Portal:Current events/February 2024
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.
Portal:Current events[edit]
February 1, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- Crimea attacks
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 (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)
- February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
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 (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)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
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 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 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
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 (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)
- February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
- 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 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
- 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
- Ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an explosion 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, India. (AP)
- 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)
- 2024 Nevada Republican presidential nominating contests
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 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 (Wednesday)
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 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)
- February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
- 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)
- 2024 Balochistan bombings
- 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)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 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)
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 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Insurgency in Balochistan
- Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election. Five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)
- 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 conflict 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 United States 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)
- Trump v. Anderson
- The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether former US President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for a second term as president, 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 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- 340 members of the Myanmar Border Guard Police flee into neighboring Bangladesh and are disarmed and detained by Border Guard Bangladesh in the past week amidst continued fighting against the Arakan Army. (ABC News)
- Operation 1027
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- Naranjal city councilwoman Diana Carnero is shot and killed by unknown gunmen immediately following a city council meeting. (Mirror)
February 10, 2024 (Saturday)
February 11, 2024 (Sunday)
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