office for National Statistics stated that the economy shrunk in two consecutive quarters amid a slowdown in consumer spending. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Eleven people are killed and four more injured during a fire at a paint factory in New Delhi, India. (AP)
• Nine firefighters are injured when a truck fuel tank explodes in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. (The Guardian)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations, Russia and weapons of mass destruction
  • The Kremlin dismisses a warning by the United States that Russia intends to imminently place nuclear weapons in space as a "malicious fabrication". The claims were widely circulated yesterday by ABC News and the New York Times after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson warned of a "serious national security threat". (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
  • Reuters reports that it is highly unlikely that Russia intends to put a nuclear warhead in space. The antisatellite weapon is more likely a nuclear-powered space-based device that utilizes electronic warfare to blind, jam or fry the electronics inside targets. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Same-sex marriage in Greece
  • The Hellenic Parliament votes 176–76 to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, making it the first Eastern Orthodox country to do so. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Wellingborough by-election, 2024 Kingswood by-election
  • In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party's Gen Kitchen and Damien Egan respectively flip the seats of Wellingborough and Kingswood from the Conservative Party in two by-elections. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• Odysseus, the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center Florida, United States. (Space.com)

Sports

• In US women's college basketball, Iowa's Caitlin Clark becomes the career scoring leader in NCAA Division I, surpassing the record previously held by current WNBA and former Washington star Kelsey Plum during Iowa's 106–89 win over Michigan. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2024 Kiryat Malakhi attack
    • Two people are killed and four others are injured in a mass shooting at a bus station near Kiryat Malachi, Israel. The perpetrator is killed by an off-duty IDF reservist. (Al Arabiya) (Times of Israel)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Avdiivka
    • Ukraine announces the withdrawal of its troops from positions in the south of Avdiivka amid heavy clashes with Russian forces for control of the city. The withdrawal comes a day after Russian soldiers entered the city from multiple directions. (Kyiv Post)
• Red Sea crisis
  • U.S. officials confirm that a cyberattack was carried out on the MV Beshad, an Iranian spy ship in the Red Sea, to prevent the ship from sharing intelligence with Houthi forces in Yemen. (NBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Five workers are killed and three others are injured after a supermarket under construction collapses in Florence, Italy. (AP)
• One firefighter is killed and 11 other people are injured after a house explodes in Sterling, Virginia, United States. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Death and funeral of Alexei Navalny
  • Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader and a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin, dies while serving a 19-year sentence at the Polar Wolf penal colony in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. (CNN)
• LGBT rights in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • The High Court of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rejects a challenge to the colonial anti-LGBT laws in the country. (Reuters)
• New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization
  • Former U.S. President Donald Trump is fined over $350 million by the New York Supreme Court and temporarily barred from business in New York as a result of The Trump Organization's financial fraud. (The New York Times)
• A drive-by mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, United States kills four people. All four victims are friends of the 20-year-old gunman Lamarion Tykese Charlie. (GVA)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Avdiivka
    • Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announces the full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Avdiivka, following months of heavy fighting and Russian attempts to capture the city. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The United States military destroys a Houthi unmanned underwater vehicle and a Houthi unmanned surface vehicle while also conducting three strikes against Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Virudhunagar explosions
  • Ten people are killed and seven are injured after an explosion at a fire cracker factory in Tamil Nadu, India. (Deccan Herald)

Law and crime

• Twelve people are killed when a man opens fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Faryab County, Kerman province, Iran. (AP)
• Four people are killed in a shooting at a car wash in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. (CBS News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen announces that the country will donate all of its artillery shells to Ukraine. (The Telegraph)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Two-state solution
  • The Cabinet of Israel adopts a resolution opposing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, following comments from France and the United Kingdom stating that they would consider unilateral recognition. (The Times of Israel) (Wall Street Journal)
  • Channel 12 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will restrict Palestinian citizens of Israel's access to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the month of Ramadan due to security concerns. (The Times of Israel)
• Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea
  • At least 64 people are killed during inter-tribal fighting between the Ambulin and Sikin tribes near Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. (France 24)
• Moro conflict
  • Six soldiers and three Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute Group militants are killed in a series of military encounters in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. (Anadolu Agency) (The Philippine Star)

Arts and culture

• 77th British Academy Film Awards
  • The Oppenheimer film wins seven awards and 13 nominations at the British Academy Film Awards, the most at the event. (ABC News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Burnsville shooting
  • Two police officers and a paramedic are killed while responding to a domestic dispute in Burnsville, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator is also killed. (CNN) (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
  • Rwanda rejects the United States' calls to withdraw troops and missile systems from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing threats from an alleged Congolese military build-up near the border. (AP)
• Mexican drug war
  • Twelve gunmen are killed in a shootout with the Mexican Army in Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The Houthis claim to have shot down a United States MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Red Sea. (Fox News)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah sites in Marwahin, Sidon, Meiss El Jabal and al-Adisa in southern Lebanon in response to the launch of a UAV toward the Lower Galilee.(Jerusalem Post)

