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Jan
31
War / Conflict / Security

Somali Civil War A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire.

Somali Civil War A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire. Five people are killed in the al-Shabaab attack, including a former military general; ten civilians are wounded. The three other attackers are shot dead during a gun battle with security forces. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Jan 31, 2021
Jan
31
War / Conflict / Security

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire.

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, while gunmen storm the hotel and open fire. Five people are killed in the al-Shabaab attack, including a former military general; ten civilians are wounded. The three other attackers are shot dead during a gun battle with security forces. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Jan 31, 2021
Jan
31
War / Conflict / Security

COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Captain Tom, a British Army World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds for charity during the pandemic, is hospi

COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom Captain Tom, a British Army World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds for charity during the pandemic, is hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. He has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine. (NBC News) (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Jan 31, 2021
Jan
31
War / Conflict / Security

COVID-19 pandemic in Australia Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan announces a five-day lockdown in the Perth metropolitan, Peel, and South West regions, beg

COVID-19 pandemic in Australia Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan announces a five-day lockdown in the Perth metropolitan, Peel, and South West regions, beginning at 6:00 p.m. AWST, after a quarantine hotel security guard tests positive for COVID-19, possibly of the B.1.1.7 variant. (9 News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Jan 31, 2021
Feb
02
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout Two FBI agents are killed and three others are wounded during a shootout in Sunrise, Florida, while serving an arrest warrant.

2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout Two FBI agents are killed and three others are wounded during a shootout in Sunrise, Florida, while serving an arrest warrant. The gunman is later found dead. This is the deadliest incident involving FBI agents since 1986. (BBC News) (Orlando Sentinel)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 2, 2021
Feb
06
War / Conflict / Security

10th Annual NFL Honors In American football, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wins his third MVP award, making him the sixth player to do so after Ji

10th Annual NFL Honors In American football, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wins his third MVP award, making him the sixth player to do so after Jim Brown, Brett Favre, Johnny Unitas, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady. (National Post) (Bleacher Report)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 6, 2021
Feb
07
War / Conflict / Security

2021 Myanmar protests, aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état Tens of thousands of people protest against the military coup in Myanmar's largest city Yangon,

2021 Myanmar protests, aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état Tens of thousands of people protest against the military coup in Myanmar's largest city Yangon, calling for the release of jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The protests are the largest to occur in the country's history since the 2007 Saffron Revolution. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 7, 2021
Feb
10
War / Conflict / Security

Earthquakes in 2021 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia.

Earthquakes in 2021 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the Loyalty Islands Province, New Caledonia. It is the strongest recorded earthquake of the year so far. A tsunami warning was issued with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology confirming that a tsunami was generated by the earthquake. (The San Francisco Chronicle) (Metro) (NDTV)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 10, 2021
Feb
10
War / Conflict / Security

Tigray War Red Cross officials report that 80% of Tigray's 6 million people are unreachable.

Tigray War Red Cross officials report that 80% of Tigray's 6 million people are unreachable. In the regional capital of Mekelle, which is now home to 250,000 displaced people, vaccines have expired and there are no longer any HIV or tuberculosis drugs. (Associated Press) (Europe External Programme with Africa) Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces ambush Ethiopian and Eritrean troops in May Keyah, 50–60 kilometers south of Mekelle. Fighting between the TPLF and Ethiopia is also reported in Guya, Kola Tembien. (Europe External Programme with Africa)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 10, 2021
Feb
13
War / Conflict / Security

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks At least four security forces personnel, including a commander, are killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan as cl

War in Afghanistan 2021 Afghanistan attacks At least four security forces personnel, including a commander, are killed in eastern and southern Afghanistan as clashes with an unidentified terrorist group intensify. Separately, in Kandahar, a Humvee containing explosives detonates, injuring seven police officers. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 13, 2021
Feb
14
War / Conflict / Security

Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Militants of the Islamic State's Central Africa Province raid the town of Ndalya in the Ituri Province of the

Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Militants of the Islamic State's Central Africa Province raid the town of Ndalya in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 11 civilians and three members of the armed forces. (AFP via Manila Standard)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 14, 2021
Feb
15
War / Conflict / Security

The Houthis say that they have struck Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah with drones.

The Houthis say that they have struck Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport and King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah with drones. A Houthi spokesman said on Twitter that the attacks halted operations in the airports for two hours. The Saudi-led coalition says that it intercepted drones heading towards the kingdom but did not confirm the attacks. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 15, 2021
Feb
15
War / Conflict / Security

Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons and missile depots near Damascus, Syria, kill six foreign nationals, acco

Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons and missile depots near Damascus, Syria, kill six foreign nationals, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The headquarters of the Syrian Army's 4th Armoured Division is also hit. (Jewish Press)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 15, 2021
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