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February 24
Law and crime
- Two people are killed, including the suspect, and two others are injured in a suicide bombing near the Savyolovsky railway station in Moscow, Russia. (AFP via Arab News) (Xinhua)
February 23
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mexican drug war
- 2026 Jalisco operation
- The death toll among Mexican National Guard troops in Jalisco rises to at least 25 with dozens more wounded amid clashes with Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen. (BBC News)
- Hugo César Macías Ureña, alias “El Tuli”, a right-hand man of El Mencho's who coordinated attacks after his death is confirmed killed. (The Guardian)
- 2026 Jalisco operation
- Operation Southern Spear
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- Three people are killed in a strike by the United States Southern Command on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean Sea. (Al Jazeera)
- United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
- Religious violence in Nigeria
- Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria
- Nigerian Army troops kill five suspected Lakurawa insurgents near Mayama Hill, Kebbi State, Nigeria, and recover a cache of weapons. (Channels TV)
- Islamic extremism in Northern Nigeria
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing four people, including two civilians in Odesa. (Al Jazeera)
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Three security personnel are killed and two others are injured in a quadcopter strike on a paramilitary fort in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- At least three security personnel are killed and six others are injured, including some seriously, in an ambush on ambulances by unidentified gunmen in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AA)
- Ecuadorian conflict
- At least nine people are killed in two armed attacks in Manabi Province, Ecuador. (Xinhua)
- Sudanese civil war, Chad–Sudan relations
- Chad closes its border with Sudan after five Chadian soldiers and three civilians are killed, and 12 more people are injured, in clashes between Rapid Support Forces in opposition to and militia groups affiliated with the Sudanese government. (Reuters)
- Syrian conflict
- The Syrian interior ministry reports that four security personnel and an assailant were killed in an attack claimed to involve the Islamic State at a checkpoint in Raqqa. (AFP via Asharq Al-Awsat)
Business and economy
- Panama's canal authority assumes control of the Balboa and Cristóbal ports on the Panama Canal after the supreme court annulled the concessions held by Hong Kong–based CK Hutchison, with an 18-month transition period and a new international tender process planned. (AFP via France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- Electricity sector in the Dominican Republic
- A nationwide power outage occurs in the Dominican Republic, which the Ministry of Energy and Mines attributes to a transmission line switch malfunction that triggered system protection mechanisms. Power generation begins to recover later in the day, reaching about 30 percent of normal capacity. (AFP via Jamaica Observer) (Reuters)
- A bus plunges off a mountainous section of the Prithvi Highway near Benighat, Nepal, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others. (BBC News) (AP)
- A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Peruvian Air Force that went missing the previous day is found crashed near Chala, Peru. All 15 people on board are confirmed dead. (AFP via Gulf News)
- Seven people are killed when an air ambulance Beechcraft King Air crashes in Chatra district, Jharkhand, India. (Hindustan Times)
- Five people are killed and 45 others are injured when a double-decker bus overturns on the Purvanchal Expressway in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. (NDTV)
- A body of one of the three people that were reported missing after a garbage mound collapsed at a landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines, three days ago, is recovered. The claims of up to 50 people missing are dismissed. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Health and environment
- Brazil announces that it will revoke a decree expanding the waterways in the Amazon rainforest under a federal privatization program following protests by Indigenous groups. (Reuters)
International relations
- France–United States relations
- France restricts United States ambassador Charles Kushner's direct access to government ministers after he skipped a meeting requested by foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot to address comments concerning the killing of Quentin Deranque. (Reuters)
- Slovakia–Ukraine relations
- Slovak prime minister Robert Fico announces the suspension of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid the Russo-Ukrainian war unless oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline resumes, following a disruption that Slovakia attributes to Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Connections of Jeffrey Epstein
- British politician Peter Mandelson is arrested on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. (BBC News)
- Canadian-American author and former researcher Peter Attia resigns from CBS News following backlash after lewd messages between him and Jeffery Epstein were released. (CNN)
- Crime in Ukraine
- Seven police officers are injured, including two seriously, in a seperate bombing targeting police vehicles at a filling station in Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 1981 Spanish coup attempt
- Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez announces the declassification of the documents relating to the attempted coup that took place in the Congress of Deputies in 1981. (RTVE)
- 2025–2026 Dutch cabinet formation
- Rob Jetten is sworn in as the new prime minister of the Netherlands, becoming the country's youngest and the first openly gay prime minister. (Politico) (BBC News)
- Hernando de Soto is announced as the new prime minister of Peru. (Gestión in Spanish)
On This Day
February 24: Independence Day in Estonia (1918)
- 1711 – George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.
- 1809 – Napoleonic Wars: The British invasion of Martinique ended with the unconditional surrender of French admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (pictured), beginning a five-year occupation of the island.
- 1979 – Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.
- 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.