Business and economy

• Capital One announces a deal to acquire Discover Financial for $35.3 billion. (CNN) (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed, three are injured, and 17 are missing after a building collapses in Beirut, Lebanon. (AP)

International relations

• Brazil–Israel relations
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz says that Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a persona non grata in Israel until he retracts his comments comparing the war between Israel and Hamas to the Holocaust. In response, Brazil recalls its ambassador to Israel. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Pakistan
  • The Senate of Pakistan rejects a bill that would allow public hanging of rapists. (The News Pakistan)
• The International Court of Justice holds public hearings on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
  • In stock car racing, William Byron wins the 66th Daytona 500. It is team owner Rick Hendrick's ninth victory in the event. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Sweden donates its largest military aid package to Ukraine to date with a further $680 million in aid. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • The Pa-O National Liberation Army claims that shelling by the Tatmadaw has killed seven refugees in Hsi Hseng. (Radio Free Asia)

Law and crime

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Russian Federal Security Service arrests Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-American citizen, on suspicion of treason. (The Guardian) (The Moscow Times)
• Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges. (ABC News)

Science and technology

• Astronomers identify the most luminous object ever observed, QSO J0529-4351, a quasar that accretes around one solar mass per day. (The Guardian) (Nature.com)

Sports

• 2023–24 Champions Hockey League
  • In ice hockey, Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League wins their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League 3–2 in the final. (Tribune de Genève)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi conflict
  • Reports emerge that clashes between rival Shia militias, primarily Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Saraya al-Salam, have killed at least 200 fighters across Iraq in the past two months. (The Medialine)
• Syrian civil war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • A Hezbollah missile fired at Shlomi, Israel.(Times of Israel)
  • Two civilians killed in Damascus of an Israeli airstrike at a Syrian security forces compound.(Reuters)
  • Two civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Majdal Zoun with further airstrikes on Hezbollah outposts in Ramyeh, Khaim, Zibqin and with shelling of Aitaroun.(Times of Israel)(Arab News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Lochem bridge collapse
  • A bridge under construction in Lochem, the Netherlands, collapses, killing two workers and injuring two others. (AP)
• 2024 Sumedang tornado
  • At least 33 people are injured after a tornado strikes Rancaekek, West Java, Indonesia. (Reuters)
• Fourteen people are killed and eleven more injured during the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Angostura, Venezuela. (AP)
• Fifteen people are killed and two survive when a truck falls off a cliff in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

• Espionage in the United States
  • United States Navy chief petty officer Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the USS Higgins, is charged with four counts of espionage. (BBC News)
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko calls for armed security patrols on streets and in workplaces, claiming the possibility of "extremist" crimes. (Reuters)
• The Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Alabama rules that frozen embryos in test tubes are legally considered children. (The New York Times) (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • 40 people are killed and 100 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes against residential buildings in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
  • Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
    • Az-Za'ayyem checkpoint shooting
      • One Israeli is killed and 11 others are seriously injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Two gunmen are killed by Israeli soldiers, while a third is killed in a chase afterwards. (The National News) (Times of Israel)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • A Hezbollah rocket strikes Yuval, northern Israel.(Times of Israel)
  • Two Hezbollah militants killed and three injured in Israeli drone strike on an apartment building in Kfar Remen.(Times of Israel)
  • Red Sea crisis
    • A Palau-flagged cargo ship en route to Egypt is set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties are reported. (AP)
• War in Sudan
  • The World Food Programme releases a report stating that more than 95% of Sudan's population cannot afford a meal a day. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Guangzhou bridge collapse
  • Five people are killed when a barge collides with the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou, China. (Reuters) (The New York Times)
• 2024 València residential complex fire
  • Nine people are killed, 15 others are injured and one is missing during a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia, Spain. (AP)
• At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. (AP)

Law and crime

• Murder of Kathleen Jo Henry
  • An Alaskan jury finds Brian Smith guilty of the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. (ABC News)
• A court in Panama orders the arrest of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is under protection of the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City. (ABC News)
• A majority of citizens of Westlock voted to ban public display of pride flags.^[1]

