Saturday 7 February 2026

Kordofan Campaign

At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency

The Allied Democratic Forces attack a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 20 people.

Nigerian bandit conflict

Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Algeria–United Arab Emirates relations

Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013 air transport agreement with the United Arab Emirates.

Haitian crisis

The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.

Disasters

The bodies of six men killed in a coal mine explosion in Colombia are recovered.

Disasters

Two people are killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-story restaurant collapses in Kota, Rajasthan, India.

2026 Islamabad mosque bombing

Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with the Khorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing the Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday.

Disasters

Fifteen people are killed after a minibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.

Disasters

Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology factory in Shanyin County, Shanxi, China.

Disasters

Seven people are killed in a mining accident at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China.

Disasters

Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Crime & Justice

Police arrest a woman and seize over 10,500 blasting gelatin sticks, wires, and detonators from a lorry carrying onions parked at a bricks manufacturing unit in Chemmad, Kerala, India.

Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

Ukraine schedules emergency power outages across the country citing Russian attacks on thermal power stations.

2026 Winter Olympics

Suspected saboteurs damage rail infrastructure in different locations near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.

Bashkir State Medical University attack

Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a mass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.

Disasters

Three skiers are killed in avalanches in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardy, Italy.

Crime & Justice

Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on the Aristotle University campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.

2026 Winter Olympics

Anti-Olympics protestors and police clash in Milan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted with fireworks and firecrackers.

Gaza war

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areas controlled by Israel in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Israeli settler violence

Three Palestinians are injured when Israeli settlers attack residents in the northern Jordan Valley.

Saudi Arabia–Syria relations

Saudi Arabia and Syria sign agreements covering a joint low-cost carrier, a new international airport in Aleppo, and a US$1 billion telecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria.