Protesters in Baghdad, Iraq, hold a rally to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qasem Soleimani. (AP)
Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces that the "vaccine bubble" will be expanded to restaurants, leisure venues and schools beginning on February 24, which will require people over the age of 12 years to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination of at least one dose in order to enter those venues. (Reuters)
2022 Kazakh protests The death toll from the protests in Kazakhstan increases to 164, including 103 who were killed in Almaty. 5,135 people have also been detained. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from the protests in Kazakhstan increases to 164, including 103 who were killed in Almaty. 5,135 people have also been detained. (Al Jazeera)
Doctors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, successfully transplant a pig heart into a human patient for the first time. (ABC News)
Xenotransplantation Doctors at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, successfully transplant a pig heart into a human patient for the first time. (ABC News)
The Philippines begins to ban people who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 from riding public transport and entering commercial planes despite protests from labour and human rights groups. (Al Jazeera)
Bangladesh closes schools, universities, and other educational institutions until February 6 and bans social, political, religious, and state events of more than 100 people amid the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. (The Daily Star)
A mass shooting occurs in a lecture hall at the New Campus of the University of Heidelberg in Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A woman is killed and three other people are injured before the gunman commits suicide. (Evening Standard)
Heidelberg University shooting A mass shooting occurs in a lecture hall at the New Campus of the University of Heidelberg in Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A woman is killed and three other people are injured before the gunman commits suicide. (Evening Standard)
Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights suspects former Regent of Langkat, a regency in Sumatra, Indonesia, of practicing modern slavery after KPK, in a sting operation, finds a jail-like facility to house the workers. (Tempo English)
Canadian Indian residential school gravesites The Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, discovers 93 potential unmarked graves around the former Saint Joseph's Mission residential school near Williams Lake, British Columbia. (Vancouver Sun)
The Williams Lake First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, discovers 93 potential unmarked graves around the former Saint Joseph's Mission residential school near Williams Lake, British Columbia. (Vancouver Sun)
COVID-19 protests in Canada Freedom Convoy 2022 Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency in the capital as a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates enters its second week. (The Independent)
Freedom Convoy 2022 Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency in the capital as a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates enters its second week. (The Independent)
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declares a state of emergency in the capital as a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates enters its second week. (The Independent)
COVID-19 protests in Canada Freedom Convoy 2022 In Ottawa, seven people are arrested, more than 500 others are ticketed, and sixty criminal investigations are commenced, for a number of offenses related to the truckers' protest, including violations of the Highway Traffic Act, vandalism, and the smuggling of gasoline. (MSN)
Freedom Convoy 2022 In Ottawa, seven people are arrested, more than 500 others are ticketed, and sixty criminal investigations are commenced, for a number of offenses related to the truckers' protest, including violations of the Highway Traffic Act, vandalism, and the smuggling of gasoline. (MSN)
In Ottawa, seven people are arrested, more than 500 others are ticketed, and sixty criminal investigations are commenced, for a number of offenses related to the truckers' protest, including violations of the Highway Traffic Act, vandalism, and the smuggling of gasoline. (MSN)
Canada convoy protest Ontario Premier Doug Ford declares a state of emergency over the protest-related blockades in the City of Ottawa and at the Ambassador Bridge. (CBC)
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declares a state of emergency over the protest-related blockades in the City of Ottawa and at the Ambassador Bridge. (CBC)
Schools are reopened in Nepal after being closed for more than a month. (Times of India)
A number of protestors at Coutts have dispersed after an RCMP raid on a "smaller group within the larger protest" resulted in the seizure of weapons, ammunition, and body armour and the arrests of 13 people on Monday. (CTV News)
Families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting reach a $73 million settlement with Remington Arms, according to their attorney, Josh Koskoff.(CNN)
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting Families of nine victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting reach a $73 million settlement with Remington Arms, according to their attorney, Josh Koskoff.(CNN)
Cristina Calderón, the last full-blooded Yahgan and last native speaker of the Yahgan language, dies in Chile. (France 24)
Canada convoy protest Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two organizers of the protest in Ottawa, are arrested by police. (CTV News)
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two organizers of the protest in Ottawa, are arrested by police. (CTV News)
Protesters also gather at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv to protest ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (Firstpost)
Protesters gather in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to stand in solidarity with Ukraine. (Reuters)
Education in Afghanistan Universities reopen in Afghanistan to male and female students for the first time since the Taliban took power 6 months ago. (VOA)
Iranian police disperse protesters chanting "Death to Putin" outside the Ukrainian embassy in Tehran. (Iran International)
Protesters gather at the Russian embassy in London. During the protest, demonstrators are seen throwing eggs at the embassy, and call for Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine. (The Independent)
Several Freedom Convoy truckers gather at the Grant Park in Chicago to protest in solitary with Ukraine. (Jalopnik)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Turkish drone has targeted Tell Rifaat near the Aleppo Governorate. No casualties are reported. (Kurdistan 24)
Battle of Kharkiv Thirteen students are killed at the National University of Kharkiv after a Russian shell struck a dormitory at the university's Academy of Culture. Five foreign students are among the dead, including four Chinese and one Indian student. (Taiwan News)
Thirteen students are killed at the National University of Kharkiv after a Russian shell struck a dormitory at the university's Academy of Culture. Five foreign students are among the dead, including four Chinese and one Indian student. (Taiwan News)
