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February 2024 is the second month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Thursday, will end on a Thursday after 29 days. It is the current month.

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February 1, 2024 (2024-02-01) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
    • 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)

February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • 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)

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)

February 3, 2024 (2024-02-03) (Saturday)

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)

February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04) (Sunday)

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)

February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • 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)
• 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)

February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06) (Tuesday)

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)

February 7, 2024 (2024-02-07) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • 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 people in an attack using a Hellfire missile, including a person 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 Daesh 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)

Politics and elections

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

February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08) (Thursday)

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)

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)

February 9, 2024 (2024-02-09) (Friday)

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)

February 10, 2024 (2024-02-10) (Saturday)

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)
• 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)

February 11, 2024 (2024-02-11) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • Hamas announces the deaths 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-junta forces in the ongoing civil war. (Reuters)
• Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
  • 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, Mindanao, 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 off-duty police. (The Washington Post)

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)

February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12) (Monday)

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

• 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

• 2024 New York City Subway shooting
  • One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at Mount Eden Avenue station, Highbridge, the Bronx, New York City, United States. (Al Jazeera)
• A man opens fire at a shipping company in Glyfada, Greece, killing three people, before killing himself. (AP)

February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13) (Tuesday)

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, Syunik Province. (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, Erzincan Province, 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)

February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14) (Wednesday)

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 Caesar 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 Port Hills, just outside the city. (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)

February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15) (Thursday)

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

• Recognition of same-sex unions 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)

February 16, 2024 (2024-02-16) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2024 Kiryat Malakhi attack, 2024 Re'em Junction shooting
    • 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 of Alexei Navalny
  • Alexei Navalny, one of the most prominent Russian opposition leaders 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 Supreme Court of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rejects a challenge to the country's anti-gay laws. (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)

February 17, 2024 (2024-02-17) (Saturday)

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)

Law and crime

• Twelve people are killed when a man opens fire on his relatives during a family dispute at a village in Kerman province, Iran. (AP)

February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18) (Sunday)

February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19) (Monday)

February 2024

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• Pakistani economic crisis
• South African energy crisis
• Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Turkish economic crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis

Politics

• Guyana–Venezuela border dispute
• Nigerien crisis
• Peruvian political crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes
• Texas border and immigration enforcement efforts
• United States presidential impeachment efforts

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests
• United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes

Weather

• 2023–24 North American winter

Elections and referendums

Recent

• February

• 04: El Salvador, President, Legislative Assembly
• 07: Azerbaijan, President
• 08: Pakistan, National Assembly
• 11: Finland, President (2nd)
• 14: Indonesia, President, Regional Representative Council,
         House of Representatives

Upcoming

• 25: Cambodia, Senate (indirect)
• 25: Belarus, House of Representatives
• 25: Liechtenstein, Referendum

• March

• 01: Iran, Majlis, Assembly of Experts

Trials

Ongoing

• Hong Kong:0Jimmy Lai
• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• Sudan:0Omar al-Bashir
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Sports

• Association football

• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League
• 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 Premier League
• 2023–24 La Liga
• 2023–24 Serie A
• 2023–24 Bundesliga
• 2023–24 Ligue 1
• 2023–24 Women's Super League

• Basketball

• 2023–24 NBA season
• 2023–24 EuroLeague
• 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's season
• 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 European Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2023–24 NHL season
• 2024 PWHL season

• Motorsport

• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series

• Rugby union

• 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup
• 2023–24 United Rugby Championship
• 2024 Six Nations Championship

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour
• 2024 Davis Cup

• Other sports seasons

• 2023–24 curling season
• 2023–24 snooker season

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

February

• 14: Don Gullett
• 12: Steve Wright
• 10: Bob Edwards
• 10: Edward Lowassa
• 10: Bob Moore
• 09: Robert Badinter
• 09: Damo Suzuki
• 09: Herbert Wigwe
• 07: Henry Fambrough
• 07: Mojo Nixon
• 06: Seiji Ozawa
• 06: John Bruton
• 06: Anthony Epstein
• 06: Sebastián Piñera
• 05: Dries van Agt
• 05: Michael Jayston
• 05: Toby Keith
• 04: Brooke Ellison
• 04: Hage Geingob
• 04: Barry John
• 04: Lowitja O'Donoghue
• 03: Aston Barrett
• 03: Vittorio Emanuele
• 03: Wee Cho Yaw
• 02: Jonnie Irwin
• 02: Frank Kitson
• 02: Wayne Kramer
• 02: Ian Lavender
• 02: Don Murray
• 01: Carl Weathers

January

• 30: Hinton Battle
• 30: Melinda Ledbetter
• 30: Chita Rivera
• 29: Satoshi Kirishima
• 26: Jimy Williams
• 25: Sanath Nishantha
• 24: Carl Andre
• 24: Harry Connick Sr.
• 24: Jesse Jane
• 24: N. Scott Momaday
• 24: Selwyn Muru
• 23: Frank Farian
• 23: Charles Fried
• 23: David Kahn
• 23: Charles Osgood
• 23: Melanie Safka
• 22: Dexter King
• 22: Arno Allan Penzias
• 22: Gigi Riva
• 21: Roger Rogerson
• 20: Norman Jewison
• 19: Jack Burke Jr.
• 19: Lance Larson
• 19: Ewa Podleś
• 19: Marlena Shaw
• 19: Mary Weiss

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency
• Nigerian bandit conflict

• Sahel insurgency

• Burkina Faso  •  Niger  •  Mali

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

• Western Sahara

• Second Western Sahara War

Americas

• Colombia

• Colombian conflict

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraqi conflict

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas war

• Regional spillover

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Red Sea crisis
• U.S. military base attacks

• Syrian civil war

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemeni civil war

• Saudi−led intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2024 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
• Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea)
• Radio
• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
• Video games

Politics and government

• Elections
• International leaders
• Sovereign states
• Sovereign state leaders
• Territorial governors

Science and technology

• Archaeology
• Biotechnology
• Computing
• Palaeontology
• Quantum computing and communication
• Senescence research
• Space/Astronomy
• Spaceflight
• Sustainable energy research

Environment

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
• Tornadoes
• Wildfires)

Transportation

• Aviation
• Rail transport
• Transportation technology

Establishments and disestablishments categories

• Establishments
• Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

• Works
• Introductions
• Works entering the public domain