February 15, 2026 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Eleven Palestinians are killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza.

(BBC News)

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Jubaland forces in collaboration with US forces, conducted a four-day special operation that killed more than 60 Al-Shabaab militant fighters in the Far Black Sea region, in the Lagta Hola-Wajeer area of Badhadhe District in the Lower Juba province.

(Hiiraan Online), (Horseed Media)

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Disasters and accidents

Eleven people are killed and eight are injured after a bus collided with a trailer in Khairpur district, Pakistan.

(Dawn)

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Eight people are killed and two others are injured in an explosion and fire at a fireworks store in Donghai County, Jiangsu, China.

(Xinhua)

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Five people are killed and several others are injured when a car jumps a meridian and collides with a bus near Nelamangala in Karnataka, India.

(The Hindu)

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Law and crime

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests former energy minister German Galushchenko at the state border for his alleged involvement in a ₴4 billion (US$100 million) kickback scheme in the energy sector.

(AFP via The Straits Times)

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February 14, 2026 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Gunmen launch simultaneous attacks on three communities in Niger State, Nigeria, killing at least 46 people and kidnapping a number of others.

(AFP via The Daily Star)

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Business and economy

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund agree to modify conditions for a proposed US$8.2 billion, four-year lending program, easing certain requirements including planned tax increases on entrepreneurs above a higher revenue threshold.

(Reuters)

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International relations

Ethiopia revokes Reuters journalists' accreditation in response to an article on February 10 that alleged the Ethiopian military was supporting the Rapid Support Forces in the Sudanese civil war by running secret training camps for its fighters.

(Bloomberg)

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