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Feleti Teo
- Following the general election, Feleti Teo (pictured) is appointed Prime Minister of Tuvalu.
- The Odysseus robotic lander of the IM-1 mission performs the first commercial soft landing on the Moon.
- At the British Academy Film Awards, Oppenheimer wins Best Film and six other awards.
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in a corrective labor colony near Kharp, at the age of 47.
February 27, 2024 (Tuesday)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- Republican and Democratic primaries are held in Michigan. (VOA)
February 26, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah clashes
- 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
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
- After setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy the prior day, Aaron Bushnell dies of his injuries at a hospital. (Al Jazeera)
- Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
- Illegal loggers kill three forest rangers in the foothills of the Iztaccíhuatl volcano in the Mexican state of Puebla. (AP) (El Sol de Puebla)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Palestinian government collapse
- 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)
- 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 ratifies Sweden's bid to join NATO. (BBC News)
February 25, 2024 (Sunday)
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)
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Two Hezbollah members are killed by an Israeli strike in al-Qusayr, Syria. (Times of Israel)
- Red Sea crisis
- 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
- 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
- Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
- A 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. (BBC News)
- Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
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)
February 24, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 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
- 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)
February 23, 2024 (Friday)
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)
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)
February 22, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Forty 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)
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Ma'ale Adumim attack
- 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 injured and arrested. (The National News) (Times of Israel)
- 2024 Ma'ale Adumim attack
- 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)
- Israel–Hamas war
- 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
- 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)
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)
February 21, 2024 (Wednesday)
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)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Lochem bridge collapse
- 2024 Sumedang tornado
- 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)
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