2022 protests in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Battle of Melitopol Demonstrators gather to protest the abduction of Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov. (BBC News)
Demonstrators gather to protest the abduction of Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov. (BBC News)
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers organizes protests in Dover, Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull after P&O Ferries fired all British crew members across its entire fleet of ferries and replaced them with cheaper agency workers. (BBC News)
Slavutych mayor Yurii Fomichev is released by Russian soldiers after protesters opposed Fomichev‘s kidnapping and Russia’s occupation of the town. (EuroWeekly News) (I News)
Battle of Kharkiv Russian artillery damages a school in Kharkiv. (Yahoo News) (Sky News)
Northeastern Ukraine offensive Battle of Kharkiv Russian artillery damages a school in Kharkiv. (Yahoo News) (Sky News)
Russian artillery damages a school in Kharkiv. (Yahoo News) (Sky News)
Canada–Holy See relations Canadian Indian residential school system Following a meeting with indigenous delegates from Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the "deplorable conduct" by members of the Catholic Church for actions in the church-run residential school system. (CBC News)
Canadian Indian residential school system Following a meeting with indigenous delegates from Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the "deplorable conduct" by members of the Catholic Church for actions in the church-run residential school system. (CBC News)
Following a meeting with indigenous delegates from Canada, Pope Francis apologizes for the "deplorable conduct" by members of the Catholic Church for actions in the church-run residential school system. (CBC News)
Aftermath of the Siege of Enerhodar Residents say that Russian occupiers have violently dispersed a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Enerhodar. Several protesters are arrested. Russian troops are also alleged to have used explosions in order to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
Residents say that Russian occupiers have violently dispersed a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Enerhodar. Several protesters are arrested. Russian troops are also alleged to have used explosions in order to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
Southern Ukraine offensive Aftermath of the Siege of Enerhodar Residents say that Russian occupiers have violently dispersed a pro-Ukrainian demonstration in Enerhodar. Several protesters are arrested. Russian troops are also alleged to have used explosions in order to disperse the crowd. (Reuters)
2022 Kabul school bombing At least six people are killed and many others are injured by a school bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
At least 40 Palestinians are injured after the IDF fires tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians protesting a march held by right-wing settlers near the former settlement of Homesh. (Al Jazeera)
At least six people are killed and many others are injured by a school bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters)
Marches organized by ultranationalist Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Arab neighbourhood in the old city of Jerusalem are interrupted by Israeli police, leading to skirmishes between protesters and police. (EFE via eldiario.es)
Boko Haram insurgency Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school. (The Premium Times) (The Toronto Star)
Boko Haram raid the town of Geidam, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 12 people. Several buildings are destroyed, including a school. (The Premium Times) (The Toronto Star)
Human rights groups say that eight people were killed during clashes followed by a Janjaweed raid on Thursday and Friday in Kreinik, West Darfur. (AP)
2022 University of Karachi bombing Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver are killed and four others are injured when a Balochistan Liberation Army suicide bomber blows herself up near their van in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Insurgency in Balochistan 2022 University of Karachi bombing Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver are killed and four others are injured when a Balochistan Liberation Army suicide bomber blows herself up near their van in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Twelve trucks are set on fire in the Araucanía Region of Chile, most likely by Mapuche protesters. (Reuters)
Eight people are killed after a fire engulfed a residential area on the state university campus in Metro Manila, Philippines. (Xinhua)
Carlos Guillén Tatis, the agriculture counselor at the Dominican Republic's embassy in Haiti, is kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. (AP)
Bilohorivka school bombing Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
Iran preemptively shuts down the internet in Khuzestan province amid protests against a 200% increase in bread prices. (Iran International)
Russian forces bomb a school in Bilohorivka, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast. Only two deaths are confirmed but sixty people are believed to have been killed. (Reuters)
Four people are killed and fifty others are injured after a tear gas grenade is set off causing a human stampede at a public university in Potosí, Bolivia. (AP)
Nine people are killed during an explosion caused by a gas leak at a primary school and a store in Kano, Nigeria. (BBC News)
Scientists from the University of Western Australia announce that a seagrass meadow of the species Posidonia australis covering 200 square kilometres (77 sq mi), approximately three times the size of Manhattan, found off of Western Australia's Shark Bay, actually belongs to one plant, making it the largest known plant on Earth. (BBC News)
An independent inquiry established by the U.N. Human Rights Council following the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis issues a report accusing Israel of seeking "complete control" over the Palestinian territories, and of granting "different civil status, rights and legal protection" to the country's Arab citizens. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
2022 Sri Lankan protests, 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. (News.am)
Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. (News.am)
2022 Muhammad remarks controversy Murder of Kanhaiya Lal Protests and arson incidents occur in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, after a Hindu man is murdered and beheaded in his shop by two Islamic extremists for supporting controversial remarks by a politician about the prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
Murder of Kanhaiya Lal Protests and arson incidents occur in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, after a Hindu man is murdered and beheaded in his shop by two Islamic extremists for supporting controversial remarks by a politician about the prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
Protests and arson incidents occur in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, after a Hindu man is murdered and beheaded in his shop by two Islamic extremists for supporting controversial remarks by a politician about the prophet Muhammad. (BBC News)
UNESCO inscribes Ukraine's borscht culture into its list of endangered intangible cultural heritage. (Bangkok Post)