Science and technology

• 2024 AT&T outage
  • More than 71,000 customers of US mobile carrier AT&T experience network outages. Some Verizon and T-Mobile users also report outages. (CNN) (NBC News)
• Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus successfully touches down on the Moon, near the lunar south pole, making it the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukraine claims responsibility for the downing of a Russian Beriev A-50 over Krasnodar Krai, Russia, which is their second downing of an A-50 this year. (Kyiv Independent) (Business Insider)
• War in Amhara
  • An Ethiopian airstrike kills at least 15 people and injures more than 20 others in North Shewa, Ethiopia, with many of the victims fleeing clashes between Fano and the Ethiopian government. (Reuters) (The East African)
• A high-altitude balloon is detected over the Western United States, prompting the deployment of fighter aircraft to intercept the object. The origin and purpose of the balloon are unknown, according to U.S. officials. (BBC News)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • Two civilian paramedics and a Hezbollah militant killed in an Israeli strike on a Hezbollah-funded clinic in Blida]], southern Lebanon.(Barrons)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Nanjing building fire
  • At least 15 people are killed and 44 more injured during a fire at an apartment block in Nanjing, China. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

• Israel–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declares that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law, overturning a policy instated under former U.S. President Donald Trump. (Haaretz)

Law and crime

• Cannabis in Germany
  • The German Bundestag votes to legalise recreational usage of cannabis for adults, making Germany the third European country to do so after Malta and Luxembourg. (CNN)
• Three women are killed during a mass stabbing at a brothel in Vienna, Austria. A 27-year-old male suspect is arrested. (Swiss Info)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Senegalese presidential election
  • President of Senegal Macky Sall states that he will leave the presidency in April, but does not give a specific date for the presidential election, which was postponed earlier this month. (AP)

Science and technology

• Moons of Uranus, Moons of Neptune
  • Three new moons of the Solar System are discovered, one around Uranus and two around Neptune, bringing their total known satellites to 28 and 16, respectively. (PBS)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • Hezbollah launches rockets on Arab el Aramsha, Hanita, Shebaa Farms and Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel and the Golan Heights. (Jerusalem Post)
  • IDF launches strikes on Hezbollah outposts in Rab El Thalathine, Ayta ash Shab, Blida and on Redwans outposts in Baraachit, Jabal Blat and Rachaya Al Foukhar.(Jerusalem Post)
• Three Mobondo militiamen are arrested in the village of Kulungu, near Kwilu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Actualite)

Disasters and accidents

• Environmental impact of the Red Sea crisis
  • A large oil slick from the Houthi missile-damaged cargo ship Rubymar forms in the Gulf of Aden, threatening to become an environmental disaster. (Times of India)

• In Tanzania, 25 people are killed and 21 more injured on a road linking Arusha to Namanga, after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle causing a collision with three other vehicles. (Barron's)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary
    • Donald Trump wins the 2024 South Carolina Republican presidential primary. (Fox News) (CNN)
• Nigerien crisis
  • At a summit in Abuja, Nigeria, ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, but continues to demand the release of deposed president Mohamed Bazoum and his family. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Red Sea crisis
    • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
      • The U.S. military launches strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen. (Politico)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. (Times of Israel)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso. (BBC News)
  • Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani. (Al Jazeera)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Iraq–Turkey relations
  • Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members. (Hürriyet Daily)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed and five more injured after a ferry carrying workers sank in Monshat el-Kanater, Egypt. (Arab News)
• Nine people are killed and 17 others are injured in a bus crash near Paulpietersburg, South Africa. (AP)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
    • Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
      • An active-duty United States Air Force member sets himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. as a form of protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and dies later that day. (BBC News) (NPR)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
  • Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May. (Politico)
• Incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announces that he will run in the next Belarusian presidential election. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 EFL Cup final
  • Liverpool defeat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time at Wembley Stadium to win the 2023–24 EFL Cup. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah clashes
  • After Hezbollah shoots down a Hermes 450 drone, Israel conducts airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, marking Israel's deepest incursion into Lebanon since the outbreak of hostilities. (Reuters)
• RED-Tabara militants launch an attack in Buringa, Bubanza Province, Burundi, killing nine people and injuring five others. The local headquarters of the ruling CNDD–FDD party is also set on fire. (Actualite)

International relations

• Iran–Israel relations
  • The Israeli Air Force announces the establishment of a new department dedicated to monitoring the Iranian Armed Forces. (Jerusalem Post)
• Libya–Sudan relations
  • Sudanese military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Libyan Government of National Unity prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh in Tripoli, Libya, to request help in the war in Sudan due to the involvement of Libyan mercenaries. (Sudan War Monitor)

