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Feb
06
Politics / Government

2024 Republican Party presidential primaries 2024 Nevada Republican presidential nominating contests Nevada holds its Republican Party presidential primary.

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)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 6, 2024
Feb
07
Major Trends

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 F

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)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 7, 2024
Feb
08
Politics / Government

2024 Pakistani general election Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly.

2024 Pakistani general election Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly. (Reuters) Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 8, 2024
Feb
08
Politics / Government

Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as f

Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 8, 2024
Feb
08
Politics / Government

Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukrai

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 disagreement between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi. Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 8, 2024
Feb
08
Politics / Government

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following months of rumo

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 disagreement between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi. Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 8, 2024
Feb
08
War / Conflict / Security

2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict Abbas al-Dabs, regional Hezbollah commander, suspected by Israeli intelligence of collaborating with IRGC o

2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict Abbas al-Dabs, regional Hezbollah commander, suspected by Israeli intelligence of collaborating with IRGC officers on building Iranian-funded air defenses in Syria, is assassinated in an IDF drone strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (New Arab) (JPost)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 8, 2024
Feb
10
War / Conflict / Security

Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip The IDF claims to have discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA's Gaza Strip headquarters.

Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip The IDF claims to have discovered a Hamas data center under UNRWA's Gaza Strip headquarters. (Times of Israel) Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Red Sea crisis Seventeen Houthi fighters are killed during airstrikes launched by the United States and the United Kingdom in Yemen. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 10, 2024
Feb
10
War / Conflict / Security

Somali civil war Four Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten other people are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military b

Somali civil war Four Emirati soldiers and a Bahraini military officer are killed, while ten other people are injured, when a soldier opens fire at a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia, before being killed in the ensuing shootout. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 10, 2024
Feb
11
War / Conflict / Security

Myanmar civil war Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory

Myanmar civil war Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-military junta forces in the ongoing civil war. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Feb 11, 2024
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