Russian forces shell Bakhmut with artillery and Grad rockets, killing five people and injuring nine others.
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February 17, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Pakistani Taliban attack a police station in Karachi. Three militants, three police officers and a civilian are killed.
Four people are killed and two others are injured, including Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr., governor of Lanao del Sur, when their convoy is ambushed in Maguing, Philippines, by unknown gunmen.
Médecins Sans Frontières suspends its operations in Burkina Faso for an "indefinite" period, except when responding to lifesaving emergencies, following the killings of two of its Burkinabé aid workers by armed men near Dédougou on 8 February.
Islamic State militants kill at least 68 people, including 61 civilians and seven soldiers, in Al-Sukhnah, Homs Governorate, Syria.
Disasters and accidents
A Syrian family of seven, including five children, are killed by a fire that struck a home in Konya Province, Turkey, which they moved to after surviving the earthquake. Seven other people are injured during the fire.
International relations
The South African Navy hosts a ten-day joint military exercise in the Indian Ocean with Russia and China. The exercise is named "Mosi II" after the Tswana word for "smoke".
Law and crime
Eighteen people who have immigrated illegally from Afghanistan are found dead in an abandoned truck in Sofia City Province, Bulgaria. Thirty-five others are hospitalized. Four people have been arrested.
Six people are killed in a spree shooting in Arkabutla, Mississippi, United States. A suspect has been arrested.
Science and technology
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