Law and crime

• Presumed illegal loggers kill three forest rangers in the foothills of the Iztaccihuatl volcano in the Mexican state of Puebla. (AP) (El Sol de Puebla)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tuvaluan general election
  • Feleti Teo is elected unopposed as the new Prime Minister of Tuvalu. Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano lost his bid for re-election during January's general election. (RNZ) (Reuters)
• Enlargement of NATO, Sweden–NATO relations
  • The Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's accession into NATO. (BBC News)
• 2024 Hungarian presidential election
  • The National Assembly selects Tamás Sulyok as the next President of Hungary. (Reuters)
• Prime Minister of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh and the entirety of his government resign from office, amid public unpopularity and pressure from the United States government to reform during the Israel–Hamas war. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • Operation Aspides
    • German Navy warship Hessen shoots down two drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen as part of the European Union's mission to protect international shipping in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Ukrainian military withdraws from the villages of Sieverne and Stepove near Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, following the announcement of its withdrawal from the nearby village of Lastochkyne on February 26. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Japanese technology company Sony announces it will cut 900 jobs across its global workforce and has also proposed the closure of London Studio as part of the restructuring. (Sony Interactive Entertainment press release)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty-one people are killed and ten more injured after a bus en route from Mali to Burkina Faso crashes on a road in Koumantou. (AP)
• Multiple tornadoes spawn from a very rare late season tornado outbreak. (February 27-28, 2024 Tornadoes)
• Two people are killed in Conakry, Guinea, during protests related to an ongoing nationwide strike. (Reuters)
• The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle continues to spread, with almost 200,000 acres currently on fire. (CNN)

Law and crime

• 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
  • The identity of a deceased man is confirmed by a DNA test to be Satoshi Kirishima, who participated in a 1974 bombing. (BBC News)
• In the Netherlands, the Marengo trial concludes after six years. Of the 17 prosecuted people, three people, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki, are sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in ten murders. (NOS)
• Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov is sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for "repeatedly discrediting" the Russian military. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
  • Michigan holds its Republican and Democratic primaries. Former President Donald Trump and incumbent President Joe Biden are the respective winners. (VOA) (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• The Chadian government announces that an overnight attack on Chad's security services headquarters in N'Djamena has resulted in the deaths of several individuals, and accuses the Socialist Party without Borders of carrying out the attack. In response the Chadian Army besieges the party's headquarters with several people killed including its president Yaya Dillo Djérou amid internet restrictions around the capital. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera English) (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

• Oil begins to wash ashore on Bonaire, Leeward Antilles, believed to have originated from the ship Gulfstream with around 35,000 barrels of oil on board that capsized near Tobago earlier this month. (BBC News)
• At least 17 people are killed after two buses collide in San Juan de Opoa, Copán Department, Honduras. (Reuters)

International relations

• Russia–NATO relations
  • Russia announces that it will take retaliatory "military-technical" steps in response to Sweden joining NATO. (Al Arabiya)
• China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a "no first use" treaty. China and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. (Reuters)
• Officials in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria, internationally recognised as a part of Moldova, appeal to the Russian Duma for more intervention in Transnistria amid increasing tension with the government of Moldova. (Associated Press)
• The Canadian government releases its report into the high-profile firings of two scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2021, stating that the pair worked closely and covertly with the Chinese government. (National Post)

Law and crime

• Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
  • The United States Supreme Court agrees to decide whether former President Donald Trump can claim immunity in special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 presidential election subversion case. Arguments are scheduled to begin in April. (The New York Times)
• LGBT rights in Ghana
  • The Parliament of Ghana passes a bill making the promotion or advocacy of LGBT rights punishable by five years in prison. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Megxit
  • In the United Kingdom, High Court of Justice Judge Peter Richard Lane rejects a legal challenge from Prince Harry against the government's decision to take away the prince's automatic right to police protection when he is in the country. (Sky News)
• U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell announces that he will step down as Senate minority leader in November, having served as the Senate GOP leader since 2007. (ABC News)

Sports

• Red Bull Formula One leader Christian Horner is cleared of wrongdoing in an internal probe looking into allegations of "inappropriate" behavior made by a female staffer. Horner will remain in the position of team leader. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Flour massacre
      • At least 112 people are killed and 760 others are wounded in Gaza City after Israeli forces fire on civilians receiving humanitarian aid. (AP) (Washington Post) (BBC)
  • Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
    • Two Israelis are shot and killed in an attack at a gas station near Eli, West Bank. (Times of Israel)
• The Chadian government announces the death of Yaya Dillo Djérou, the leader of opposition party Socialist Party without Borders, during yesterday's crack down on its headquarters in N'Djamena by the regime's army leaving several killed. (BBC)(BBC News) (Al Jazeera English) (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Dhaka building fire
  • At least 43 people are killed in a building fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (BBC News)
• A Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashes six kilometers off the coast of Bergen, Norway, killing one and injuring five others. (NU.nl)
• The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. (AP)

International relations

• Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia suspends the purchase of armament from Israeli manufacturers and declared the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as a genocide. (W Radio)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Rochdale by-election
  • Residents in Rochdale, England vote to elect a new Member of Parliament in a controversial by-election overshadowed by the Israel–Hamas war. (Guardian)