Seven Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a residential building in western Gaza City.
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February 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Ireland launches a permanent basic-income programme for the arts that pays 2,000 creative workers €325 (US$387) per week for three years, following a government trial that began in 2022, and which culture minister Patrick O'Donovan describes as the first permanent scheme of its kind worldwide.
Disasters and accidents
A Starsky Aviation Fokker 50 aircraft veers off a runway at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, due to a technical error. All 55 people on board survive.
Law and crime
The Philippine supreme court rules that same-sex partners may qualify as co-owners of property under the Family Code when both contribute to its acquisition, reversing lower-court decisions in a dispute between two former partners in Metro Manila.
The Malaysian federal court reinstates the bribery conviction and six-year prison sentence of former Federal Land Development Authority chairperson Mohd Isa Abdul Samad after overturning a 2024 acquittal on nine corruption counts linked to a hotel purchase.
Politics and elections
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet approves draft constitutional amendments that extend presidential term limits from five to seven years and replace direct presidential elections with parliamentary selection, which would allow Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030 if adopted by parliament.
February 9, 2026 (Monday)
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Armed Conflicts and Attacks
An Israeli drone strikes a car in Yanouh, South Governorate, Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child.
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine using drones and ballistic missiles, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old boy and his mother in Kharkiv, and injuring dozens of others.
Russian troops launch a mechanised assault east of the city of Kupiansk, capturing the towns of Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka.
Business and economy
Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S. blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela.
Mexico deploys two navy vessels, including the ARM Papaloapan, carrying more than 800 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba amid critical shortages on the island.
Cuban foreign minister Bruno RodrĂguez Parrilla condemns the ongoing U.S. blockade as "cruel", accusing U.S. president Donald Trump of trying to "break the political will" of the Cuban people. Russia also calls for an immediate end to the blockade to avoid a humanitarian crisis, and says it will explore ways to help the country.
International relations
The United States Armed Forces announces the transfer of two major NATO command and control centres over to European military forces in Naples, Italy, and Norfolk, Virginia, as part of a gradual shift to European countries taking a leading role in the military alliance.
Protests against Israeli president Isaac Herzog's state visit, following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities across Australia. In Sydney, protests occurred amid a ban by the state government on hate speech grounds, resulting in police making 27 arrests and deploying pepper spray.
United States vice president JD Vance visits Armenia, becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to have visited Armenia in its history. Vance meets with prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss implementing a peace agreement to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia and the United States reach a nuclear deal, outlining a Section 123 Agreement and up to US$9 billion in total exports to Armenia related to nuclear energy.
Law and crime
Hong Kong opposition figure Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating a national security law following a two-year trial. Eight others, including six former Apple Daily executives and two pro-democracy activists, are also sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Iranian police arrest several senior figures from the Reformists Front, including Mohsen Aminzadeh, Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, and Azar Mansouri, while additional members receive summonses to appear before prosecutors, with no formal charges publicly disclosed.
The Public Ministry of Venezuela says Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was released and later abducted on Sunday, broke his parole's terms and that a request has been made to place Guanipa under house arrest, while not specifying if the government has him in custody.
Politics and elections
Swedish migration minister Johan Forssell announces the implementation of stricter naturalization requirements from June 6, extending the residency period from five years to eight, imposing a minimum income threshold of 20,000 kr (US$2,225), requiring language and civic knowledge tests, and lengthening waiting times for applicants with criminal records.
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