One person is killed and several buildings are damaged in Ukrainian drone strikes in Sevastopol, Crimea.
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February 20, 2026 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
Seven people are killed, including a pregnant woman, two children are injured and 3,000 are displaced in three landslides in the Philippines.
Seven Chinese tourists are killed after their van sinks into a frozen over section of Lake Baikal on Olkhon Island, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. One person managed to escape the vehicle and reach the surface. An investigation into criminal negligence and safety violations is opened.
Health and environment
The French agriculture ministry authorizes the culling of around 200 wolves, raising the annual removal limit to 21% of the estimated population of over 1,000 animals, with a possible increase to 23%, citing rising livestock losses as wolf numbers expand into agricultural areas and regions near major cities.
International relations
Norway relocates some of its approximately 60 military personnel stationed in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East back to Norway and other regional locations, citing security concerns amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States.
Law and crime
A Thai court sentences activist lawyer Arnon Nampa, who has been detained since 2023, to an additional two years and eight months in prison for violating the country's lèse-majesté law over remarks made at a 2020 rally.
The United States Supreme Court rules that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not grant the President the power to impose trade tariffs.
Sports
Norway breaks the record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics event after skier Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the country's 17th gold medal in Milan-Cortina, surpassing their own record of 16 gold medals.
February 19, 2026 (Thursday)
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Disasters and accidents
Six people are killed and another is injured when a fire engine plunges off a cliff in Xinhua County, Hunan, China.
At least four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck transporting liquid gas crashes and explodes in Santiago, Chile.
Eighteen people are killed and three others are injured when two trucks collide head-on near Port Said, Egypt.
Five miners are trapped underground and presumed dead in a diamond mine after a mudslide in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
A person is killed and five others are injured in PĂ©tion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when a high-voltage power line breaks and falls into a public market.
Law and crime
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law on December 3, 2024.
Acting Venezuelan president Delcy RodrĂguez signs a general amnesty bill into law, enabling the release of hundreds of political prisoners, including former National Assembly vice president Juan Pablo Guanipa.
In the United Kingdom, police arrest royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He is later released from police custody.
Politics and elections
United States president Donald Trump says he has ordered defense secretary Pete Hegseth and other relevant department heads to "begin the process" of releasing classified government files related to extraterrestrial life and UAPs.
Sports
Ski mountaineer Oriol Cardona wins the men's sprint event and captures Spain's first Winter Olympics gold medal in 54 years.
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